Mr. Speaker. the House just voted on the Vanik amendment. including in title IV of H.R. 10710. requirements that the Soviet Union guarantee freedom of emigration to its citizens. in exchange for extension of U.S. credits and longterm financing of Soviet purchases. I am one of the principal cosponsors of this amendment and the bill that preceded it. I voted in the Ways and Means Committee for its inclusion in the original bill. I have spoken often before the House on this important issue. Immediately after voting on the Vanik amendment. which passed 31980. I voted on final passage of the trade bill itself.
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