Jim Nussle: “We stand for growing the economy; and to speak about that, let me yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Florida (Mr.…”

Yes, they are. In fact, we put into the budget an emergency reserve fund for the purpose of funding that war, the same way Mr. Spratt does, the exact same amount.

But is the money in there in this ``reckless'' plan the gentleman was suggesting?

I want to first thank all of the staff that worked so hard to bring us to this point in time and the leadership on the Budget Committee, and I would like to pay a special thanks to the floor staff and the official reporters and the clerk…

Export-Import is self-funding and has generated income for the Treasury since 1992.