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On the recordJuly 15, 2015
Mr. Speaker, today, we wear red to bring back our girls. This week, Boko Haram said it will free the Chibok girls in exchange for the extremist group's leaders. We who have raised our voices to shout ``bring back our girls'' knew that this would come. Mr. Speaker, Boko Haram could not risk killing the Chibok girls, but to hold 219 girls hostage for more than a year and then parade them out only as bargaining chips shows how little Boko Haram values these precious girls. If I can speak to the girls, I would tell them: We value you. Your friends and family who pray for you daily value you. Your new President who has taken steps to defeat Boko Haram values you. Your friends in Congress who wear red on Wednesdays to bring attention to your values and to your cause value you. Mr. Speaker, we will continue to tweet, tweet, tweet #bringbackour girls; tweet, tweet, tweet #joinrepwilson--until we bring back our girls. ____________________
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Frederica Wilson
Democratic · Florida

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