[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 12115]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           HOW LONG? TOO LONG

  (Ms. JACKSON LEE asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Speaker, I stand here today as a mother and a 
parent. I could offer that I am a Congresswoman, but I think we need to 
embrace those mothers whose girls are still missing.
  How long? Too long. How long? Too long.
  Next Wednesday will be 100 days since they have been gone. I join to 
say #bringbackourgirls.
  I also want Shekau, the leader of the Nigerian terrorist group, Boko 
Haram, to be brought to justice. I want you to know that they are 
attacking girls and women.
  I want President Goodluck Jonathan to establish the victims fund that 
he says he has established, but to utilize it for the victims that 
already exist. He announced that he established a victims fund after 
we, women of Congress and myself, pleaded with him to establish it when 
we went to Nigeria with my colleagues, Congresswoman Wilson, Mr. 
Stockman, and Ms. Frankel.
  We must do as Malala has done. We must hug them and know them and 
love them.
  Yes, Mr. Speaker, we have to bring the girls back. Hauwa Mutah, Hauwa 
Takai, Serah Samuel, these are the names. Bring the girls back.

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