Steven Chu: “The loans we give are for American jobs, and we are very clear about that.”

Today's hearing is part of the same anti-clean energy, anti-progress agenda that Republicans have been pushing for the last 21 months.

The government does not need to pick favorites.

investments in the science and research and the development of these things is going to be crucial to our economic prosperity going forward.

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