On the recordOctober 29, 2015
I hope our colleagues realize that the economic activity we could be seeing today could help us in everything we are doing moving forward. While the Senate has passed the Export-Import Bank, it is part of a larger transportation package that this Senator hopes will actually get done. But there are many people who don't want to see the Export-Import Bank reauthorized. In fact, some of our colleagues suggested in the recent budget deal that they put a 1-year provision in for the Export- Import Bank. I don't support a 1-year provision. We support a 5-year reauthorization, and we want to get to that now. We do not want to see more jobs shifted overseas as we continue to have this debate, because that is what is happening. We are giving economic opportunity to other countries to take advantage of our businesses. I hope we will take this up and move it forward so that we can get economic opportunities back in front of the American people at a time when we most critically need to. I yield the floor. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from North Dakota.
