cantwell: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from washington. ms. cantwell: mr. president, i rise to congratulate my colleague, the cochair of the joint economic committee, for her report on the importance of contribution of exports to our economy and the export-import bank. this report that she is issuing today, which has a picture of cargo container ships leaving the port of miami, i could say this picture could be any number of ports around the united states of america, and certainly in my state where one in three jobs is related to trade, i really appreciate the joint economic committee highlighting at this point in time how important the export economy is to the u.s. economy. my colleague comes from a similar state, where we like to say that we make a lot of great manufactured products, and we're very proud that they are sold in the international marketplace. but now is no time to basically curtail a credit agency's ability to help make those sales a reality when we've had fabulous u.s.-made product. so i very much appreciate the joint economic committee's r

cantwell: "the roanoke times" was one of those newspapers. it typifies what companies are saying that really increase manufacturing jobs, you need to increase exports, and that's why we feel so strongly about this. "the roanoke times" also said that it's a global economy and that policymakers need to put u.s. manufacturers on an even playing field with foreign competitors in emerging markets and not take them out of the game. well, that is exactly what happens when we give a short-term reauthorization for nine months. no deal of this size and magnitude with energy companies gets done in a nine-month period of time. it takes for the processing of the bank basically three months just in the processing, the discussion of being at the table, closing the deal, competing with your competitors, takes much longer than that. and no one is going to be interested in closing a deal when they don't know whether the bank is going to continue to exist. so that is why other newspapers like the times pick akuhn has said one of their -- the times pickayune, sa

senator maria cantwell is planning to introduce a bill that will remove the league's tax exempt status because they haven't forced dan schneider tore change the name. in a press conference, they will not stop their fight. they also had some rather harsh words for the nfl as a whole. >> the nfl is currently facing an integrity crisis. from failing to answer questions raised by former players with football related health problems, to questions about the leagues attitude towards its domestic violence. these are different issues. they are joined by a common thread of joining moral arrogance. >> sent us in a statement, quote, our position remains consistent with more than 80% of americans who do not want to change the washington redskins name. now, we also reached out to the nfl for comment. they have not responded to our request. >>> the nfl player's association announced they will be filing an appeal later tonight to the league contesting the indefinite suspension of ray rice. cbs sports, james brown, talked with union executive director today about why. >> when we look at facts and reach

. >>> democrat, maria cantwell, a senator from washington state is trying to introduce a bill that will reduce the taxes. of course, it is unlikely the bill will become law any time soon especially as congress nears recess for the november elections. republican senator threaten add similar bill and it received little attention. now the redskins sent us this statement in response, our position remains consistent with more than 80% of americans who do not want to change the redskins name. we also reached out to the nfl for comment, they have not responded. top. >> always watching. always tracking. wusa9's first alert weather. >> all right, live look outside. it's our live michael and son weather cam. i just tweeted this out on the board walk and it's a nice evening there. pretty nice sunset. temperature here, 75. dew points in the 40s. that is a very dry air mass and winds still kicking up north, northwest at 13. they will subside tonight. so, another perfect evening, just cool. now that the sun is down, temperatures are going to fall quickly. bus stop temperatures, 52 to 65. that 6:00 a.

so in the legislation with senator booker and cantwell, two separate pieces of legislation, if day maketoo expensive for the nfl to stay and continue doing what they're doing, that's when you're going to have a problem. >> the league itself, the individual teams are for-profit enterprises. the league itself is nonprofit. it's kpax kbemplt, which itself is somewhat questionable because the guy makes $44 million a year. >> i did. i still have a light on for moral persuasion as a way to change something. >> no, no. it's just money. >> i'll say this about the sponsors. this wasn't this year. i said to him would a company like anheuser busch ever pull up stakes? he said do you know what i'll do -- g who said this? >> this was a guy who used to be in the position to be a major ad buyer for a major company. we paid $1.2 billion over six years? at least they'll enter with that salvo. however, beer companies need men >> it was a kind of marvelous statement. we were kind of disappointed and then the adverb hammer. that is roger, get your act together. roger, remember us? we just paid you $1. bill

democratic senator maria cantwell wants congress to take away the tax exempt status because the league not forced the washington redskins to change its name. >> native americans and leaders called for an end to the racial slur as a team name for decades. a broad coalition before you, religious leaders, prominent journalists, they are adding their voices. the senator wants the other team owners in the n.f.l. to take up the issue, and the issue of domestic violence, taking it up are big sponsors. bud wiser, bud light - they say it's disappointed. other major sponsors say that they are watching the n.f.l., and mcdonald's, visa and campbell soup are not happy with the league either. a hotel chaining pulled sponsorship, due to adrian peterson's indict for child abuse. the government of minnesota is calling for spnks. adrian peterson should be suspended until the accusations have been resolved by the justice system. >> a sports columnist covered both adrian peterson, and ray rice incidents. good to see you. >> thank you for having me. >> has the n.f.l. lost its way. >> the n.f.l. lost its wa

he's teaming up with senator cantwell. >> the belfast telegraph almost looks comical but the man caught is committing a very real crime. the suspect is scene casually strolling through a gallery, looking at the art and brazenly just removes world war i painting off the wall and tries to stuff it in his jacket. it doesn't fit. so he just simply walks out the door with the artwork one his arm. guards caught up with him but he escaped before police could arrive on the scene. what? >> he needs to buy bigger clothes if he's going steal with them. >> we were at an art gallery last night. >> coming up how does ibm plan to be cool and stay competitive with silicon valley's biggest names. we'll take a look at the woman behind that company. ibm's story is remarkable. first did the white house take too long to put together a strategy to defeat isis. we have the chairman of the foreign affairs committee, representative ed royce and chuck todd. we'll ask why congress didn't debate this before slinking out of town. we'll be right back. (vo) get ready! fancy feast broths. they're irresistabowl... comp