Doug Bereuter: “Mr. Chairman, I certainly share the gentleman from Vermont's desire to enhance jobs within the United States, and there…”

“Mr. Chairman, I certainly share the gentleman from Vermont's desire to enhance jobs within the United States, and there are so many issues and areas where we are aligned in that effort. We are aligned in that effort in the areas of housing and community development, in public sector jobs, in private sector jobs, in infrastructure, in countless ways. I certainly share his desire to protect and promote workers' rights, not only domestically, but internationally, globally. But one of the ways we do that is to enhance the ability of the United States companies to export products abroad, products that are made in the United States of America by workers in the United States of America. That is what Ex-Im is all about. The amendment of the gentleman from Vermont (Mr. Sanders) is counterproductive to that purpose. The Sanders amendment, in my judgment, as it is presently worded, would be impractical, impossible to effectuate. I may be wrong, but most everybody who favors Ex-Im Bank believes that this amendment would be harmful to the promotion of Ex-Im Bank's mission, goals and United States jobs; and I would encourage all allies of Ex-Im Bank to oppose the amendment.”