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Ed Markey: “Do you agree with the NAS conclusion that if we create a more transparent and open market for helium that better…”

On the recordFebruary 13, 2013
Do you agree with the NAS conclusion that if we create a more transparent and open market for helium that better reflects a true price, it would provide additional economic incentives for private investment to bring new supplies of helium online, or to develop an efficiency and conservation measures?
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Markey discusses the need for a transparent helium market to encourage investment.

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