Right. Thank you very much. It's a good idea, Senator. And I'd be very pleased to participate.

And the Navy is accepting of this transfer?

If it can't operate, why fund it? If it doesn't operate well, why fund it when, as I understand it, there are other methods of handling the problem?

It's kind of like a shadow, and I think we need to flesh it out.

Well, I've asked GAO to take a look at this.

Okay, but for my purposes, what you're telling us is that for the next 20 years, the 10 to 20 percent figure is enough, 10 to 20 pits is enough.

That's on the Savannah River side.

A Member of Congress from the State of California, Hearing Preview Statement.

The taxpayer is sitting back there going, are you kidding me? This is what goes on with our tax dollars in one of our Federal agencies?

In my opinion, this loan guarantee program typifies the kind of cronyism that has made Americans across the Country despise what they see in Washington.

Although the bankruptcy of Solyndra raised legitimate questions about these procedures, it did not and does not support unsubstantiated allegations that the Department engaged in criminal conduct or made its funding decisions based on…

Stimulus was supposed to get the people working again, it was not anticipated, nor was it designed, to go 4 years.

We cannot simply attack any program that has the words Obama and clean air attached to them.

Mr. Secretary, notwithstanding where your independent, Mr. Allison, was before, he clearly shows us that if not for Nissan and Ford, you would have had a disastrous result.

I don't think most of us would like to have that particular improved blanket over our hot water heater.

It is either incompetence at this agency or you had to be a friend of the Administration to get a loan guarantee, and that needs to be investigated.

We are 3 years past its passage and you haven't spent it all.

I think our Country is very fortunate to have somebody with your caliber and your background leading the Department of Energy, and I thank you for your leadership.