[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 12014]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                   EXPORT-IMPORT BANK REAUTHORIZATION

  (Mr. COURTNEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. COURTNEY. Madam Speaker, unless Congress acts, on September 30 
the Export-Import Bank will go out of existence. This is a government 
program that has been around for 80 years--since Franklin Roosevelt--
helping businesses export products and create jobs in America.
  Last week, Congressman John Larson and I joined the largest Chamber 
of Commerce in the State of Connecticut, along with three small 
exporting businesses, pleading with Speaker Boehner to please bring up 
a bill to extend the life of the Export-Import Bank, which has happened 
routinely on a bipartisan basis over the last 80 years.
  Madam Speaker, I want to make two points. Number one, this program 
does not cost the taxpayers money. Last year it returned $1 billion to 
the Treasury. Secondly, our largest competition--China and Germany--are 
doubling the sizes of their export-import programs because they 
understand that that is a way to grow their economies and to take away 
jobs and customers from our country, from America.
  Please, Mr. Speaker, listen to the 850 business groups all across the 
country, led by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Bring up the Export-
Import Bank reauthorization for a vote, and let's get this economy 
growing again.

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