"But in the process, the question really is: Who gets stuck with it?"
"Can the U.S. dollar and the U.S. economy and the U.S. taxpayer bear the burden?"
"I would not think--I mean, this seems to be so myopic as to be politically motivated."
"You know what their profit? Their loss? They lost $13.5 million."
"I find that very, very curious."
"This is about crony capitalism. This is not about starting up solar panels."
"Do we give loans to foreign companies?"
"If you knew that in BrightSource somebody that used to work for the Kennedy family companies now works in the Department of Energy and approved the $1.8 billion loans, does that send up red flags?"
"Are you concerned about the propriety of giving money, $500 million, to a billionaire, you know, and then sort of changing the rules some so he gets to, you know, maybe get a better deal than taxpayer..."
"That is sort of troubling, though, that they were the best case scenario and had met all the criteria best, and then they went bankruptcy."
"I think that is something we need to look into as well."
"It looks unseemingly, and I do not think that is your background."