I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Unanimous Consent Request--H.R. 597

One of the issues we heard so often during this debate has been that the private sector will step in, that the private sector will take on this responsibility, that we don't need to have the Export-Import Bank, that the private sector will…

we have been promised repeatedly since the end of June that we would be given an opportunity to reopen the Ex- Im Bank, that we would be given the tools to get the Ex-Im Bank operating and providing credit to American manufacturers. If you…

yesterday was a great day, and it was a great day not just because something we have worked so long and hard on actually was advanced, and that we care about, reopening the Ex-Im Bank, but it was when a majority of people in the U.S…

we are on the floor in celebration of the American democracy, that occasionally things can work, and that we can overcome extremes in our country and actually pull together to do something for American manufacturers, to do something for…

I thank my great colleague from New Hampshire, who has done so much in her State to raise awareness about the importance of the Ex-Im Bank and who has also stood firm with the two great Senators from Washington, the Senator from Missouri…

To maximize broadband access, we need commonsense actions that balance jobs and growth with expense and the environment.

Thank you, Mr. President, and thank you to my great colleague from the great State of West Virginia, a State that has been powering America for many years--in fact, from the very beginning. My thanks go to all of the great workers and coal…

As we prepare for our national defense, we cannot do this without preparing for an international defense.

I think it is something that I think gets ignored, to our peril, and having such high level analysis and bipartisan analysis, I think, is hugely helpful.

But you are open to addressing the circumstances that I have outlined where we are meeting all the requirements and acknowledged that there are differences and that you cannot apply a one-size-fits-all. Is that correct?

a one-size-fits-all application just simply does not work, cannot work.

And then what about the comment period? We had asked for a 120-day comment period, and you have only extended 30 days.

So one-size-fits-all even though you have different geology and different practices and different types of mining in different parts of the country. That does not make sense, does it?

I think that is very important because you have not hosted meetings in the Western states--at least in Wyoming or North Dakota.

Well, I am very pleased that you said that because according to the Office of Surface Mining's 2015 Annual Evaluation Report for North Dakota, the agency concluded that the state, 'has an effective program with no issues that need…

For people who do not know, Portal is much more remote.

I mean, I think the fact that there is not, here, plug it in, this is the need, let us make sure that this happens.