Speaker. I rise today to join with my colleagues in speaking out on behalf of three Soviet prisonersofconscienceYosif Mendelevich. Alexei Murzhenko. and Yuri Federov. These three brave men were among those convicted at the famous Leningrad trials. They are now the only three members of that group remaining in Soviet prisonsthe others have all been released and allowed to leave the Soviet Union to emigrate to Israel and the United States. One of their companionsLeib Khnokhwas my adopted prisonerofconscience during his period of confinement. I was both honored and pleased to meet with him on his recent visit to Washington.
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