On the recordNovember 3, 2015
Mr. Speaker, tomorrow is Wear Red Wednesday to bring back our girls. Boko Haram, notorious for kidnapping nearly 300 Chibok girls almost 570 days ago, has used heinous tactics to displace 2.2 million Nigerians and kill 15,000 people in the region. While our government has condemned these acts and offered noncombat support to the multinational joint tasks force fighting Boko Haram, we must do more. Mr. Speaker, that is why I have introduced H.R. 3833, to require the U.S. Government to develop a regional strategy to assist the multinational joint task force and address security issues for Nigerian school children, especially girls. I urge my colleagues to join me as cosponsors to this important legislation. Mr. Speaker, this bill was already passed in the Senate by Senator Collins, S. 1632, and we now need to pass it in the House. Until these precious Chibok girls are returned, we will continue to wear red on Wednesdays, continue to tweet, tweet, tweet, #bringbackourgirls, #joinrepwilson. ____________________
