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Mr. Speaker. I am pleased to participate in todays special order on Soviet Jewry called by our colleagues. Louis STOKES and MICHAEL BILIRAKIS. We stand here united to call attention to the ongoing plight of Soviet Jews: The miserably small emigration numbers. the persecution of Hebrew teachers. the Jewish prisoners of conscience. As the cochairman of the Congressional Human Rights Caucus. I salute my colleagues who have today called this special order. Today we are sendIng a slgn l of our commitment. and it is a signal Which speaks volumes about the interest in Congress for human rights. This special order. and the fact that 150 Members have joined the Human Rights Caucus. cannot escai�. the attention of nations which would prefer to be left alonelike muggers in a dark alleyso that their persecution would be unnoticed.