[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 13]
[House]
[Pages 18538-18539]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                   INSTITUTE FOR ECONOMICS AND PEACE

  (Mr. RICHMOND asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. RICHMOND. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to, of course, extend my 
heartfelt condolences to the victims of terrorism in Paris. But what I 
also want to do, because I take my membership in this august body 
seriously, is to make sure that we are not fostering the perception 
that Black lives don't matter.
  If we look at the Global Terrorism Index, published by the Institute 
for Economics and Peace, we would see that Boko Haram has killed 6,644 
people last year; 77 percent of them who were private citizens. On the 
other hand, ISIL has killed 6,073; 44 percent of them were private 
citizens.
  I just want to take a moment and highlight over the last 2 months the 
terrorism that has been going on in Nigeria, Cameroon, and Chad. Just 
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Wednesday, 15 people were killed at a mobile phone market with a 
bombing; 34 people were killed with a bombing at a fruit and vegetable 
market; 4 people were bombed at a mosque; and 3 people were bombed at a 
mosque on November 9. And in October, more of the same. October 23, 11 
people were bombed at a mosque; and October 14, 42 people killed at a 
mosque.
  Mr. Speaker, I say this to just highlight the fact that terrorism is 
plaguing communities all across this world. We should make sure that 
we, as the United States Congress, highlight all of those communities 
and express our condolences and seek to create peace all around this 
country.

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