[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 8]
[House]
[Pages 10327-10328]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                   REAUTHORIZE THE EXPORT-IMPORT BANK

  (Mr. BRENDAN F. BOYLE of Pennsylvania asked and was given permission 
to address the House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. BRENDAN F. BOYLE of Pennsylvania. Mr. Speaker, this is one of the 
things that is actually very difficult to explain to my constituents 
and to most people who don't follow the ins and outs of Washington.
  I was at a plant in my district in northeast Philadelphia just 2 days 
ago, along with Senator Casey. This company, Agusta Westland, does 
excellent work and employs Americans right there in Philadelphia and in 
Pennsylvania. It benefits from something called the Export-Import Bank, 
something that has existed for 81 years and has been supported by every 
single President, both Democrat and Republican.
  It is a program that supports 164,000 jobs a year, and just last 
year, created a $675 million surplus for the taxpayers. So we have a 
program that helps business, creates jobs, and actually gives to 
taxpayers rather than

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taking from them. So, of course, Congress is about to allow this 
program to expire. It makes absolutely no sense.
  It is time for the leadership of this House to listen to the will of 
the vast majority and not the very vocal extreme minority. Let us 
reauthorize the Export-Import Bank.

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