[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 7248]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




          WEAR SOMETHING RED WEDNESDAY TO 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.
  My heart is overflowing with joy. I am very happy to report that one 
of the Chibok schoolgirls who had been abducted by the Nigerian 
terrorist group Boko Haram has been found. She was found last week by a 
vigilante group in the Sambisa Forest, close to the border of Cameroon.
  The young girl has been reunited with her family after having spent 2 
years in captivity, an experience that will haunt her for the rest of 
her life. Sadly, according to several media accounts, the young girl 
reported that six of the 219 have died since being held by Boko Haram 
and that the rest are alive and are being held in the forest.
  Last week we celebrated the return of this precious young girl, but 
we cannot stop working until the 212 who are still being held hostage 
are safely returned to their families, away from these evil, Islamic 
insurgents.
  Mr. Speaker, time is of the essence, and the governments of the 
Multinational Joint Task Force, alongside our government, must fight as 
hard as possible to find these girls. We cannot stop until we find them 
all.
  I urge my colleagues to join me today in wearing red on Wednesday 
until Boko Haram is defeated and all of the kidnapped girls have 
rejoined their families. Please continue to wear something red on 
Wednesday. Please continue to tweet, tweet, tweet #BringBackOurGirls 
and to tweet, tweet, tweet #JoinRepWilson.

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