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Boko Haram

Floor Speech

Date: April 15, 2015
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Foreign Affairs Criminal Justice

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Ms. WILSON of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the 1-year anniversary of the tragic kidnapping of 276 girls in Nigeria.

I welcome Patience and Saw to Washington, two of the girls who are with us all day. I thank all of the Members of Congress for taking part in this sad, sad anniversary. We are wearing red and purple today to note the horrible atrocity.

How much longer do we have to wait before the girls are returned to their families? How many more people must die before Boko Haram is defeated? How many more families must be separated? How many more women will be raped?

Mr. Speaker, Boko Haram must be stopped. We must do everything we can to help the Nigerian Government in bringing back our girls.

We must continue to march, continue to demonstrate, continue to protest, continue to pass legislation, and continue to tweet #bringbackourgirls and #followrepwilson until our girls are returned home.

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