Mr. Speaker. I would like to take part in the Congressional Vigil for Soviet Jews. in the hope that our efforts here in Congress can help the cause of the many families and individuals in the Soviet Union who wish to emigrate to the free world. I call the attention of this body. and all who follow its proceedings. to the plight of Vladimir Vinnik. an electronics engineer from Leningrad. his wife Emma. a physician. and their 15yearold son. Vadim. The family. which would like to go to Israel to reunite with Emmas 71yearold mother. has recently received its third refusal for an exit visa. Interestingly. in December. the boy. Vadim. had a symbolic proxy bar mitzvah with an American boy in this area through the efforts of the Washington Council on Soviet Jewry.
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