Speaker. as the author of a similar bill. I rise in support of House Concurrent Resolution 471. This measure calls for a governmental commitment to use formal and informal channels to express our great concern about Soviet Union oppression of religious and cultural freedoms as well as restrictions on the right to emigrate. Specifically. the President is asked to request that the Soviet Government honor the words of Its constitution by permitting the free exercise of religion and the expression of ideas by all of its citizens. In addition. this resolution states our desire for the President to request of the Soviet Government. that it permit its citizens the right to emigrate to the countries of their choice as affirmed by the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights. For centuries. Jews in the Soviet Union have suffered both legal and social discrimination.
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