I rise today to join my colleagues in honoring a great man. a man who has climbed to heroic proportions in the hearts and minds of the American people. Ironically. he is a man whose greatness was gained with a simple dream and a simple. obscure act. The man: Anatoly Shcharansky. His wish: To emigrate to Israel. His act: Applying for an emigration visa to realize his dream. But Shcharanskys greatness is no comfort to him. because as a result of his dream and desire to fulfill it. he today sits in jail. the victim- of Soviet repression and antiSemitism. He is our reluctant hero and we are his reluctant admirers.
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