This is the banking industry. Actually, it exists based on trust.

You have up to 2 million separate accounts being opened, up to 565,000 bogus credit cards being opened by your employees in secret against your customers.

We must mentor and support Financial Intelligence Units in vulnerable countries that lack the rule of law.

Detecting and disrupting the flow of funding to terrorist groups is crucial in our fight against terrorism.

To cut off the flow of financing to terrorist organizations, we need better information-sharing on all fronts.

Today's hearing will focus on how the United States can counter the plunder and sale of priceless cultural antiquities by the Islamic State and others.

Weak financial institutions in the developing world are breeding grounds for corruption that can be exploited by terrorists.

I am pleased that we are holding this timely hearing to examine what can be done to combat terrorist financing in the developing world.

On December 18, 2015 I missed a rollcall vote. Had I been present, I would have voted ``nay'' on rollcall No. 705 on Amendment No. 1 to the Senate Amendment of H.R. 2029 and providing for appropriations for the remainder of Fiscal Year…

I thank the gentlewoman for yielding. Madam Chair, one more time let me talk about the facts. The facts are, as the gentleman from Washington just stated, 90 percent of the Bank's transactions go to small businesses, 3,340 transactions…

Once again, let's go back to the facts. The facts are this is a Republican reform bill. The gentleman from South Carolina is listening. This doesn't cost the taxpayer a dime. The scare tactics from my colleagues that are trying to kill the…

Again, I know great public speeches, but this is the biggest package of reforms since President Reagan. The Bank actually returns on an average of $500 million to $1 billion to the Treasury every year. It is not costing the taxpayer a…

I thank the gentlewoman for yielding. Mr. Chairman, this already is allowed in the current charter. I know the gentleman from Georgia wants to play political games, but this is already happening. Yes, it is. This is just another attempt to…

I thank the gentlewoman. Mr. Chair, again, let's go over the facts. We are getting off base. The Bank doesn't lose taxpayer dollars. It returns money to the Treasury every year, $500 million to $1 billion. We are reforming. This is a…

I thank the ranking member. Again, we continue to make these great speeches and get all wound up, but we don't talk about the facts. The facts are that Bank customers already have to certify. The facts are that all of the people offering…

To the gentlewoman's comments, this does show an attempt to kill the Bank. When we go back home to our districts, a lot of times we are on the tail end of jokes, being Congressmen and Congresswomen, and sometimes they talk about us being a…

I thank the gentlewoman from California for yielding. A lot of times we don't see eye to eye, but we have a fair and spirited debate. This time we do, and I appreciate her willingness to support me in this effort. We have talked a lot…

Yes. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Tennessee calls up a motion to discharge the Committee on Rules from further consideration of House Resolution 450, which the Clerk will report by title. Point of Order

I have one remaining speaker. How much time do I have remaining? I want to reserve the right to close. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Tennessee has 2 minutes remaining. The gentleman from Texas has 2 minutes remaining.

Even though discharge petitions have rarely been invoked in modern history, they nevertheless embody democracy and its fundamental principle of majority rules, a principle that the gentleman has already talked about earlier. This discharge…

I think my friend from South Carolina, the gentleman, is out of order. This is regular order. We are moving on as procedure.

I do agree that the greatest danger here is leaving the small investor without advice.

I thank the gentleman from Washington for yielding on this important subject and the rest of my colleagues for coming tonight to hopefully shed light on why the Export-Import Bank is so important. I have a few stats I just want to read. My…

We support a risk-based capital system for credit unions that would reflect lower capital requirements for lower-risk credit unions.