Every day Congress faces numerous complex and contentious challenges, but this isn’t one of them. This is an easy problem to fix. Congress must act promptly by enacting legislation to address the helium supply.
Brian Toohey is president and CEO of the Semiconductor Industry Association, the voice of the U.S. semiconductor industry in Washington, D.C.
Lois Lerner, director of exempt organizations for the IRS, arrives for a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on the investigation of the IRS' targeting of political groups. Lerner invoked her Fifth Amendment right to not testify and caused a protest from some committee members when she offered an opening statement and engaged in dialogue with members before invoking the right.
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