Speaker. in the spirit of the approaching meeting between President and Chairman Gorbachev in Iceland. I wish to remind my colleagues of the situation of Ida Nudel. I hope that the efforts of the President to discuss humanitarian issues will lead to an exit visa for this courageous woman. For 15 years. Ms. Nudel has been seeking an exit visa so that she may join her sister. Ilana Fridman. in Israel. She has assisted other refusniks and their families. For her efforts. she has been denied an exist visa repeatedly. treated violently. arrested. tried. and sentenced to exile in Siberia. where she lived for 4 years. While there. she was beaten and then housed in a barrack lacking electricity. water. and heat at a time when temperatures dropped to 40 degrees below zero. When Ms.