Speaker. I join my colleagues in expressing frustration and anger regarding the plight of Vladimir Tsukerman. a Soviet citizen who has recently been sentenced to 3 years in a Soviet labor camp for peacefully seeking permission to join his wife and son in Israel. I am disturbed by the increasingly stringent Soviet response to individuals who seek exit visas. And I am concerned for those Soviet citizens who endure harassment and persecution by their neighbors and their government because they choose to practice their religious faith or seek to emigrate from the Soviet Union. Particularly now. as Thanksgiving and the holiday season approach. many of us think of counting our blessings and giving thanks for all that we have. As Americans. we enjoy freedoms which most people around the world can only dream of. The freedom of worship and the right to emigrate freely are especially precious. I call upon the Soviet Union to honor its commitment to these principles as embodied in the Helsinki accords. and to cease its violation of the human rights of individuals such as Vladimir Tsukerman.e
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