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On the recordJuly 25, 2017
we think it's a very valuable tool, and anybody who is going to be helping us with manufacturing and trade, that we have an Export-Import Bank that works, and right now we don't, and we're losing jobs and losing economic opportunity.
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Maria Cantwell
Democratic · Washington

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Senator Cantwell advocates for a functional Export-Import Bank to support jobs and trade.

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