I want to commend my colleagues. Congressman STOKES and Congressman BILIRAKIS for taking time today to discuss the plight of Soviet Jews. With a new leadership team in Moscow and the approaching anniversary of the signing of the Helsinki accords. we in Congress had hoped that we would see a renewed flow of emigrants from the Sc let Union. And although the Soviet authorities have encouraged refuseniks to reapply for emigration visas. the hoped for flow remains a trickle. Among these refuseniks are a group of American citizens held hostage by the Soviet Government. Perhaps the best known of these fellow Americans is Abe Stolar and his tragic quest to return home to the United States.
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