I am proud to rise today as a cochair of the Congressional Call to Conscience. For the past 16 years. the Call to Conscience has worked to bring attention to Soviet refusenik cases and urge the Soviet Union to grant them freedom. For decades. those identified as Jews in the former Soviet Union were denied emigration. and risked imprisonment. torture. or loss of employment. Today. largely due to the tenacity of Congress and the Bush and Reagan administrations. the Jewish people are allowed to worship openly in accordance with their faith. and most are free to emigrate. Since the fall of the Berlin Wall. more than 400.000 have moved to Israel. Despite this progress. our work is far from over.
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