It provides a means for the United States to participate In one of the greatest humanitarian efforts of our time. the resettlement of hundreds of thousands of Jews from Ethiopia and the Soviet Union. I am a cosponsor of this amendment because it is right for this Nation to assist Israel in its effort. For a decade and a half this Nation has made free emigration for Soviet Jews a central tenet of all of Its negotiations with the Soviet Union. Now that we have finally been successful in that effort. it would be wrong to suggest that we have no responsibility for their resettlement. The amendment presented today allows us to meet that obligation in a manner that serves the needs of both Israel and the United States.
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