I think it's important that we meet that deadline by reporting a bill from this committee.

We are appreciative of the extensive work done by Chairman Wyden and Senator Murkowski on this bill to address the imminent danger posed by lack of action.

I believe that moving legislation on small, but very important issues, such as this, reflects well in the Congress.

Praxair applauds the work of Chairman Ron Wyden (D-WA) and Ranking Member Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) to introduce this important piece of legislation.

This is a bipartisan bill that Senator Murkowski and I introduced to create an orderly phaseout of the commercial use of the Federal Helium Reserve.

We should all rise in support of it.

Mr. President, I would like to announce for the information of the Senate and the public that a hearing has been scheduled before the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. The hearing will be held on Tuesday, May 7, 2013, at…

Mr. President, today the Senate is voting on whether to take a few more inches off the little guy. I say that because we can tell what this debate is all about by looking at the morning newspaper. All over those newspapers we saw ads taken…

I think we all understand, as Oregonians, for example, how important this has been to semiconductors, to electronics.

The helium program does not cost taxpayers money. It actually raises money.

we urge the Senate to mark-up and pass legislation quickly to extend the authority of the BLM past the October 7, 2013 expiration date.

I think we should take out of this description of what is happening there, the words 'success' and 'effective.'

I hope you will take the message back to the State Department that this is not a 'mission accomplished' moment.

I know you have been briefed on the importance of the Idaho National Laboratory, which is the home--it is the leading laboratory for nuclear energy in America.

They have that, and they are ready, willing, and able every time that there is an incident somewhere in the world to respond and to assist and to be helpful in seeing that these kinds of things do not happen in the future.

I must tell you that, in my view, we should not relent on the 2-percent goal.

It is not tenable for the United Nations to exist immune from that conversation.

I would hope you would remove the word 'success' and you would remove the word 'effective' from the vocabulary when you are talking about this program.