I recognize that free trade can and does offer numerous benefits to participating nations. But I also recognize. Mr. Speaker. that we must sometimes use trade rights as a tool. especially where injustice is blatant. Soviet citizens who want to leave their country have repaid the state for their education by long hours. hard work. low wages. and low living standards. This is a high enough price for the right to leave. especially when the desire to leave emanates from another burdenrepression of religious freedom. I call upon Congress to pass the Freedom of Emigration Act and the condemnatory concurrent resolution to insure that the price of leaving is no higher.
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