Political Quotes

“with all deference to the gentleman from California, the Eximbank has nothing to do with projects overseas. All Eximbank does is make otherwise unavailable financing to companies, such as Beloit Corporation, which is one of three worldwide manufacturers of papermaking machines and has 2,900 subcontractors, hundreds of thousands of jobs. These are blue-collar workers. The purpose of Eximbank is to allow blue-collar workers to keep their jobs in the United States. Eximbank does not subsidize projects outside of the United States. Madam Chairman, that is the problem with people attacking Eximbank thinking it is corporate welfare when they do not even understand what this bank does.”