Heidi Heitkamp

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

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…

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…

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…

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

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 can only tell you as an attorney general in the 1990s, these numbers shouldn't shock me.

I am horrified. Who could sit in this room and not be horrified.

I don't know how you can listen to what you have told us today and not give this government an F in protecting the children in Indian Country.

I will tell you that through my work with Lisa, I can only say I thought my problems with remoteness were serious.

In what world aren't we horrified?

This is absolutely, as Senator Heitkamp said, an absolutely critically important conversation to be having.

We want them fixed, and we want victim services to be made available to all the victims of North Dakota, so that no one gets left behind.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman and Vice Chairman Tester for holding what I think is an absolutely critically important hearing today.

We need to focus on the needs of victims and ensure they receive the help they require.

We have to actually know who we are dealing with.

Finally, obviously, there is a lot of concern--and I think the Chairman expressed some legitimate concern--about reforms.

I only have so much time, Mr. Hochberg, so do you think you can achieve a 25-percent target in this period of time that we have given you in this reauthorization?

I think it has created controversy here, and as a result, the Kirk-Heitkamp bill addresses this very issue

We are on track right now to allowing the charter of the Eximbank to expire and the disruption that we have.

The Kirk-Heitkamp bill actually does raise the target for small business from 20 percent to 25 percent and requires reporting.

That is outrageous to me.

We are hearing from people who represent an ideology that is free enterprise above all else.

$18 billion of potential export investment that will go unanswered if we allow this to continue.

I think that is a point that we need to make, which is that this is not a 51-49 in your membership.