[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 1]
[House]
[Page 188]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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                           FIGHTING TERRORISM

  (Ms. JACKSON LEE asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Speaker, in the last couple of days, we have 
seen tragic incidents occurring against innocent people, today in 
particular, the tragic killing of journalists and police officers in 
Paris, France, terrorist acts against innocent persons and persons who 
we know in the United States have the right to the First Amendment and 
freedom of expression that is the very core of the principles of this 
Nation of which we value and which our soldiers have gone to faraway 
wars to fight for.
  At the same time, Boko Haram, a terrorist group that has plagued the 
African continent, mainly in Nigeria, Chad, Cameroon, and around the 
areas of Niger, have taken a city near Lake Chad. They have seized that 
city. They have taken over the military base. They are continuing to 
kill thousands and causing 1.5 million to be displaced.
  Again, we have to fight terrorism in a universal manner, both in 
terms of our attitudes and values, but more importantly, in the 
organizing of African nations to stand up against these heinous 
terrorists, who have stolen children, 300 girls and boys, and taken 
them from their families and lives. Boko Haram cannot be in control. We 
must, in a united way, stand against them and provide for the peace and 
tranquility of the people of the continent where they are.

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