Well, Mr. Kennedy, I am definitely going to react when thousands of cans of hazardous materials wash ashore and they have things like rat poisoning and gas in them.

the default rate on the bank is consistently less than 2 percent lower than most commercial lending. I am sure we will hear a lot about that during the debate today. But since 2005, the Export-Import Bank has returned $3.7 billion to the…

I rise to address the Vitter amendment, No. 2103. In speaking in opposition to that amendment, as I said, like all these amendments that are up for us to vote on today, I believe they are detrimental not only to the Export-Import financing…

I'm optimistic that we will be seeing low-powered FM stations in the very near future, or by the end of the year, I should say.

I rise today to urge my colleagues in the Senate to pass the Export-Import Bank legislation now before us. This debate this morning is about jobs, it is about manufacturing jobs, and it is about U.S. manufacturing jobs. That is because…

this amendment would force the Ex-Im Bank financing to increase its reserves by nearly 400 percent to maintain that 10-percent ratio. Basically we already have a board that audits third-party accountants, OMB, and a bank inspector general…

I ask unanimous consent that the Select Committee on Intelligence be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on May 15, 2012, at 2:30 p.m. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Special Committee on Aging

I've expressed my disappointment at where the Commission is on the proposed rule, and particularly when it's released in December, which seems to be the habit.

I think this is a nonsensical provision. It says the bank can only make loans--can make more loans if there is an international agreement to terminate the bank. I know in Pennsylvania, Wallquest finished 2010 with export sales over $17…

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Finance be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on May 15, 2012, at 10 a.m., in room SD 215 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building, to conduct a hearing entitled ``Tax Reform…

we yield back all time. The PRESIDING OFFICER. All time is yielded back. Under the previous order, the question is on agreeing to amendment No. 2100.

I have enjoyed listening to my colleagues on the other side of the aisle talk about Senator Toomey's amendment and all about subsidies. Well, it is hard to argue about subsidies when we are talking about the Ex-Im Bank generating $3.7…

I ask unanimous consent that the Special Committee on Aging be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on May 15, 2012, at 2:15 p.m. in room SD 562 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building to conduct a hearing entitled: ``Missed…

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions be authorized to meet, during the session of the Senate, to conduct a hearing entitled ``The High Cost of High Prices for HIV/AIDS Drugs and the Prize…

I appreciate my colleague from South Carolina coming down to talk about his important tool for U.S. manufacturers and why it is important in his State and why we need to get on to the business of passing this House legislation that was a…

this amendment is simply another attempt to gut the Export-Import Bank financing that U.S. manufacturers use to increase the sales of their products around the globe. The amendment would prohibit U.S. exporters from using the financing for…

So, what has changed that you think is going to convince me and my colleagues that the Martin Rule, and now the Genachowski Rule, that was from 4 years ago, are now simply okay?

I am particularly interested in the area of education, because Native Americans have a lower high school graduation rate.

I rise today to speak on the motion to proceed to the passage of the Export-Import Bank, legislation that has come over from the House and passed the House with a vote of 330 to 93, a pretty resounding vote in favor of moving forward on…

I appreciate the majority leader's actions on trying to move us forward on a very important jobs bill. The Export-Import Bank is a way to fund manufacturers in the United States so their products can be sold around the globe. It is kind of…

I want to thank you for agreeing with Senator Murray and myself's request for the Federal Maritime Commission to study factors which may cause and contribute a shift of containerized cargo.

So the question is, are we going to innovate and continue to move forward.

we have to have modernization if we're going to stay competitive in these markets.

I want to thank you, obviously, for holding this hearing, and I want to congratulate everyone for being nominated.

Our ocean transportation system is a critical component of our nationwide freight network for imports and exports.