Well, you know, the improvement in accountability and transparency is terrific. It would be good to have an improvement in terms of being able to assess the impact of this funding on employment.

Is there anyone on the panel here this morning that could answer that question about the impact of the ARRA funding on employment in your particular department?

We must live and breathe believing that failure is not an option.

That is no way to conduct a responsible investigation. We should be fair and impartial, and our goal should be to find the truth.

Something far more important is at stake today than scoring partisan political points.

Members on this committee say they are shocked--shocked--that you would invest in a company as risky as Solyndra.

All of Congress, in passing the bill, as they said, they appropriated $10 billion to cover for loan losses.

Well, the Republicans have accused you of acting illegally in subordinating the loan, but I just don't think that's a case they can sustain.

The Republicans accused you of granting the Solyndra loan to benefit a campaign donor, George Kaiser, but the record before this committee shows you acted on the merits.

One of my colleagues earlier said, well we ought to change the law, that's what we thought we were doing.

You're on the right side of this debate, and I think you are on the right side of history.

This is a distraction from the work that we should be doing.

What Congress ought to be spending its time doing is trying to get Americans jobs and back to work.

I think it's abusive to have the Secretary, any Cabinet-level Secretary here and then make him wait another 45 minutes.

It seems to me you've done more than you could possibly do to answer every question.

Mr. Chairman, I move the committee do now adjourn.

It's pretty obvious what's going on in this hearing room. House Republicans and their coal and oil industry allies are manufacturing a scandal, trying to discredit you, President Obama, the clean energy companies.

I think we ought to let the witness go about his job.