“I think we can all unequivocally say in 2026, football is not going anywhere.”
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“I want to stop the spread. They are picking homes like you, and I pick tomatoes in the grocery store.”
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On the recordJuly 24, 2012
Ex-Im returns a profit to the American taxpayers
Said by
Chris Coons
Democratic · Delaware
Source
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Coons defends the Export-Import Bank's profitability and its role in U.S. trade.

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