Export-Import Bank Reform and Reauthorization Act of 2015

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Mr. KINZINGER of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, I thank everybody on both
sides of the aisle for their hard work in getting this very important
thing done.

I flew to Ethiopia about 6 months ago, and I flew on a Boeing
airliner--there is a lot of talk about Boeing here--but I didn't fly on
an Airbus. What that represented to me was a lot of jobs that Boeing
provides to people, but a lot of jobs in my district of small suppliers
that supply to Boeing. I think that is something that has been lost in
this whole debate.

There has been a lot of negativity, a lot of negative talk. I want to
tell you about something positive, and that is the thousands of people
who work in my district who don't have to worry about getting a pink
slip tomorrow or the next day because they know that their
manufacturing job is secure because of our future and our powerful
ability to export around the globe.

While I know this has been a controversial process and I have respect
for everybody on all sides of this issue, I would beg my colleagues,
let's move forward in a bipartisan way. Let's reauthorize Ex-Im Bank,
and let's go ahead and move ahead with the business of the American
people.

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