WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Export-Import Bank Chairman Fred Hochberg said on Friday he was confident that Congress would ultimately renew the bank's charter, but the timing and legislative vehicle were still uncertain.
Hochberg told a media breakfast sponsored by the Christian Science Monitor that he believes there is strong support in Congress for reauthorizing the 80-year-old export credit agency despite efforts by conservative Republicans to close it.
"We got a two-thirds vote in the Senate on Wednesday and between the Democratic bill in the House and the Republican bill in the House we have 250 co-sponsors," Hochberg said. "That's a higher level of engagement than just voting. That's putting your name on it."