"Investing in Solyndra involved risk, but it was a risk that you thought was worth taking because of the importance of clean energy to our economic future; is that right?"
"You said publicly that you were going to set aside some loan guarantees for higher-risk projects, which you said were projects that had a default rate as high as 10 to 30 percent."
"I believe in this oversight on the Solyndra loan guarantee issue. It is part of our job."
"That is no way to conduct a responsible investigation. We should be fair and impartial, and our goal should be to find the truth."
"The agenda of congressional Republicans is clear: Do everything possible to maintain our addiction to fossil fuels."
"Something far more important is at stake today than scoring partisan political points."
"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."