[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 4]
[House]
[Page 5072]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




     ONE-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE BOKO HARAM KIDNAPPING OF NIGERIAN 
                              SCHOOLGIRLS

  (Ms. MAXINE WATERS of California asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute.)
  Ms. MAXINE WATERS of California. Madam Speaker, a year and a day ago 
today, 276 innocent Nigerian schoolgirls were tragically taken away 
from their boarding school and their family.
  One year later, more than 200 of these girls are still missing, and 
Boko Haram continues to prey on the Nigerian people. The kidnapping of 
these schoolgirls is just one example of the appalling acts of terror 
committed by this group, who, according to the Human Rights Watch, have 
killed more than 2,000 people and forced 800,000 children to be 
displaced from their homes.
  We simply must do more to combat their efforts.
  I commend President Obama for publicly expressing his willingness to 
assist Nigeria in its efforts to dismantle this group.
  Additionally, I encourage the incoming President of Nigeria, 
President Buhari, to remain committed to his pledge to implement an 
aggressive effort to combat Boko Haram and to protect his citizens.
  I hope, with the anniversary of these attacks upon us, we are all 
regalvanized to do what we can to bring back our girls and protect our 
other innocent citizens from any future attacks.
  I thank Congresswoman Frederica Wilson for her leadership on this 
issue.

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