On the recordNovember 4, 2015
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 the amendments want to kill the Export-Import Bank, which creates thousands of jobs. The facts are that we could have done this in committee a year ago. The facts are none of us wanted to be here tonight having this debate because we wanted to do this in regular order. But, Mr. Chairman, the facts are that, if we allow these amendments that are just aimed at killing the Export-Import Bank to pass and thousands of people are going to lose their jobs and our competitors all around the world are going to benefit, we must vote ``no.'' We need to defeat this amendment. I appreciate my buddy from South Carolina offering it, but I just think it is in the wrong order, and we need to defeat it.
