mrs. mccaskill: mr. president, i rise to talk about something very important to missouri. i hear an awful lot of talk from my friends on the other side of the aisle about small businesses. and there's going to be a republican presidential debate tonight. but here we are today confronting the failure and job losses associated with us not embracing the export-import bank. president eisenhower, president ford, president reagan, president george bush -- both president george bushes. this was not controversial. and it's really easy to understand why. the export-import bank has never been controversial. this is a credit agency. there are 60 other credit agencies around the world that support companies in their countries. 60. around the world. it is not a level playing field in a global economy if america decides we are no longer going to support our manufacturing economy and the small businesses associated with that by removing this important tool. for exports. it's real jobs, mr. president. this is not fairy tale stuff and this is not crony capitalism. this is a -- an analysis

mr. chairman. >> thank you, senator mccaskill. senator blount? and let me just point out, too, i think the administration did put out an extension proposal in their grow act. and the other point i want to make is an important one. everybody is focused on january 1 here which is, of course, the deadline, but the effects of this start being felt sooner than that particularly with the freight railroads. we're talking about probably a november time frame, so the sense of urgency attached to doing something on this is very apparent and i think we have to recognize we don't have a lot of time to work with. and the senator from missouri is exactly right, i mean, if you look at what could happen, the potential effect, this is a huge disaster in the making, which as i said before is totally avoidable. so, senator fisher is up next. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i'd like to follow-up on the fines that you were talking about and the penalties. you mentioned that they're going to be significant and before that you said that the railroads are making progress ev

mr. amato, it sounds like it was certainly medical for you and literally a lifesaver, would you agree with that? -- amato: yes, senator mccaskillcollins, i'm side. yes, i would have to agree with that. i saw those two terms, precautionary and medically necessary, over and over again. it is still not believed to be medically necessary, at least in the data that has been sent to me. we will just keep our fingers crossed. chairman collins: as i mentioned statement,ng i have a bill to mandate the coverage and free will -- i cannot speak for my colleagues -- but i'm pretty sure we will all be pushing very hard on that. said in amelia, you your testimony that there were 10 things that you wished your parents had known when you were diagnosed. i am almost out of time, but could you tell me the top thing that you wish your parents had known? amelia: i think that the top thing i wish they had known is that when i go low, i get upset or angry or something, but then every time i got angry or upset or something, they automatically jumped to the conclusion that i was low. [laughter] after a while, it got kind of annoying. [laughter] chairma