WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressmen Adam Kinzinger (IL-16), Stephen Fincher (TN-08), and Chris Collins (NY-27) released the following statement after filing a discharge petition to allow House consideration of their bill to reform and reauthorize the U.S. Export Import Bank, which supports thousands of jobs across the country by financing the export of American goods and services:

“This Republican-led petition is a procedure to stand up to Washington’s broken system that is killing thousands of American jobs and jeopardizing thousands more. Our constituents expect us to fight for them and get the job done, but Congress has failed to even hold a vote to reform and reauthorize the Ex-Im Bank. We refuse to look any more hardworking Americans in the eye and say, ‘you lost your job because Congress refused to hold a vote.’ This cannot wait any longer. If we do not get this done for the American people, the only thing our country will be exporting is jobs.”