[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 4]
[House]
[Page 5071]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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                          BRING BACK OUR GIRLS

  (Ms. FRANKEL of Florida asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. FRANKEL of Florida. Madam Speaker, I stand here today 1 year 
since Boko Haram kidnapped 270 young girls attending school in Chibok, 
Nigeria. This kidnapping received international attention for a short 
time; then, like the girls, the spotlight disappeared, and yet our 
children remain hidden and subjected to unimaginable crimes.
  Innocent girls who cry out to be liberated cannot be forgotten. They 
are as Maya Angelou's caged birds who sing with a fearful trill of 
things unknown but longed for still, and their tune is heard on the 
distant hill, for the caged birds sing of freedom.
  Madam Speaker, I join my colleagues today in saying, ``Bring Back Our 
Girls.''

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