i'm joined in this amendment by congressman steve stockman, lois fran tell, congresswoman frederica wilson and congressman john conyers. mr. chairman, i was proud, recently, to support resolutions 573 and h.r. 617, strongly condemning the ongoing violence and systematic gross human rights violations against the people of nigeria carried out by the militant organization boko haram. especially the april 15, 214, kidnapping of more than 200 young girls kidnapped from a school by boko haram. this is what the people of northeast nigeria are facing every single day. men, 2014, more than 2,400 women, and children have been slaughtered by boko haram. it took the united states months ter the -- years after the first americans were attacked to declare boko haram a terrorist organization. it took the united nations 33 months after the united nations headquarters in nigeria was bombed before boko haram was sanctioned as an al qaeda-linked terror group. on june 2, 2014, the european union finally designated boko haram as a terror group. n.g.o.'s have indicated that in april the average deaths for 100 a week high by boko haram and late