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On the recordFebruary 26, 2015
The resolution that I have offered in a substitute amendment is intended to serve as a direct message to Boko Haram that their terror and extremism will not be ignored.
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Robin Kelly
Democratic · Illinois

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Kelly emphasizes the resolution's purpose to confront Boko Haram's terrorism.

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