On the recordFebruary 2, 2016
Almost 2 years ago I led a bipartisan delegation, the first congressional delegation, to Nigeria to assess and address the crisis of Boko Haram. At that time, it was in the immediate aftermath of the taking of the Chibok girls in a previous administration. Boko Haram was doing the kind of raiding and rabble-rousing that may have been part of burning villages. That time has now passed. And in the last 48 hours, Boko Haram poured gasoline on children and burned them. Boko Haram has now become a marauding and crusading, vile, evil, and vicious group. It takes in the space and areas of Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad, and Niger. It is important for us, as Members of Congress working with the administration, to call upon these nations to again collaborate and work together. They have pledged their support to ISIL. I am very glad that, in the course of the Homeland Security Committee, Judiciary Committee, Intelligence Committee, Armed Forces Committee, Boko Haram is not going to get away. There will not be boots on the ground, but we must stomp out Boko Haram because they are killing children all in Africa and they are dastardly committers of violence against civil society. ____________________
