[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 4]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 5091]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                 ANNIVERSARY OF BOKO HARAM KIDNAPPINGS

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                       HON. DONALD M. PAYNE, JR.

                             of new jersey

                    in the house of representatives

                       Wednesday, April 15, 2015

  Mr. PAYNE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today with my colleagues to recognize 
the one-year anniversary of the kidnapping of nearly 300 Nigerian girls 
by the terrorist group Boko Haram.
  A year after this horrific act was perpetrated, 219 of the girls 
remain missing. Few know of their struggles and of the events in 
Nigeria, and the world's focus has largely shifted from rescue to 
remembrance.
  But we have an opportunity, and a moral responsibility, to act. To 
ensure the safe return of these young girls and eliminate Boko Haram, 
so that no one else's child suffers at their hands.
  The missing girls risked their lives in pursuit of education. Among 
them we see lawyers, doctors, teachers--future leaders of their 
country. We see our own daughters.
  Today, I call on my colleagues not just to remember these girls, but 
to recommit to their rescue by passing legislation to combat Boko 
Haram.

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