[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 12116]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                               BOKO HARAM

  (Mr. ENGEL asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. ENGEL. Mr. Speaker, 3 months have passed since Boko Haram 
kidnapped nearly 300 schoolgirls in northeastern Nigeria. Today, as the 
ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, I join my 
colleagues to say that the girls have not been forgotten, and we remain 
committed to getting them home safely--#bringbackourgirls.
  I want to commend, particularly, our colleague Ms. Frederica Wilson 
of Florida, who has led the charge in this regard, and we are united in 
not stopping until our girls are brought home.
  This year, Boko Haram has killed more than 2,000 people in nearly 100 
attacks. They have kidnapped more women. They have terrorized villages 
in northeastern Nigeria and have launched attacks on the capital of 
Abuja and Lagos, Nigeria's commercial center. Their leader has demanded 
that Boko Haram militants be released in exchange for the schoolgirls, 
and he has called for the murder of Christians. He must be brought to 
justice.
  My prayers remain with the kidnapped girls and their families and all 
Nigerians who live under the shadow of Boko Haram. We must continue to 
push back against this group and work for the safe return of the 
kidnapped schoolgirls.
  Bring back our girls.

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