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The Export-Import Bank Reform and Reauthorization Act

Floor Speech

Date: Nov. 2, 2015
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Employment and Affirmative Action Trade

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Mr. VAN HOLLEN. Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support of the Export-
Import Bank Reform and Reauthorization Act, and I applaud the triumph
of democracy over ideology that it represents.

The Export-Import Bank is, and always has been, about jobs. It's
about the ability of U.S. companies of all sizes to grow their business
by exporting their products, and to compete on a level playing field
with their foreign competitors in global markets--many of whom continue
to receive export financing from any one of the 85 foreign export
credit agencies still operating around the world. The only companies
hurt by the far right's crusade against the Export-Import Bank are our
own companies, employing American workers, manufacturing products
stamped ``Made in the USA.''

That didn't make sense in July, when the Export-Import Bank's charter
was allowed to expire--and it doesn't make sense now. Which is why I am
very pleased that a bipartisan majority in the House of Representatives
is at long last saying ``enough is enough.'' I'm proud to be a part of
that bipartisan majority, and I call on the Senate to reauthorize the
Export-Import Bank without delay.

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