Mr. President. yesterday House Republican Leader BOB MICHEL and I sent letters to the chairman of the House Foreign Affairs and Senate Foreign Relations Committees. calling on them to convene hearings to probe the status of human rights and emigration policy in the Soviet Union. Over the past few months Soviet Premier Gorbachev has stepped up his campaign for the socalled democratization of the Soviet system. In January. the Soviet Government issued and implemented new rules for emigration. Just days ago a spokesman for the foreign ministry announced that 280 political prisoners would be released. And last week in Moscow.
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