[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 4]
[House]
[Page 5040]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          THE GIRLS OF CHIBOK

  (Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York asked and was given permission 
to address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her 
remarks.)
  Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York. Mr. Speaker, yesterday, on the 
1-year anniversary of the kidnapping of the girls of Nigeria, there 
were solemn acts of remembrance in Nigeria's capital.
  In the Republic of the Congo, they tied red and purple ribbons around 
the capital. There was a solidarity protest near the Eiffel Tower in 
Paris and a gathering in London to call for the girls to be returned.
  In my home city of New York, as the sun was setting, the Empire State 
Building was lit up brightly in purple and red, purple for violence 
against women and red for the girls of Chibok.
  It seems like the very act that ripped them from the arms of their 
parents has somehow tied the rest of the world together, united us in 
our outrage, and armed us with hope.
  Feelings are not enough. It is time for action. It is time for the 
governments of Africa to unite and to act. Already, the Governments of 
Chad, Nigeria, Niger, and Cameroon are holding Boko Haram accountable.
  It is time for Western countries to unite because we will never, ever 
forget our girls. We could not forgive our failure to act.

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