"Can you commit to postponing any decision on this request until after the pending investigations are completed and reviewed by the Commission?"
"I am going to resist this in every single way I can."
"Raising the price of helium will make projects more profitable, yes."
"Please list the current refining capacity of each helium refinery connected to the BLM federal helium reserve pipeline owned by your company and what if any changes have been made to its refining capa..."
"the BLM should adopt policies that open its crude helium sales to a broader array of buyers and make the process of establishing the selling price of crude helium from the Federal helium reserve more ..."
"And Mr. Garcia-Diaz, would the legislation that we have introduced address the three urgent issues identified by the GAO: one, how the helium program will be funded after 2013; two, the price at which..."
"I think the auction process will bring a higher rate, and it will open up more bidders, and open up the market to more people."
"We must establish a helium pricing mechanism that sends a clear signal to private markets that alternative helium supplies are needed before we exhaust the BLM Reserve."
"in my opinion, Adam Smith would be spinning in his grave if he could see the way in which we were allocating this Federal resource to four companies at below market prices without competition."
"if we are going to avoid an even larger crisis and more severe price spikes in the future, we need to introduce some ruthless Darwinian-style competition into the helium market in order to incentivize..."
"We applaud Chairman Hastings, and Ranking Member Markey for their work on this bill."