Doug Bereuter: “Mr. Speaker, as I conclude our debate here today, I want to thank my colleagues on the committee and subcommittee for…”

“Mr. Speaker, as I conclude our debate here today, I want to thank my colleagues on the committee and subcommittee for their support in attempting to craft important reauthorization legislation that makes some reforms that I think are necessary. These reforms, and many others, are always resisted by the executive branch; but it is our responsibility as Congress, as authorizers, to in fact do what is appropriate to make sure the programs work, that they serve their original purposes or such new purposes as the Congress assigns. I want to particularly thank the gentlewoman from New York (Mrs. Maloney) for her very constructive approach to the committee's deliberations and her continued support for the Export-Import Bank. I would say to the ranking members of the committee and the subcommittee, I have confidence we can work together to put together a structured rule that will provide an opportunity to debate the crucial amendments that were offered, but not successfully, at the subcommittee or committee level, and still avoid some of the things that would be very much contrary to the national interest. Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to support the legislation.”