Mr. Speaker. I wish to urge my colleagues in the House of Representatives to unite in support of House Concurrent Resolution 304. which calls upon the Soviet Union to drop all charges against Yelena Bonner and issue her an exit visa for the purpose of obtaining medical treatment outside the Soviet Union. I am a cosponsor of this measure because I feel strongly about the increased Soviet persecution of Bonner and her husband. Andrei Sakharov. a Nobel Peace Prize laureate and prominent nuclear physicist. Bonner has been placed under investigation for defaming the Soviet system and has been barred from leaving the city of Gorky. where Sakharov has been in internal exile for over 4 years.