luxembourg malaysia, netherlands, new zealand norway pore -- poland, slovakia slovenia, south africa, south korea spain sweden switzerland thailand, turkey united kingdom uzbekistan. yef one of these countries -- every one of these countries have a working export bank. why do they have one? they want to be competitive. whatever they sell to a foreign country, whether a bag of wheat or some product they manufacture, they want to be able to help their local businesses sell to foreign countries. but not the united states. and we are really hurting. and i can't imagine -- i can't imagine how the republicans supposedly the business-oriented operation we thought over the years, was interested in helping business they just turned a blank eye. they're not interested in helping business anymore. why? because these working export-import banks are government operations. now, does it cost the federal government of the united states money? of course not. we've gotten $7 billion back in rewards that goes to our treasury. we make money on the deal. so i would say to my friend who believes in how the senate's working well, i wish somebody would take a -- say to my rep