[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 7]
[House]
[Page 9656]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                   REAUTHORIZE THE EXPORT-IMPORT BANK

  (Ms. TITUS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Ms. TITUS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to urge Republican leadership to 
stop blocking the will of the House and immediately call for a vote to 
reauthorize the Export-Import Bank, set to expire June 30.
  This May I hosted Fred Hochberg, chairman of the Ex-Im Bank, in my 
district to tour Innova Technologies, a leader in civil-structural 
engineering and one of 32 Nevada companies working with the Bank. At a 
time when our local economy was fighting to recover from the recession 
and unemployment was rampant, the Bank provided critical support that 
allowed Innova not just to survive but nearly double its workforce.
  In 2014 alone, the Bank supported 164,000 jobs and reduced the 
Federal deficit by $675 million. In Nevada, it helped increase our 
export value by $165 million. Now is the time for a long-term 
reauthorization to renew, reenergize, and reform the Bank so it can 
continue supporting businesses and creating jobs in Nevada and across 
the country.

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