Political Quotes

“Madam President, I urge all Senators to support final passage of the Export-Import Bank Reauthorization Act. Passing this bill today will make sure American exporters will not be put at a disadvantage to their foreign competitors, that nearly 300,000 American jobs will not be put at risk, and that the Ex-Im Bank will continue to return hundreds of millions of dollars to the Treasury. I want to thank many of my colleagues for their leadership on this issue, including Ranking Member Shelby, Senator Warner, Senator Cantwell, and Majority Leader Reid. I would also like to take this opportunity to recognize my staff for their hard work and important contributions to building bipartisan support for the reauthorization of the Ex-Im Bank. In particular, I want to say a special thanks to Patrick Grant, Colin McGinnis, Adam Healy, Lev Bagramian, and Charles Yi, who did exceptional work in the Banking Committee to help us get to this point today. I am also pleased this bill, which passed out of the Banking Committee with unanimous bipartisan support, served as the framework for the House bill before us today. Once again, I strongly urge a ``yes'' vote on this important jobs legislation. I yield the floor. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there further debate? If not, the question is on third reading of the bill. The bill was ordered to a third reading and was read the third time. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is, Shall the bill pass?”