Thank you all. I appreciate your testimony this morning.

I am a huge advocate of geothermal power and the resource itself.

You made a statement that, let's see, no geologic review before injection.

Our job is to protect the taxpayers.

Sustainable jobs only come from the private sector. That is just the way it works.

The disconnect is so great here, it is so foreign to people who live in this area that this money actually comes out of working people's pockets.

But at the end of the day every single penny came out of taxpayers' pockets, it did not come out of the government; it was funneled through the government.

The American people have a right to know how did this happen.

So the market wasn't created by a market demand, it was created by a government saying this is what you are going to do; you are going to do it with renewables, okay?

So we invested--what was the total amount we invested? Sixteen billion.

How about the American taxpayers putting $15 billion at risk? Was that being prudent?

This has been the most irresponsible waste of taxpayer money that I have seen in my lifetime.

When we follow this Judas goat of taking money from the government, there are strings attached to all this money we take and there are repercussions.

the American people are starting to wonder, billions and billions of dollars invested by a government that picks winners and losers

But it does come down to what is the return on the investment for the people whose money is actually at risk.

There is just no money left for them to take care of their kids and to plan their future.

But then you say, well, where did the government get the money, and you find out it is people who actually pay taxes.

This is taxpayer money.