On the recordMay 9, 2012
I thank the gentlelady. I want to commend Steny Hoyer and Eric Cantor, the majority leader, for their work on this. I rise as a long-time supporter of the Ex-Im Bank, and particularly in the last few months they've done over $17 billion in sales, financed with some $14 billion. And no tax dollars involved. I would like to commend the work particularly of the first vice president, Wanda Felton, who is a graduate of my alma mater, the University of Pennsylvania, and also a graduate of Harvard Business School, helping to lead this agency. They're doing tens of millions of transactions with companies in my district and they're doing billions throughout the country, with 129,000 jobs just in the last 11 months supported through this agency. This is an important vote. I thank the bipartisan leadership of the Congress for bringing this agreement to move forward and reauthorize the Ex-Im Bank.
