Cliff Stearns: “If the Administration is sincere about this goal to boldly increase our exports, their actions should be just as bold.”

Good morning, and thank you, Mr. Speaker, and thank you, Father Conroy, for that wonderful blessed prayer. It is a distinct pleasure to be here with you this morning, to be back in this revered Chamber and to see so many of my good friends…

Already, this work has had a tremendously positive impact on us. I am extremely pleased to announce that, since our last meeting, as a direct result of our strategic plan, we have secured three new grants: the Democracy Fund; the…

Thank you, Barbara. And let me just conclude before we leave here to say we have a lunch today--and I hope all of you will come--to bestow the 2016 Distinguished Service Award on the current Senators and Representatives who are retiring…

In an ideal world, the government would never really have gone down this road to create these loan guarantee programs in the first place. I think all of us realize that. While eliminating the program outright is admittedly appealing, and I…