Mr. Speaker. it is an honor and a privilege for me to join in this special order honoring all Soviet Jews for their courageous battle for freedom and human dignity. I would like to take this occasion to pay special tribute to Mikhail Rudzevitsky. a Soviet Jew who was first refused permission to emigrate to Israel on July 19. 1973. An aeronautical engineer by profession. Rudzevitsky was born in 1949 and is married. He is being denied permission to emigrate due to the alleged secrecy of his service in the Soviet Army. Sadly. his status as a "refusenik" precludes him from practicing his chosen career profession. Rudzevitsky is one of the lesserknown Soviet Jews whose attempt to emigrate to Israel has been denied. Because of this. it is vitally important that his plight receive wide publicity. I feel that all of us should speak out for those who have been denied the most fundamental of freedomsfreedom of movement. freedom of thought. freedom of expression. rights that we as Americans all too often take for granted.
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