Three years ago, the President's Export Council put out recommendations that were extremely valuable in framing the sanctions reform debate. In the last 65 years, Ex-Im has helped make our exporters the most competitive in the world. Today, we trade as much in one day, as what our country traded all year in 1935, when Ex-Im was created. And, more important, we can help the customer out. Franklin Roosevelt, believed very much in the role government could play in putting Americans back to work.
Government can make constant progress when it keeps abreast of all the facts.
That is what Jim Harmon is doing here. He is looking for the facts, and taking the facts to shape a bank whose greatest days are ahead of it. I thank you for asking us to help shape that Bank. Thank you very much.