[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 6]
[House]
[Page 7612]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        FREE THE NIGERIAN GIRLS

  (Ms. JACKSON LEE asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Speaker, I think we all understand and believe 
that our children are our most precious resource.
  Over the last couple of weeks, hearts and minds of many around the 
world have been captured by a heinous thug by the name of Abubakar 
Shekau, the leader of the Boko Haram, who has been a vile, disgraceful, 
violent, and uncaring terrorist thug.
  Yet we do not know where these girls are.
  As women of the United States Congress, yesterday, myself, Barbara 
Lee, Marcia Fudge, Karen Bass, and Janice Hahn went to the Nigerian 
Embassy to stand and reject the $12 that Shekau wants to sell these 
girls for.
  We ask that we have a concerted effort on this. We should also 
establish a victims' fund.
  In the meeting, as we spoke to those from Nigeria, we asked President 
Jonathan to stand up to say they will find these girls and they will 
bring this terrorist to justice. We ask that today because no one knows 
where these girls might be.
  I close by calling two names: Aisha Ezekial and Nguba Buba. I will be 
calling these girls' names throughout this week to remind us they must 
be found now.

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