Since 2008, the number of Black-owned banks has decreased by more than 50 percent.

This is a crisis, and regulators have failed to live up to their statutory obligations to preserve and promote MDIs.

I cannot tell you how pleased I am about their advocacy because oftentimes, we accuse tenants of not being involved.

I want to thank you because you have here before you today Ms. Geraldine Collins, the board president of the National Alliance of HUD tenants.

They have not given you an answer about resources, and you are out there working, using your own resources to organize.

To the Members, I cannot express how pleased I am at the effort that was put together by Mr. McHenry to make this a bipartisan bill. I am very appreciative of that. Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gentlewoman from New York (Mrs…

I am providing this statement to explain the Reforming Disaster Recovery Act of 2019 (H.R. 3702), as ordered reported to the House of Representatives by the Committee on Financial Services, along with additional amendments made since…

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from New Mexico will be postponed. Announcement by the Acting Chair The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant…

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from Michigan will be postponed. Amendment No. 19 Offered by Ms. Kendra S. Horn of Oklahoma The…

I thank the gentlewoman for offering this thoughtful amendment. This amendment strengthens the bill's emphasis on small business. While we have a lot in this bill for small businesses, the gentlewoman's amendment further strengthens these…

I thank the gentlewoman for offering this thoughtful amendment. This amendment prohibits the Bank from providing financing to a person involved in sanctionable activity relating to human rights abuses, specifically human trafficking…

I am sorry that the gentleman from North Carolina is still bemoaning the fact that the first bill that we negotiated is not before us. Mr. McHENRY. Mr. Chair, I yield myself the balance of my time. As we close this debate, and this is the…

This amendment demonstrates a fundamental misunderstanding about what Ex-Im does and whom it benefits. The beneficiaries of Ex-Im's assistance are U.S. exporters and the American workers they employ. It is in America's interest to have a…

I thank the gentleman for yielding, and I thank him for offering this important amendment. This amendment builds on the important work of the gentleman from New York on combating illegal opioids in this country. It ensures that those who…

I demand a recorded vote. The CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from California will be postponed. Amendment No. 3 Offered by Mr. Flores The CHAIR. It is now in order…

Earlier this year when the Ex-Im reauthorization was still in committee, we entered into good-faith negotiations with Ranking Member McHenry. Unfortunately, the China state-owned enterprise provision insisted on by the ranking member came…

I reserve the balance of my time. Mr. McHENRY. Mr. Chair, may I inquire how much time I have remaining. The CHAIR. The gentleman from North Carolina has 30 seconds remaining. The gentlewoman from California has 3 minutes remaining. Mr…

I am pleased that the gentleman from Arizona just talked about the kind of support he has in his district. Let me remind the House that we have support from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Aerospace Industries Association, International…

This is another Member on the opposite side of the aisle, the gentleman from Arkansas, who, when we were trying to get the Bank up and running, he voted against reauthorization. He is voting against it again today. I don't know what it…

I would like to remind the House that the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Huizenga) has 16 total exporters in his district, would support a value of $52 million. I would hope that as he opposes this bill, he is reminded that between 2014 and…

I would just like to remind this body that Mr. McHenry is one of the ones responsible for the nonreauthorization of the Ex-Im Bank before. He didn't support it then, and he doesn't support it now, and he never will because he is opposed to…

I am prepared to close. Mr. McHENRY. Mr. Chair, I yield myself the balance of my time. Mr. Chair, this is a failure of bipartisan policymaking, and this is a sad day. I am not angry. I appreciate Chairwoman Waters attempting to strike a…

It is my pleasure to yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Hoyer), the distinguished majority leader and a longtime supporter of Ex-Im.

I would like to again remind Mr. Barr that between 2014 and 2020, his State received $10 million in total export value. I would also like to remind this body that he did not support reauthorization in the past. He does not do it now. I…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. I strongly oppose this amendment. This amendment undermines a carefully crafted compromise on environmental reforms, both in the underlying bill and developed by my good friend from Illinois. It…