I watched with compassion as the mother of Anatoly Shcharansky. the refusenik who was sentenced to 13 years in prison on a trumpedup charge of treason. tearfully asked us to increase the public outcry on behalf of her son. The refuseniks were eager for us to know the reality of their situation. They were eager for us to take their cause to the free world. They know. as we do. that recognition of their right to emigrateeven if only partially securedwill be won only if those in the West make it a priority issue. Mr. Speaker. we must show the Soviet Union that we in the United States care. that we remember these refusenik families. and that we shall never forget the hardships and the fears that these people face on a daytoday basis.
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