[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 6]
[House]
[Page 8934]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          BRING BACK OUR GIRLS

  (Ms. KELLY of Illinois asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Ms. KELLY of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, it is with great concern for the 
safety of over 200 kidnapped Nigerian girls that I urge my colleagues 
to vote for the National Defense Authorization Act.
  This bill includes an en bloc amendment I offered requiring the 
Department of Defense, in consultation with the Department of State, to 
report on the efforts to assist in the search and rescue of the young 
women who were abducted in Nigeria last month.
  There is more that our government can do to address the threat that 
Boko Haram poses to international security. By Congress knowing more 
about this terrorist group, their movements, the safety of the girls, 
and what the U.S. and Nigerian Governments can do to protect these 
girls and others like them, we will be in a better position to end Boko 
Haram's reign of terror.
  Families weep in Nigeria. The global community holds vigil for these 
children.
  I thank the chairman for including my amendment in the en bloc 
package and urge my colleagues to vote to help ``bring back our 
girls.''
  In regard to Memorial Day, I want to thank those who gave up their 
tomorrow, so we could have today.

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