Steven Chu: “I believe that nuclear power is an essential part of our energy mix.”

We want to invest in things which will give the United States the competitive edge.

If I look at other countries and how they are borrowing from our playbook--we have a long history of funding our research and development through our national labs, through our universities, and even in some companies.

As the President and I have said, there is no silver bullet, but we can and must pursue a serious, long-term, all-of-the-above approach.

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