Year after year. we have expressed our feelings at this forum and I invite our colleagues to Join us later in the day when I will be hosting a special order In conJuction with this resolution. Mr. Speaker. we have seen Soviet Jewish emigration plummet. from a high in 1979 of over 51.000 to less than 900 last year. Arrests have increased dramatically. and there are now 22 prisoners of conscience languishing in Soviet jails and prison camps. Through efforts such as Solidarity Sunday for Soviet Jewry. we in the Congress are reiterating our commitment to these men and women.
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