Congressman Reichert's Statement on Ex-Im Bank Discharge Petition

Statement

Today U.S. Congressman Dave Reichert joined over 218 of his House colleagues in signing a discharge petition to bring a vote to reauthorize the Export-Import (Ex-Im) Bank of the United States to the House floor. The petition reached the minimum number of signatures, 218, to force a vote on the Bank's reauthorization.

"When Washington State businesses operate on a level playing field with foreign businesses, they win, and hundreds of thousands of good paying jobs are created here in our state," said Congressman Reichert. "But when Congress failed to reauthorize the Export-Import Bank this past summer, we put over 230 of our state's exporters that have relied on Ex-Im and the jobs they support here at home at risk. Too much is on the line, which is why I joined my colleagues in taking this step to force action on this critical resource for our nation's job creators."

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