Steven Chu: “One of the key recommendations was to step up efforts to educate the next generation of scientists and engineers.”

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

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

We think that research, development, and demonstration of those advanced biofuels is something very much in the interest of the United States.

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