Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I rise at this time to lodge my objection that this House is going to recess tomorrow without taking up the renewal of the Export-Import Bank. This is a time when American businesspeople are doing everything they can think of to compete abroad. American manufacturers are seeking to export our goods. This is an outfit that stands up for American exporting manufacturers. It supports 1.5 million American manufacturing jobs-- good-paying, family-sustaining jobs. We can't recess without renewing the Export-Import Bank. In my district alone, 600 people are employed by companies that benefit materially from the Ex-Im Bank: Universal Industrial Gases in Easton; Fluortek, Inc., in Easton; Victaulic Company of America in Easton; Noble Biomaterials, Inc., in Scranton; Lehighton Electronics in Lehighton; and Copperhead Chemical Company in Tamaqua. Mr. Speaker, we have to do the sensible thing and renew the Export- Import Bank. It is as plain as the nose on your face; it is as true as the law of gravity. ____________________”