But let us look at the world today. and the record around the world. The law that brings us here. the JacksonVanik amendment. contributed to a sea change in Russia and Eastern Europe. We denied those countries the political legitimacy and the economic benefits that come from mostfavorednation status because of their restricted emigration practices. and today there are people in those countries who enjoy the exact same democratic freedoms for which the Chinese students were protesting in Tlananmen Square. We have seen a tenfold increase in Jewish emigration from the Soviet Union. from 16.000 in 1988 to 200.000 in 1990. You bet the conditions worked. And the Russians said they never would accede to that. but they did.
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