On the recordNovember 4, 2015
It is interesting in these great conversations, good debate, nobody has said that this doesn't make money for the taxpayers. They try to make the link and everything else, and that is fine. My friend from Wisconsin just said, well, if this amendment kills the Bank, it is because, et cetera, et cetera. This amendment is aimed to kill the Bank because it is a poison pill amendment on Ex-Im. That is what all these amendments are. They are attempting a last-ditch effort to destroy something that has really, frankly, provided a lot of jobs in my district and provided a lot of exports from my district. We talk about protecting taxpayers. Protecting taxpayers from what, an extra $500 million? Are we protecting them from a smaller deficit? It doesn't make sense. I am not sure why certain folks have made this the hill to die on. There are a lot of better hills to die on, to fight, to argue in this. I will tell you a quick story. I went to Ethiopia 6 months ago or so. I flew to Ethiopia on a Boeing Dreamliner. Now, I know a lot of people like to call out names of big companies, but I didn't go to Ethiopia on Ethiopian Airlines on an Airbus. The fact that I was on a Boeing Dreamliner means that the parts and components are made in my district for that Dreamliner, which means there are people who have a job because Ethiopian Airlines bought a Boeing. Let's kill this amendment and save the Bank.
