I think the issue which faces us this afternoon is what is the best way to deal with this problem. If we slam down the door and make it almost impossible for Romania to go back in on the MFN basis. does that help the situation or hurt it. Are we so strong and bellicose that we can take this very strong position and cut off any hope of expanding the emigration that presently exists or improving upon the human rights that exist in Romania. The amendment the Senator from Missouri and the Senator from Oregon and myself have offered has only one intent. and that is to provide for some negotiating room. to provide some basis so that the matter can be worked out and that there will be an incentive for Romania to move forward in dealing with this issue. But if we slam down the door and make it almost impossible for that country to restore itself to the MFN status. make them lose face. then I believe we will have hurt rather than helped the situation with reference to human rights and with reference to emigration as well. But I hope that we would debate the language of the amendment proposed by the Senators from Missouri and Oregon and myself because I believe that we all want to improve emigration. We all want to improve human rights. We are not arguing whether the facts justify one position or the other.
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