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On the recordMay 9, 2014
This week, women Members of the United States House of Representatives went to the Nigerian Embassy to plead and to insist on the fight to bring our girls home and, as well, to establish a victims' fund and to find and bring the thug Sekau, the leader of the Boko Haram terrorist group, to justice. Today, I am going to read a few names of those girls that are missing for those mothers who are longing for their return: Rebecca Luka, Laraba John, Saratu Markus, Mary Usman, Debora Yahonna, Naomi Zakaria, Hanatu Musa, Hauwa Tella, Juliana Yakubu, Suzana Yakubu, Saraya Paul, Jummai Paul, Mary Sule, Jummai John, Yanke Shittima, Muli Waligam, Fatima Tabji, and Eli Joseph. I will put all of them in the Record. In honor of Mother's Day, I mourn with those mothers, I pray for mothers across America, and I pray for the Nigerian mothers whose children are still missing. May I ask prayers for all who are longing now for their children to return, and may I offer my blessings to my late mother, Ivalita Jackson. NIGERIAN KIDNAPPED GIRLS Deborah Abge; Awa Abge; Hauwa Yirma; Asabe Manu; Mwa Malam Pogu; Patiant Dzakwa; Saraya Mal.…
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Sheila Jackson Lee
Democratic · Texas

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