Sean Patrick Maloney: “Yet on this issue, I support the ranking member and others in requesting the authorization of the Export-Import Bank for…”

“Yet on this issue, I support the ranking member and others in requesting the authorization of the Export-Import Bank for an additional 30 days. The Export-Import Bank is tremendously important to the district that I represent and to the State that I represent. New York City is a major exporting center. Just 3 weeks ago, a woman came to my office and expressed her support for the Ex-Im Bank. She had created a perfume called Akabar, it is a very small business, and she stated without the support of the Export-Import Bank, she would not be able to export it, as she is now, to Italy and many European countries. Many large and small businesses in my district are benefited by the work and support of the Export-Import Bank. I hope that in the course of the next month the final reauthorization for 4 years through 2005 will be completed so that the bank can get on with its tremendously important work.”