Speaker. as one of the many supporters of the MillsVanik bill which authorized economic sanctions against the Soviet Union if that country did not relent in its policy of discrimination against its Jewish citizens. I am pleased to have recently received a letter from Rabbi Israel Miller. president of the American Zionist Federation. thanking each of us for our actions. Rabbi Miller said that our bill was of considerable assistance in forcing the Soviet Government to remove its deplorable "diploma tax" of up to $30.000 against educated Jews who wish to emigrate to Israel. I know that my colleagues who also supported the MillsVanik bill are equally proud to know that our efforts in this fight against injustice were successful. I only hope that our victory today is not a hollow one. which will disappear whenever the Soviet dictatorship feels it to be advantageous to once again persecute Jews in their midst.
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