Mr. Chairman. I want to congratulate the distinguished members of the Committee on Foreign Affairs for including in H.R. 14734 an authorization for $85 million to assist Soviet Jewish refugees in Israel. The tiny nation of Israel is providing a measure of humanitarianism of which we can all be proud by opening its doors to those members of the oppressed Soviet Jewish minority who are permitted to leave the Soviet Union. It is only appropriate that the United States. with its long standing compassion for oppressed peoples assist the Israeli Government in discharging the important obligation it has voluntarily undertaken.
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