Steven Chu: “The United States faces a choice: Will we lead in innovation or will we fall behind?”

The American taxpayer has every right to expect that there is a reasonable chance for repayment of the loans we give out.

They've made this Congress the most 'Do Nothing' Congress in history.

We believe that that ATVM loans, for example, the loans to Ford and to Nissan, saved or generated many, many thousands of jobs.

Whether the investors are Republicans or Democrats did not enter into any decision as to whether we were going to fund the loan.