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Bob Corker is a former United States Senator from Tennessee, serving from January 4, 2007, to January 3, 2019. A member of the Republican Party, Corker was known for his leadership as the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, where he focused on issues related to foreign policy and fiscal responsibility. During his tenure, he played a significant role in shaping U.S. foreign relations and was involved in key legislative efforts regarding international agreements and budgetary matters.
the most important thing this amendment does is establish capital in the Ex-Im Bank. Right now the way the Ex- Im Bank is set up, there is over $1 billion worth of capital against $140 billion in loans. That is a leverage ratio of 140 to…
I ask unanimous consent to dispense with the reading of the amendment. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendment is as follows: (Purpose: To require the Export-Import Bank of the United States to provide…
I thank the Senator from South Carolina and certainly the Senator from Washington State. I want to say I put my credentials for supporting exports up against anybody here, and I think the purpose of our being in this body is to try to…
I will be very brief. Again, this amendment is very simple and it does two things I would think the Senator from Washington especially would support, after all we have gone through, and especially after her alluding to some of the most…
$529 billion, to be exact. The Senator from Wyoming has brought out over and over the unsustainable growth problem we have, meaning every year we come to this cliff with physicians--and he is a physician and used to practice on a daily…
I certainly am glad we're having this hearing and look forward to questions and comments after.
I appreciate the Senator's comments, and I see the Senator from Texas and the Senator from Wyoming here also. Look, I think the No. 1 responsibility we have in the U.S. Senate is to pass a budget and to lay out for the American people how…
I know the Senator from Texas spends a tremendous amount of time on appropriations issues and knows a great deal about this, and she knows more than me if we wiped out all discretionary spending-- which this year will be capped at $1.47…
I would say to the Senator from Wisconsin and everyone, that is an outstanding chart, and I like the one before it even better. But the fact is that it is so easily known, the illumination is so bright that we have a major fiscal issue in…
this issue of the 2-percent GDP commitment that is not being honored is something that has been talked about for a long time.
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