Sheila Jackson Lee: “I thank the gentleman from California (Mr. DeSaulnier) for his leadership, and my good friend from Georgia, I thank him…”

“I thank the gentleman from California (Mr. DeSaulnier) for his leadership, and my good friend from Georgia, I thank him for his explanation of the process of democracy in this place. But I am excited to announce that this is a bipartisan effort, because the bipartisan aspect of it are the results of how this legislation will impact all of America irrespective, not respecting, their region, their faith, or their party. Let me be very clear to say what we are actually talking about today and the real-life stories that make a difference. It is called the Export-Import Bank and it is legislated as the United States Export Finance Agency, and its short name, as I said, Export-Import. What does that mean? I rise to support it, because it means something to individual businesses. It means something to rural American farmers. It means something to small manufacturers. We have been documenting that manufacturing is going down, manufacturing based upon how you sell your products. This is a 10-year plan with $175 billion to help those businesses, those small farms, those entrepreneurs in your community. That is jobs. What it means is the company that makes light bulbs can now export those to developing nations on the continent of Africa or they can go deep into Southeast Asia or Asia and sell products from the United States to a foreign country. For those of us who have seen the lopsidedness, there are governments that actually fund businesses outside the United States.…”