Fred Hochberg, chairman and president of the U.S. Export-Import Bank, speaks during the U.S. Export-Import Bank annual conference in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Thursday, April 4, 2013. The Export-Import Bank is an independent federal agency that helps create and maintain U.S. jobs by filling gaps in private export financing at no cost to American taxpayers. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images