Mr. Speaker. I rise today to bring to the attention of my colleagues the fact that this Sunday. May 2. is Solidarity Sunday. an annual event in which Americans of all faiths unite behind the Soviet Unions 3 million repressed Jews. Congressman HOLLENBECK. of New Jersey and I have. in this regard. introduced a resolution expressing congressional support for Solidarity Sunday. Specifically. we call on the Soviet Union to remove all emigration barriers and to insure the free exercise of religious beliefs and cultural expression. Solidarity Sunday represents the largest rally held in our Nation supporting Soviet Jewry. Sunday. May 2. will mark the 11th straight year the Greater Conference on Soviet Jewry has sponsored the event.
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