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Sheila Jackson Lee: I want to celebrate the return of the Chibok schoolgirls. Many of you know that 200-plus girls were taken back in 2014…

On the recordSeptember 7, 2016
I want to celebrate the return of the Chibok schoolgirls. Many of you know that 200-plus girls were taken back in 2014, in Nigeria, snatched out of their beds, snatched out of a boarding school, abused, and taken by Boko Haram. Boko Haram, of course, is an ISIS cousin. I want to acknowledge that Frederica Wilson, Lois Frankel, and myself, we went to Nigeria when they were taken. Mr. Speaker, I am delighted to celebrate those girls are back. But we are going to fight Boko Haram in every way that we can possibly fight. Finally, congratulations to the University of Houston football team that beat Oklahoma. ____________________
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Sheila Jackson Lee
Democratic · Texas
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Sep 7, 2016

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