WYCHE FOWLER. with whom I have the honor of serving as cochair of the Congressional Coalition for Soviet Jewry. and to all the Members on both sides of the aisle in both Houses of Congress who have given their support to this measure. Senate Joint Resolution 161 calls attention to President Reagans statements affirming our commitment to freedom for Soviet Jews and calls upon the Soviet Union to make a show of good faith by: Releasing Jewish Prisoners of Conscience. including Anatoly Shcharansky and Yosef Begun. Granting exit visas to all known longterm refuseniks. such as Vladimir and Maria Slepak and Ida Nudel. and Periitting family reunification and repatriation. Yesterday I had the honor of sitting next to Avital Shcharansky when we both testified before the House Foreign Affairs Committee. I said then that Avital was one of the most courageous women in the world.
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