Mr. Speaker. I am honored to participate in the calltoconscience vigil sponsored by my colleague Representative MICHAEL BARNES and the Union of Councils for Soviet Jewry. As the sponsor of the vigil for freedom for Soviet Jewry in 1978. I believe it is essential for the Congress to bring the attention of the world to bear on the restrictive. discriminatory. and repressive emigration policies of the Soviet Union. In no case are these harsh policies more evident than in that of Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Maryasin and their daughter. Faina. The Maryasins have repeatedly sought permission from the Soviet Government to join their oldest daughter in Israel.
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