Mr. Speaker. today marks the 51st birthday of Ida Nudel. a Soviet Jewish prisoner of conscience whose dignified courage in the face of years of persecution and imprisonment has made her an inspiration to millions who cherish the cause of human rights. In June 1978. Ida Nudel was arrested after she hung a banner from her Moscow apartment reading. "KGB. give me my visa." Instead. Soviet authorities gave her 44 months in a Siberian prison camp. a brutal experience that nevertheless left her spirit unbroken. Last month. this brave and independent woman was released and returned to Moscow. Almost 4 years in Siberia have not changed her mind about the most important goal in her life: "I want to leave.