Trump To Nominate Export-Import Bank Opponent To Head Export-Import Bank
Source: Talking Points Memo
By TIERNEY SNEED Published APRIL 15, 2017, 11:05 AM EDT
President Donald Trump on Friday announced his nomination of former Rep. Scott Garrett (R-NJ), who fiercely opposed to the Export-Import Bank while in Congress, to serve as president of the agency.
Garrett served on the House Financial Services Committee until losing a bitter election last year to Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ). Garrett, a Freedom Caucus member, was known for hardline views, including anti-gay sentiments that reportedly prompted him to withhold paying his dues to the National Republican Congressional Committee out of concerns they would support gay GOP candidates, according to Politico.
While in Congress, Garrett also advocated for letting the Export-Import Banks authorization expire.
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Trump himself was a critic of the Ex-Im Bank, which is the federal governments export credit agency and has been labeled a form of corporate welfare by some conservatives. His views reportedly changed after a meeting with former Boeing Jim McNerney Tuesday, CNBC reported, and he now favors keeping the Ex-Im Bank authorized
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dalton99a
(81,568 posts)Bernardo de La Paz
(49,033 posts)Oh and Carson to tear down HUD from the inside.
DeVos to kill public education.
It's disgusting.
Beartracks
(12,821 posts)If that's the logical way to fix things, then it's way over-due.
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