Mr. Speaker. a recent trip to the Middle East brought me in contact with two families whose relatives have. for various reasons. been denied exit visas from the Soviet Union. My concerns about the plight of Soviet Jews are shared by many of my colleagues. and it is appropriate to address once again the injustices faced by members of a society shunned by the government and demeaned because of their faith: Soviet Jews. Our ancestors came to this country in pursuit of freedom: intellectual. spiritual. economic. We find it hard to understand that a group of people can be so viciously handly by a government in the 20th century.