[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 5]
[House]
[Pages 7043-7044]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




         CONDEMNING THE ABDUCTION OF THE NIGERIAN SCHOOL GIRLS

  (Ms. WILSON of Florida asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Ms. WILSON of Florida. Mr. Speaker, last night, I introduced a 
bipartisan resolution condemning the abduction of Nigerian school girls 
by the terrorist group Boko Haram, which has claimed responsibility.
  Leadership of the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee and the 
Subcommittee on Africa joined me and cosponsored House Resolution 573.
  Mr. Speaker, I am personally deeply disturbed by this atrocity, and 
it shines a light on the terror that so many girls face around the 
world every day in attaining the basic right of an education.
  We must do everything in our power to ensure the safe return of these 
precious children and strengthen efforts to

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protect them from those who conduct violent attacks.
  I support Secretary Kerry's decision to send a security team to 
Nigeria. It will take the efforts of the Nigerian Government, the 
United States Government, and the international community to rescue the 
missing young girls. These young women could be our daughters, our 
sisters, our nieces.
  Mr. Speaker, the terror is still continuing as I stand and address 
this House. We must end this nightmare for these girls and for girls 
all over the world.

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