Jimmy Carter actually said...

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution of the United States of America, and in order to enlarge the membership of th...

The Director is designated to perform the functions of the President under Section 107(b) of Title 3 of the United States Code.

When I made my own trade missions as a Governor, I almost invariably took a representative of the Eximbank along with me.

I think had this committee been formed maybe back in 1936 or '38, we might very well have avoided the war with Japan.