[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 7]
[House]
[Page 9809]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




               REAUTHORIZATION OF THE EXPORT-IMPORT BANK

  (Mr. KILDEE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. KILDEE. Mr. Speaker, in 2 weeks, at a time when every American 
has anxiety about the economy and is wondering how he is going to make 
ends meet, in 2 weeks, the Export-Import Bank, absent action by this 
Congress, will be allowed to expire and cost this country and our 
economy hundreds of thousands of jobs.
  For the Record, let me read a comment by the President:

       Exports create and sustain jobs for millions of American 
     workers and contribute to the growth and strength of the 
     United States' economy. The Export-Import Bank contributes in 
     a significant way to our Nation's export sales.

  That is a comment from the President, President Ronald Reagan.
  This is not an ideological debate between thoughtful participants in 
the legislative process. There are extreme voices for ideological 
purposes on the far right that oppose the Export-Import Bank and its 
work, but a majority of this Congress and a majority of the American 
people would like to see it reauthorized.
  We were sent here to do the people's work, and I think it is long 
past time for the majority of Congress to have its voice heard and for 
the majority of the American people to have its interests represented.
  We should reauthorize the Export-Import Bank and save hundreds of 
thousands of American jobs.

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