Madam Chairman. I rise today in very strong support of H.R. 2022. legislation concerning refugee status for Soviets and Indochinese. I commend the leadership of the Committee on the Judiciary. I particularly want to commend the gentleman from Connecticut . chairman of the Subcommittee on Immigration. Refugees. and International Law of the Committee on the Judiciary. for his initiative and his leadership on this vitally important issue. It is certainly ironic. Madam Chairman. that at a time when the gates in the Soviet Union are finally opening. those in the United States appear to be tightening. Madam Chairman. I think that any observer knows and understands that Soviet Jews and Evangelical Christians in particular continue to be persecuted in the Soviet Union. even if. sadly. the Bush administration is denying this and is opposing this legislation.
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