[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 7]
[House]
[Page 9607]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                   REAUTHORIZE THE EXPORT-IMPORT BANK

  (Mr. KILDEE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. KILDEE. Mr. Speaker, House Republican leadership is, once again, 
threatening to bring us to the edge of yet another deadline that 
threatens American jobs and our very economy.
  There are just 7 days left for Congress to reauthorize the Export-
Import Bank, a critical agency that gives American manufacturers and 
small businesses the tools and access to capital that they need to sell 
American-made goods overseas. It is how we grow our economy. Letting 
the Export-Import Bank expire endangers hundreds of thousands of good-
paying jobs in the United States.
  In my home State of Michigan alone, 228 exporters with $11 billion in 
export value are at risk if Congress fails to reauthorize the Ex-Im 
Bank. That will all end on June 30--no new support, no new loan 
guarantees, no new loans to help exporters sell goods across the 
country and keep Americans at work.
  It is reckless and it is irresponsible that we are facing another 
fiscal cliff. This is a cliff for our own manufacturers and our own 
economy.
  Mr. Speaker, a majority of this House of Representatives supports the 
Export-Import Bank. Let's vote this week to reauthorize the Export-
Import Bank.

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