[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 110 (Wednesday, July 15, 2015)]
[House]
[Page H5187]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           WEAR RED WEDNESDAY

  (Ms. WILSON of Florida asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Ms. WILSON of Florida. Mr. Speaker, today, we wear red to bring back 
our girls.
  This week, Boko Haram said it will free the Chibok girls in exchange 
for the extremist group's leaders. We who have raised our voices to 
shout ``bring back our girls'' knew that this would come.
  Mr. Speaker, Boko Haram could not risk killing the Chibok girls, but 
to hold 219 girls hostage for more than a year and then parade them out 
only as bargaining chips shows how little Boko Haram values these 
precious girls.
  If I can speak to the girls, I would tell them: We value you. Your 
friends and family who pray for you daily value you. Your new President 
who has taken steps to defeat Boko Haram values you. Your friends in 
Congress who wear red on Wednesdays to bring attention to your values 
and to your cause value you.
  Mr. Speaker, we will continue to tweet, tweet, tweet #bringbackour
girls; tweet, tweet, tweet #joinrepwilson--until we bring back our 
girls.

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