Danny Davis said "not very often will my colleagues find me taking a position that is contrary to that of my colleague from Chicago. But I rise in opposition to the amendment to cut OPIC. I do so because we are a pace setter. We are a Nation that is known as a leader. We have been a leader in business and industry all over the world. I have been told that you cannot lead where you do not go, just as you cannot teach what you do not know. If I know one thing, I know that if our corporations, if our companies, if our businesses are not there in the marketplace, then I know that they cannot do business. And so that I urge that we oppose this amendment and let OPIC do its job, do its work, do its business." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordJuly 30, 1997

not very often will my colleagues find me taking a position that is contrary to that of my colleague from Chicago. But I rise in opposition to the amendment to cut OPIC. I do so because we are a pace setter. We are a Nation that is known as a leader. We have been a leader in business and industry all over the world. I have been told that you cannot lead where you do not go, just as you cannot teach what you do not know. If I know one thing, I know that if our corporations, if our companies, if our businesses are not there in the marketplace, then I know that they cannot do business. And so that I urge that we oppose this amendment and let OPIC do its job, do its work, do its business.

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Danny Davis

Democratic · Illinois

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govinfo.gov

Editor's note · Context

Opposing an amendment to cut funding for the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC).

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