We must vote to deny MFN status. Otherwise it will appear to the Ceausescu regime that there is little chance MFN status will ever be withdrawn. Each yearas the time for MFN renewal approachesa few concessions are made. persecution of religious groups eases. and emigration increases slightly. Unfortunately. after years of deceit. many remain blind to the clyclical nature of these paultry symbolic concessions. and MFN status has always been approved. Once approval is given. repression and harassment resume. If the granting of MFN status is to be an effective foreign policy tool. it must be withdrawn from Romania now. Only then will the United States be taken seriously when it offers trade concessions to Communist regimes in exchange for human rights and emigration reform. I urge all of my colleagues who share my concern for human rights to vote for adoption of this resolution.
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