Speaker. I would like to take this opportunity to join with my distinguished colleagues and protest the continued imprisonment of Ida Nudel by Soviet authorities. After repeatedly denying Ida an exit visa and subjecting her to various forms of harassment. the Soviet Union found her guilty on charges of "malicious hooliganism" and sentenced her to 4 years of Siberian exile. Despite her failing health and the Siberian environment. she continues to function as a rallying point and a beacon of hope for the hundreds of Jewish dissidents suffering similar plights. Ida Nudels sentence represents a travesty of justice which. unfortunately. is becoming all too familiar.