I am honored this session to be the chairman of the Congressional Call to Conscience Vigil. 1981. And I call upon all of my colleagues to join in this spirited effort to speak out for Soviet Jews. Christians. and others who have been refused the right to emigrate. who have been imprisoned and exiled for their beliefs. who have been harassed. stripped of their positions. and separated from kin. We begin this vigil as the Madrid Conference reconvenes to review the Helsinki accords of 1975. Earlier in this Conference. the Soviets expressed their belief that Americans no longer advocate human rights as a key element in foreign policy.
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