Henry Waxman actually said...

"This program was created to support innovative energy technologies. That is its whole purpose."

"This throws innovation out the window, and it replaces it with a static list of winners who happen to submit applications by the end of 2011."

"This Republican bill, it seems to me, is a terrible idea. It is just the latest Republican assault on clean energy."

"It creates a winners list, potentially, of a few dozen projects that were submitted before the end of 2011."