Mr. Speaker. like my colleagues. I was overjoyed to see Anatoly Shcharansky walk to freedom from behind the Iron Curtain last week. Yet. for those thousands of Soviet Jews who also wish to emigrate. what does the future hold? Unfortunately. I harbor few hopes that Mr. Shcharanskys release portends a change in status for the majority of Soviet Jews. It has been the sad reality that in recent years. the release of a prominent refusenik has been coupled with increased repression against the remaining activists. What will be the fate of Vladimir Brodsky. a Moscow cardiologist arrested last July on charges of "hooliganism." and sentenced to 3 years In a labor camp?
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