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On the recordSeptember 13, 2011
I don't think we ought to use this failure of this particular guarantee to discredit was it an important loan guarantee in order to move to be able to compete in this area with China and to move our country away from dependence on fossil fuel.
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Henry Waxman
Democratic · California

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Waxman defends the importance of loan guarantees for solar energy despite failures.

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