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U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Export-Import Bank And OPIC Funding.
The House overwhelmingly approved the FY02 Foreign Operations Appropriations Conference Report bill. The Chamber supported this legislation. This bill includes funding for two programs that are vital to the American business community--$790 million for the Export-Import Bank (Ex-Im Bank) and $38 million for the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC). The Ex-Im Bank provides critically needed financing guarantees and insurance to help American businesses export products to overseas markets, providing new market opportunities and job growth. Since 1997, the Ex-Im Bank has supported more than $60 billion in U.S. exports. In 2000, more than 80 percent of Ex-Im Bank transactions benefited small businesses. OPIC provides political risk insurance to U.S. companies in emerging markets and financing when alternative private sector funding is unavailable. Since 1971, OPIC has supported $138 billion worth of investments that have generated $63.6 billion in U.S. exports and created nearly 250,000 American jobs.
The John Birch Society
HR 2506: Fiscal 2002 Foreign Aid.
Since the 1940s,
the giveaway of taxpayer dollars to foreign governments
has cost us trillions! And it's unConstitutional! Passed. Cost: $15.4 BillionBusiness and Professional Women/USA
Foreign Operations Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2002.
The House approved an amendment to strike a committee-passed amendment overturning the Bush Administration’s executive action reinstating the global “gag” rule, a policy denying U.S. family planning assistance to any foreign organization that uses its own private funds to provide, counsel or advocate about abortion.
This group supports international family planning programs that strive to prevent unintended pregnancies, reduce abortion, and avert hundreds of thousands of infant and maternal deaths worldwide each year.