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Maria Cantwell: “The Export-Import Bank does not have a functioning quorum. There are $35 billion in pending transactions stuck in that…”

On the recordMarch 21, 2018
The Export-Import Bank does not have a functioning quorum. There are $35 billion in pending transactions stuck in that pipeline.
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Maria Cantwell
Democratic · Washington

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Cantwell highlights the urgent need for a quorum at the Export-Import Bank.

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