[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 14]
[House]
[Pages 20302-20303]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                               BOKO HARAM

  (Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. Mr. Speaker, as we remain correctly focused on the 
ISIS threat, less attention is being paid to Boko Haram.
  Over the past few years, Boko Haram has evolved from a regional to a 
global threat. Boko Haram is one of the world's deadliest terror 
groups, and it has pledged allegiance to ISIS. It has also been almost 
2 years since Boko Haram kidnapped hundreds of Nigerian schoolgirls.
  I want to thank my south Florida colleague, Frederica Wilson, for her 
leadership in reminding all of us about this tragic terrorist attack.
  We must bring back our girls. We are right to be concerned by the 
threat that ISIS poses to our national security and to the world; but 
we cannot ignore the threat posed by Boko Haram.
  Mr. Speaker, ISIS, Boko Haram, and so many other radical Islamic 
groups

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are being given the time and space to operate; so we must redouble our 
efforts to defeat these Islamic extremist groups.

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