President Reagan signed a law drawing attention to the hardships imposed on the Jewish community of the Soviet Union. In 1987. an estimated 250.000 people demonstrated on the Mall before a ReaganGorbachev summit. This rally increased the issues national visibility. Partly due to these efforts. the Soviet Union finally opened the doors of emigration to its Jewish population in 1989. Two years later. the Soviet Government codified the right of every Soviet citizen to emigrate. prompting massive flows of Jews to Israel and to the United States. This serves as an example of the great American tradition of citizen involvement for the greater good. I ask my colleagues to join me in support of this resolution.
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