Mr. Speaker. I am proud to be a cosponsor of the Freedom of Emigration Act. which prohibits mostfavorednation trade status to countries which deny their citizens tie right to emigrate or impose excessive fees for emigration. Our country was founded on religious freedom. The American ideal. and all that it stands for. is repulsed by the plight of the millions of Soviet Jews being held hostage behind the Iron Curtain. We cannot stand idle. in the face of this atrocity. any longer. This legislation provides a vehicle to focus national and world attention upon the unjust emigration policy of the Soviets. and it puts them on notice that this repressive policy will result only in their own economic hardship. I am heartened by the support this legislation has received in the Congress. and I am hopeful that it can be enacted at the earliest possible time. A strong vote for this bill will leave no doubt in the minds of the Soviet leaders of the intensity of our concern and of our intention to actively oppose their vicious campaign to impede and prevent the emigration of Soviet Jews.
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