Representative HOLTZMAN. on taking this afternoons special order and in convening a press conference this morning. JacksonVanik. the subject of both events today. is an issue that is vitally important not only to Members of Congress. to the American people but to many people around the world including specifically those in the Soviet Union. As we approach a welcome period of d6tente that promises to end at last the cold war. we in the United States must do our part to develop a universal set of principles that will enable all people the right to emigrate freely. to practice freely their religion. and to have full academic and intellectual freedom. As the Ways and Means Committee considers the important trade legislation. it must be aware of the interest of the American people. and the Members of Congress in seeing the inclusion of an undiluted version of the JacksonVanik resolution. We must all continue the pressure to accomplish that goal.
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