I also think it would be interesting to take a look at States, because States obviously also have real property.

This is not an issue of politics. It is not an issue of, 'gotcha.' We are just trying to figure this out.

I ask unanimous consent that Ryan Nagle, my State director, be granted floor privileges for the duration of today's session of the Senate. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

today, as I have for a number of weeks, I rise to speak about 11 North Dakotans who did not come home from the Vietnam war. Each of these men gave his life for our country. Before I begin speaking about the 198 North Dakotans who died…

In fact, the case is nearly $16 billion worth of American business and American exports that create American jobs will languish in the pipeline at the Ex-Im Bank because we foolishly let a charter expire at a time when we are in…

I am very excited about the Kirk- Heitkamp amendment getting an overwhelming show of support. The reality is that if we do not vote on the Kirk-Heitkamp bill itself and pass it out of this Chamber, at the end of this month, the charter for…

Unfortunately, too often we have symbolic votes that don't have real consequences in the real world. Our wonderful businesses that are outcompeting and outmanufacturing and outdeveloping and outresearching the rest of the world are now…

Absolutely. I think we have a vehicle, as we can say, for the Kirk-Heitkamp bill, which was, in fact, this amendment we just voted on. We have overwhelming support in the Senate. We will do anything we can to move this authorization…

That is correct. The last number I was given, I say to my friend, the Senator from Washington, was almost $5.5 billion.

I think the other thing it does also is it is a signal to all of those companies we are competing with, whether it is China or India, that we are out of the business, and that opens a wide path for them to be in the business of exports. So…

We have companies in Wahpeton, ND, where bankruptcy has been prevented because they have been able to find their way to the Ex- Im Bank and actually find their way to a credit relationship with their importers. We have a company in West…

I thank my friend from California. I would say that as much as relationships here matter, what matters more to me is Americans working. What matters more to me are the jobs that will be lost and the opportunities that will be lost, as…