Alex Mooney: “I thank the gentleman from Colorado for the opportunity to rise and speak on this important issue. Mr. Speaker, I have…”

“I thank the gentleman from Colorado for the opportunity to rise and speak on this important issue. Mr. Speaker, I have some serious concerns about the future of the Export-Import Bank, particularly with this administration. In the past, the Bank has been used to push extreme environmental policies from the President to guide how it awards their loans. We all know that the President has declared a war on coal; and through his administration, he is doing everything he can to prosecute that war on coal. We have seen the EPA and other departments in this administration, through regulation--not through Congress, but through regulation--attempt to shut down the coal industry and bankrupt the coal industry. The President, himself, said his goal was to bankrupt the coal industry. This, of course, along with the Export-Import Bank, is hurting coal companies and costing American jobs as they try to compete in the global market. I know that American coal has been hurt because the Export-Import Bank has awarded loans in countries that do not have to adhere to President Obama's leftwing environmental regulations. They don't have an EPA in many of these countries, yet we are financing deals there. Our current President has proven time and again he will use any means necessary to circumvent Congress and the Constitution to promote an agenda the American people just don't want.…”