Mr. Speaker. I rise on behalf of this measure. Senate Joint Resolution 161. which I believe is both timely and compassionate. It seeks to support the case of individuals who suffer much through the refusal of the Soviet Government to permit their orderly emigration. It focuses on famed physicist Anatoly Shcharansky. who has won the hearts and admiration of the civilized world with his devotion to the cause of freedom. Shcharansky has protested in the last way available to him. by a hunger strike. while exiled internally in the Soviet Union. His valiant and devoted wife Avital. who herself had a difficult time leaving the Soviet Union. testified just yesterday before the House Foreign Affairs Committee. explaining how the Soviet Union seeks to exploit her husband.
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