[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 13852]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           WEAR RED WEDNESDAY

  (Ms. WILSON of Florida asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Ms. WILSON of Florida. Mr. Speaker, today is Wear Red Wednesday to 
Bring Back Our Girls.
  We have heard so many heartbreaking details of the death and 
destruction that Boko Haram has brought upon the people of Nigeria.
  I traveled to Nigeria last month, and I am strongly encouraged by 
President Buhari's pledge to defeat Boko Haram by the end of December 
with the help of a multinational joint task force that is made up of 
troops from Benin, Cameroon, Chad, Niger, and Nigeria--and also to free 
the girls.
  I am also encouraged after meeting in my office yesterday with 
members of the Nigerian House of Representatives--people who I know 
share my concern about Boko Haram and the Chibok girls. These honorable 
men confirmed the news that Boko Haram is quickly deteriorating--
fractured after losing its central command--and may be defeated even 
before President Buhari's December deadline.
  Until Boko Haram is defeated and those precious girls are returned, 
we will continue to tweet, tweet, tweet #bringbackourgirls and tweet, 
tweet, tweet #joinrepwilson.

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