[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 17040]
[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, tomorrow is Wear Red Wednesday to 
bring back our girls.
  Boko Haram, notorious for kidnapping nearly 300 Chibok girls almost 
570 days ago, has used heinous tactics to displace 2.2 million 
Nigerians and kill 15,000 people in the region.
  While our government has condemned these acts and offered noncombat 
support to the multinational joint tasks force fighting Boko Haram, we 
must do more.
  Mr. Speaker, that is why I have introduced H.R. 3833, to require the 
U.S. Government to develop a regional strategy to assist the 
multinational joint task force and address security issues for Nigerian 
school children, especially girls.
  I urge my colleagues to join me as cosponsors to this important 
legislation.
  Mr. Speaker, this bill was already passed in the Senate by Senator 
Collins, S. 1632, and we now need to pass it in the House.
  Until these precious Chibok girls are returned, we will continue to 
wear red on Wednesdays, continue to tweet, tweet, tweet, 
#bringbackourgirls, #joinrepwilson.

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