Political Quotes

“Why I think it is absolutely critically important to make this point, not just about what we produce but who produces it, is because at the end of the day, 95 percent of all potential consumers do not live in this country, and America still remains the best and most treasured producer of quality construction equipment in the world. These are jobs that have helped my manufacturing sector that is dependent on agriculture, which has huge challenges right now. If we can't produce tractors that farmers are going to buy, we can produce construction equipment that everyone can buy to build infrastructure in their countries. There is a narrow view in this Congress, but 67 Senators voted to open up the Export-Import Bank and over 70 percent of the House of Representatives said: This is nonsense; let's open up the Export-Import Bank. Yet we are unable to do it because credit over $10 million cannot be moved forward without the approval of the Bank Board, and the Bank Board cannot operate without a quorum. That is the bottom line.”