I applaud the Foreign Affairs Committees efforts to bring House Concurrent Resolution 471 to the House floor for a vote todayand I am confident it will receive overwhelming support. As a Congressman. I have taken every opportunity available to me to state the concern of my constituents over the unfair treatment of Soviet Jews--and to make extra visas available to Soviet citizens trying to emigrate to the United States. Further. believing that our governmental and diplomatic officials should use every avenue available to them to urge the Soviet Government to grant all its citizens the rights due them under the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights. I cosigned a letter sent to Commerce Secretary Stans asking him to bring up the matter of Soviet Jews during his trade talks in Moscow. We are going to pass this resolution today. and the concern of the House will be made crystal clear. So I believe it is an appropriate time for us to urge President Nixon. in behalf of the Congress and all concerned American citizens. to convey to the Soviet leadership our concern for the millions of Soviet citizens who face discrimination. who are prevented from perpetuating their cultural and religious heritage. and who are denied the right to emigrate. Certainly. these should be the rights of any individual.
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