[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 6]
[House]
[Pages 7387-7388]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          BRING BACK OUR GIRLS

  (Ms. WILSON of Florida asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Ms. WILSON of Florida. Mr. Speaker, today I, along with many of my 
colleagues--both women and men, Republicans and Democrats--wear red to 
pressure Nigerian President-elect Muhammadu Buhari into taking 
aggressive action against Boko Haram.
  Next week, as Nigeria welcomes the new President and celebrates 
Democracy Day, we here in Congress want to put a spotlight on the 
immense threat Boko Haram poses to Nigeria's democracy and freedom.
  Mr. Speaker, we want President-elect Buhari to know we will hold him 
accountable, just as we held his predecessor accountable. We urge this 
new administration to bring with it a swift

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and lasting change in attitude on this issue. We hope the new President 
will have a sense of urgency in finding the Chibok schoolgirls and 
defeating Boko Haram.
  Mr. Speaker, we expect the new President to find the girls, whether 
they have been married off against their will or not, are alive or in a 
mass grave. Wherever they are, we want to know.
  Until they are found, we will continue to tweet, tweet, tweet 
#bringbackourgirls; tweet, tweet, tweet #joinrepwilson.

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