I rise today to join an evergrowing group of my colleagues who have participated in the 1985 Congressional Call to Conscience for Soviet Jewry as a show of support for the over 3 million Jews in the Soviet Union now struggling to maintain their cultural heritage. I command all those who already have taken part in this worthy venture. and I urge the rest of my colleagues to join in this call. Last year. more than 350.000 Soviet Jews expressed interest in emigrationonly a mere 896 were allowed to leave. This number is a 98percent drop from just 5 years earlier. Unfortunately. the crackdown goes further than simply restricting immigration. Jews are harassed by Soviet authorities. They are imprisoned. forced into labor camps. or relocated against their will for no apparent reason.
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