On the recordNovember 4, 2015
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 little slow. So let me go over the facts one more time for the gentleman from South Carolina. The Bank doesn't cost the taxpayer a penny. We are doing more in the way of reforms than since President Reagan. It returns $500 million to $1 billion a year back to the Treasury. Now, I know that they have taken the position to kill the Bank, but this kills jobs. This is about jobs in Tennessee, jobs in California, jobs in Oklahoma, jobs in Illinois. This is not a level playing field. China, Russia, and all of these other countries are just hoping that we make the mistake and we don't reauthorize the charter of the Export-Import Bank. {time} 2045 Let's be responsible adults. Let's not play politics as usual and worry about these outside groups and our political scores, Mr. Chairman. Isn't it sad that we would worry about some score with an outside group more than our districts and more than our constituents that have jobs because of the Export-Import Bank? We should be ashamed of ourselves. I again urge my colleagues to vote ``no'' on all these amendments, and let's get to the serious business of the people's House.
