Steven Chu: “Energy efficiency is not just the low hanging fruit; it's the fruit lying on the ground.”

I cannot guarantee that everyone who is fracking is doing it that way, but certainly what appears to be is that a lion's share of the people are doing it responsibly.

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.

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 loans we give are for American jobs, and we are very clear about that.