I want to thank all of my colleagues in the House and Senate who have participated in the Call to Conscience Vigil Our individual and combined efforts on behalf of those who are persecuted in the Soviet Union have given a measure of hope to these individuals and their families here who have struggled to be reunited in freedom. We in the Congress have spoken openly and forthrightly on behalf of those who continue to be arbitrarily harassed. arrested. exiled. We commiserate with the families whose loved ones have been stripped of their livelihood and opportunities for a productive and personally fulfilling life. Emigration for Soviet Jews has declined markedly since the high total of 51.000 in 1979. and Soviet refuseniks. ostracized and tormented. wait and endure. They know that we are on their side. They know that we are fighting for them.
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