Mr. Speaker. on April 3. 1990. I voted for the supplemental appropriation. which provided $4 million in loans to Israel for housing newly arriving immigrants. almost all of them Soviet Jews. I have long been active in the effort to secure the right to emmigrate for Soviet Jews. I am personally very pleased to have played a role in the release of several families. which have members in my district. I believe we all have a moral obligation to provide them all the assistance we can. At the time I firmly believe that it would be unacceptable for the emigres to settle in disputed territories as a means of prejudicing future negotiations.
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