[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 102 (Wednesday, June 24, 2015)]
[House]
[Page H4605]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      STEVE WILBURN DOESN'T GET IT

  (Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York asked and was given permission 
to address the House for 1 minute.)
  Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York. Mr. Speaker, there is just one 
more congressional workday before the charter for the U.S. Export-
Import Bank expires. If Republicans allow it to expire, thousands of 
Americans will lose their jobs and many small-business owners will be 
hurt, people like Steve Wilburn.
  Steve is a pretty amazing guy. He is a former marine who was wounded 
in Vietnam; he owns a small business, and he is a Republican. Today, 
Steve runs a biomass-to-energy company, and thanks to the help of our 
Ex-Im Bank, he had a tentative $300 million deal with the Philippines; 
but they sent him a letter saying that, if the Ex-Im Bank goes under, 
so does his deal. Steve won't get the contract, and instead, it will go 
to a South Korean firm using a South Korean export bank.
  Perhaps our ideologically driven friends on the right can explain to 
Steve and to his employees who are going to lose their jobs why this is 
a good thing.
  We should join together. Let's pass the Ex-Im Bank for American jobs.

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