Mr. President. I rise today asking my colleagues to join me in a call to conscience concerning the repeated refusal on the part of the Soviet Union to allow the five members of the Genis family to emigrate from that country. These Soviet Jews Iwe been denied permission to emig. ate continually since 1977. In the past several years. I and other Senators concerned with the civil rights of citizens of the Soviet Union have been greatly encouraged by the improvements brought by Mr. Gorbachev to his country in the areas of tolerance and openness. But despite these changes. there remains a great number of people who are still denied their right to freely emigrate. The problem of human rights in the Soviet Union has not been resolved. Today.
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