Bob Casey

If there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask unanimous consent that it adjourn under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate, at 6:56 p.m., adjourned until Thursday, May 17, 2012, at 9:30 a.m.

I am a co-sponsor of S. 2374, the Helium Stewardship Act of 2012, which lays out a responsible resource management strategy for the Federal Helium Reserve.

I have urged the Administration to become directly involved in this issue.

Closure of these facilities would likely mean that the Northeast region will experience a decrease in the supply of Ultra-Low Sulfur Diesel (ULSD), at the same time there will be an increase in demand for ULSD as both a transportation fuel…

It's clear that we need to accelerate natural gas development and use. Natural gas is produced right here at home--creating jobs.

I am focused on ensuring that changes in refining capacity in the Northeast have as little impact as possible on energy prices, on jobs in our communities, and on the economic recovery.

I hope we agree on that, and we're trying to push hard on that.

I wanted to get your sense of that legislation, and the impact, and if you can make any assessment...

We've worked very hard, a broad coalition of people in Pennsylvania, to be constructive in our engagement with the companies.

Guaranteeing the safety and effectiveness of medical products is a task of paramount importance to the American public.

I am proud to come from a State with a strong history of leadership in medical discovery.

Thank you to the panelists for your remarks today.

It is crucial that, during this reauthorization, we update our regulatory oversight and infrastructure at the FDA.

We cannot allow this to continue as the status quo.

I want to follow up where Senator Cardin left off. We say never again, yet live time and time again through experiences in which 'never again' actually manifests itself.

I thought it was very weak. I supported it but it was not nearly enough.

I just hope we can all continue to be as persistent as you and others have been to make this point

This is a tough assignment even for someone who has spent a lot of time there as you have.

I think there are so many of us that, even as we introduce, as I have, legislation to try to move forward in terms of humanitarian and other assistance to the Syrian people, we have a real concern about refugees.

I know this is a generalization, but do you feel positive about the Iraqi Government's and either the government or other support systems, their capacity to handle the inflow, or do you think that there are some pretty significant…

Well, Mr. Ambassador, we want to thank you for your testimony today and your presence here in answering our questions.

These are people of uncommon courage and who were of great assistance to us.

Antigovernment forces continue to target prominent Iraqis for assassination.

It is a difficult problem to manage.

I have two lines of questioning, one on the special immigrant visas, which we know are a program that allows Iraqis who have helped American forces and helped our efforts in Iraq to have their visas expedited.