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On the recordApril 14, 2015
this business of talking about this very important institution to be closed down for all of these phony reasons really is something that I cannot take seriously and the American public cannot take seriously.
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Russell Waters
Democratic · California

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Waters dismisses claims for closing the Export-Import Bank as unfounded and not credible.

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