Political Quotes

“We have been having a raging debate in this House over the Ex-Im Bank. Many of my colleagues on the other side of the aisle are screaming that that is, in fact, corporate welfare. Well, when the three largest oil companies in this country-- ExxonMobil, BP, and Shell--made over $62.7 billion in the last year, and you are sitting here and telling us that giving them $4 billion and giving them another $563 million is not enough, that we need to augment it by some $31 million, I think that is pretty darn laughable. With that, I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Speier). The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the noes appeared to have it.”