Speaker. I am happy to join today in this special order which further demonstrates the widespread concern felt in the Congress on the issue of religious and political repression in the Soviet Union. This 49th birthday of Ida Nudel. the "Soviet Prisoner of Conscience". is yet another reminder of the official Soviet policies that punish potential emigrants and their families. I am afraid that if the Soviet leadership thinks they are discouraging emigration and demands for human rights by these acts of oppression. they are very wrong. Outspoken. principled victims like Ida Nudel daily alert the rest of the world to the denial of basic rights in the U.S.S.R.. and give hope to those wanting to leave and emigrants whose family members remain there. My deepest respect and sympathies go to Ida Nudel on her birthday in some remote Soviet city. She is a source of inspiration for the Soviet Jewish community. and a living symbol for all of us who believe in actively defending basic human rights.*
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