[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 13 (Tuesday, January 27, 2015)]
[House]
[Page H589]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                               BOKO HARAM

  (Ms. JACKSON LEE asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Ms. JACKSON LEE. Madam Speaker, I join my colleagues today in 
honoring, recognizing, and respecting those who traveled through the 
devastation and horror of the Holocaust. To those who lost their lives, 
I prayerfully mourn them. For those who survived, I champion them and 
thank them and make a commitment as we have done as brothers and 
sisters, Republicans and Democrats, and as Americans: Never again.
  I rise as well to speak of the heinousness of the acts of Boko Haram 
and the killing and murderous acts against innocent children in 
Nigeria. We must stand together and act against this crisis. We must 
recognize that this bloodshed will not stop.
  I am grateful that Secretary Kerry is in Nigeria and collaborating on 
what the next steps are. I want to thank the United States military, 
which has provided insight and cooperation.
  But, Madam Speaker, there needs to be more. We need to have a waiver 
of some of the provisions dealing with utilization and collaboration in 
the Nigerian military. We must ask them to do what is right. We cannot 
sit by while the bloodletting Boko Haram continues to kill women and 
children across Nigeria. Enough--it must stop now.

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