[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 9]
[House]
[Pages 13020-13021]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        THE EX-IM SAGA CONTINUES

  (Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York asked and was given permission 
to address the House for 1 minute.)
  Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York. Mr. Speaker, the charter for the 
U.S. Export-Import Bank has been expired now for almost a month because 
Congress did not act.
  Because of that, thousands of American small businesses have been 
unilaterally disarmed in the battle for export financed business. 
Meanwhile, 85 foreign export credit agencies continue to help companies 
from their countries finance their exports. They are helping their 
small businesses while ours are disadvantaged.
  This body has also failed to act to increase the lending limits for 
the Small Business Administration. Without an increase, the 7(a) Loan 
Program will be suspended until the beginning of the next fiscal year, 
October 1; and the highway trust fund is set to expire, bringing vital 
construction work and jobs to a halt.

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  Mr. Speaker, if this body doesn't get to work, then we are going to 
needlessly hurt hundreds of thousands of American jobs. It is time to 
stop the political bickering and to pass these important bills.

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