[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 3]
[House]
[Page 4127]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                WEAR RED WEDNESDAY: 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 is Wear Something Red 
Wednesday to bring back our girls.
  This week marks the second anniversary of the April 14, 2014, 
kidnapping of the Nigerian Chibok schoolgirls, 730 days.
  This week and next, Members of Congress will join us in commemorating 
the tragic event that captured the world's attention and calling for 
increased action to defeat Boko Haram, the world's deadliest terrorist 
organization.
  Members of Congress--Republicans and Democrats, men and women--have 
all galvanized behind this cause. House leadership, including House 
Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and Conference Chair Cathy McMorris 
Rodgers, have joined us in wearing something red on Wednesday to bring 
attention to this cause.
  I urge my colleagues and everyone to continue to lend their voices to 
this cause and join us. We should never forget. We must never forget 
the Nigerian Chibok girls.
  For almost 2 years we have tweeted to raise awareness to this issue 
in Congress, and we will continue to tweet, tweet, tweet 
#bringbackourgirls. Tweet every day. Tweet, tweet, tweet 
#bringbackourgirls.

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