[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 4]
[House]
[Page 4877]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




 ONE-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF ABDUCTION OF CHIBOK SCHOOLGIRLS BY BOKO HARAM

  (Ms. WILSON of Florida asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Ms. WILSON of Florida. Mr. Speaker, today marks 1 year since the 
abduction of the Chibok schoolgirls in Nigeria--1 year, 365 days, 
nonstop--by Boko Haram.
  UNICEF is reporting that 800,000 children have been forced to flee 
Boko Haram's campaign of violence in Nigeria. Their Missing Childhoods 
reports that most of the girls remain in captivity, scores more of 
their peers have since gone missing, and the number of children who are 
displaced is staggering. The one bright spot is many of the girls have 
escaped, and 10 of them are in Virginia.
  When I went to Nigeria and met with those girls, I said: What can we 
do to help you?
  They said: We want to go to school.
  As a school principal, that made me proud because education is the 
key to all of the Nation's ills; and, in spite of their trials and 
tribulations, they still wanted to go to school.
  Boko Haram means Western education is sin, so we must support our 
girls and lift them up and let them know that we love them.
  Boko Haram has reached out to ISIS, and ISIS has responded. A 
marriage between Boko Haram and ISIS is a marriage made in hell.
  Tweet, tweet, tweet #bringbackourgirls. Tweet, tweet, tweet 
#followrepwilson. Tweet, tweet all day long.

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