Speech #930197513

President. today I am submitting a sense of the Senate resolution attempting to insure that the U.S. ExportImport BankEximnot grant any further credit to the Soviet Union until the Senate has had the opportunity to consider and act on the Trade Reform Act of 1973. By adopting the MillsVanik amendment to the Trade Reform Act. the House of Representatives voted to forbid Governmentbacked trade credits to any nation which denied its nationals the right to free emigration. the amendment was aimed primarily at the Soviet Union. Seventysix Members of the Senate. including myself. cosponsored a similar amendment introduced by Senator JACKSON. Despite this clear statement of congressional will.