Mr. Speaker. last Saturday night. February 20. Leonid Rigerman and his mother. Mrs. Esther Rigerman. arrived in the United States. It was a thrilling experience for me to greet and welcome them at John F. Kennedy Airport. This was an historic moment. marking the culmination of efforts to secure the confirmation of their U.S. citizenship and their emigration from the Soviet Union. On December 19. I reported to the House that the U.S. citizenship of Leonid Rigerman and his mother. Mrs. Esther Rigerman. had been confirmed by the U.S. Government. Prior to that time. Leonid Rigerman had made several attempts to enter the U.S.
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