I thank the Chair. First. let me commend my friend from New York for what he and the Senator from Massachusetts are doing today. It is critically important that we not forget Andrei Sakharov. and again the Senators from New York and Massachusetts are taking the lead in making sure that the world remembers the Andrei Sakharovs that are still without freedom to emigrate. indeed within their country to live where they might choose. Mr. President. today we are honoring a man of extraordinary courage. a man with a deep commitment to freedom and peace. Andrei Sakharov is a preeminent defender of human rights. and because he spoke out so vigorously and so often. he was finally forcefully denounced by the Soviet press. and banished from his home into internal exile.
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