Mr. Speaker. today I am speaking on behalf of a family that cannot speaka family that resides in the Soviet Union. Veniamin and Bella Lifshitz have tried to leave the Soviet Union and join their children and grandchildren in Israel since 1971. Repeatedly. they have been denied permission to emigrate because of Veniamins alleged access to sensitive military information obtained when he served as a colonel in the Soviet Army more than 30 years ago. In 1948. at the age of 40. Veniamin retired from the army as a semiinvalid with permanent heart damage. During the next 12 years. he was employed at a light industrial plant. not connected with any secret or sensitive work. until failing health forced him to resign.
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