[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 129 (Wednesday, September 10, 2014)]
[House]
[Pages H7400-H7401]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   EXPORT-IMPORT BANK REAUTHORIZATION

  (Mr. COSTA asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. COSTA. Mr. Speaker, I rise today because we must pass a long-term 
reauthorization for the Export-Import Bank of the United States.
  The Ex-Im Bank provides small and large U.S. businesses more job-
creating opportunities to sell their products

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internationally. By providing loans and financing, the Ex-Im Bank has 
helped U.S. businesses compete in international markets that has 
generated over $266 billion in export value.
  Since 2007, businesses in California's 16th District in the San 
Joaquin Valley, which I represent, has helped finance tens of millions 
of dollars of loans' worth of exports that have created jobs in the 
Valley. The Export-Import Bank supports American jobs and helps level a 
playing field in the face of fierce competition that we experience from 
countries in Asia and around the world.
  Rather than kick this can down the road, we must pass a long-term 
reauthorization for the Export-Import Bank. This issue has never been a 
partisan issue and nor should it be so today. We ought to be doing our 
jobs and working together.

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