[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 65 (Wednesday, May 9, 2012)]
[House]
[Page H2459]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 EXPORT-IMPORT BANK REAUTHORIZATION ACT

  (Mr. HINOJOSA asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HINOJOSA. Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support of the Export-
Import Bank of the United States, and I urge passage of H.R. 2072, of 
which I am a cosponsor.
  In 2011, the Ex-Im Bank supported 290,000 jobs in the United States. 
Additionally, over the past 10 years, the Ex-Im Bank actually returned 
$900 million to the United States Treasury.
  When a program supports so many manufacturing jobs and it doesn't 
cost the taxpayer a dime, you would expect this bill to be an easy win, 
and yet some Members on the far right are prepared to put extreme 
ideology above jobs for Americans. This bill is a real jobs bill, and I 
urge its support.

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