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I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 27, strike ``and'' at line 6, and after line 6 insert the following (and redesignate the subsequent…
I appreciate the gentleman's amendment, which reiterates language that is in the underlying bill, and we have no objection to it on the minority side. I applaud the gentleman for bringing it forward.
I thank my friend from Texas, and I think the gentleman's amendment is a good one. It will clarify that producers of helium may connect to the Federal helium reserve to store helium. And by seeking to provide incentives for additional…
I thank the chairman of the committee again for bringing forward this bipartisan legislation, and I rise in strong opposition to this amendment. The Federal Helium Reserve is in rapid decline. It is being exhausted. At the current drawdown…
My amendment is quite simple. It would expand the study section of the act to provide an assessment of how the eventual closure of the Federal Helium Reserve would influence the availability of this critical resource in the future. Let me…
I appreciate the comments of the gentleman from Colorado, the chair of the Energy and Mineral Subcommittee. He reiterates the important uses of helium, and I would add that any American patient or doctor who uses MRIs, which depend on…
I thank my friend from Massachusetts, a superb Member of Congress, Mr. McGovern. I join him in saying that this legislation represents an unwarranted delay on what should be a noncontroversial piece of legislation. H.R. 527 is a bill…
For centuries, we have lauded the achievements of great entrepreneurs, whether the automobile industry of Henry Ford or the iPhone of Steve Jobs. Business was the province of people with money. As the old cynical joke goes, banks would…
I thank my friend and colleague from New Jersey. Let's understand, the issue here is not about recess appointments or the Board quorum at a Federal agency or the Constitution. My Republican friends never raised this issue in hundreds of…
I would like to add to his economic numbers the fiscal fact that this does not appropriate any funds. We are just reauthorizing existing legislation and extending it. I thank the gentleman.
H.R. 254, introduced by my friend Mr. Chaffetz of Utah, would allow for the production of hydropower at existing facilities by deferring the debt associated with hydropower development on the Diamond Fork System, as you have heard. This…
In closing, I thank my good friend from Virginia, and would reiterate what he has said. In fact, the original legislation, which we are reauthorizing and extending through this bill, grew out of Virginia. It was because of the critical…