Bob Corker

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…

Thank you all for your testimony. It's all very, very compelling.

As Senator Corker said, we don't want to pick winners and losers.

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…

$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 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 certainly am glad we're having this hearing and look forward to questions and comments after.

this issue of the 2-percent GDP commitment that is not being honored is something that has been talked about for a long time.

we continue to urge our European partners to uphold their responsibilities in the areas of defense, including the common pledge of 2-percent spending on defense.

A 2-percent investment of GDP is an absolute commitment by the NATO allies. It is not being honored.

There has been a--what has happened here, I think there has been consensus around the fact that prop trading is out the door.

Nonsense. I am glad----

I rise today to talk about the student lending program that I understand we may be voting on a little bit later today. I want to first say, like my colleague, I have talked with a number of students in Tennessee and people who used to be…

shouldn't the second lien automatically be extinguished first, period, gone?

I hope that the Chairman will not let the rumors that we are hearing become reality.

I think there are some redeeming qualities to the Menendez bill.

we cannot wait for a perfect thing to make progress.

I thank the leaders for their excellent work and the people who joined them. I think the policy has been debated well. I do wish to say, at the beginning there was discussion that there be a 60- vote threshold at the end and that some of…

I thank the Senator from Oklahoma. I actually learned a lot sitting here listening. I know energy production is very important to his State and, obviously, to our Nation. I know he has a wealth of knowledge regarding this issue. I candidly…

to be in the Senate is to be inconsistent.

I assume Mr. Calhoun might disagree.

I could not agree more.

I too thank the chairman and ranking member of the committee and Senator Carper for bringing something to the floor that is bipartisan. I applaud that and the fact that the committee process is working. But the fact is we did set a top…