Mr. Chairman. I had introduced a bill which would provide that 30.000 nonquota refugee visas be made available to Soviet Jews in the event that the Soviet Union were -to open its doors and permit them to leave. That bill received wide support both here in the House and also in the Senate and. as the report of the State Department indicates. and I am pleased that they do. they felt that the need for that bill was real. The response of the Attorney General. which was an unreserved commitment to permit the Jews that were permitted to leave the Soviet Union to come to the U.S. without quota restrictions as refugees. I applauded and accepted because it marked a change in the Administrations position. and I am grateful to the Attorney General for having led the way on that issue. As a result of his unreserved commitment.
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