Mr. Speaker. I want to add my voice to those of my colleagues who speak out on the deplorable situation of those in the Soviet Union who wish to emigrate but have over and over been denied this very basic human right. flaving returned from a trip to the Soviet Union this summer and meeting with many Soviet Jews. and those of other faiths. I am as committed as ever to continue our efforts to help those who have sought to emigrate. be reunited with family and have the freedom to follow their religious beliefs. The recent summit with President Reagan and Secretary Gorbachev has produced little hope that the situation will change for people like the Boris Ghinis family or the Mikhail Kazanovich family who have been trying to emigrate for years but because of absurd reasons have not been granted visas. I was able to meet Mikhail Kazanovich while in Leningrad and have been in touch here in the United States with Irene Ghinis family. I was moved by the courage and continued sense of hope that these people displayed in spite of the loss of employment. restrictions on university enrollment. illegal searches of homes. and an endless list of harassments of those who have tried to exercise their right to emigrate. Mr. Speaker. I implore the Soviet Union to uphold the treaties and agreements they have signed and allow those that wish to emigrate so that husbands. wives. and children will be reunited to live as a family and live a life that they seek.
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