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• Position: Hank Johnson on the Federal Helium Program; Ted Cruz on meeting with other senators; and Barack Obama's speech - Brief article

"Imagine, Mr. Speaker, a world without balloons. How can we make sure that the injustice of there being no helium for comedians to get that high-pitched voice that we all hold near and dear to our hearts?"

--Rep. Hank Johnson (D-Ga.) in a House floor speech backing a proposed extension of the Federal Helium Program, May 1

"We've had probably five or six lunches with a bunch of Republican senators standing up and looking at Rand and Mike and me and yelling at the top of their lungs--I mean really upset. And they said: 'Why did you do this? As a result of what you did, when I go home, my constituents are yelling at me that...