Steven Chu: “the American taxpayer has every right to expect that there is a reasonable chance for repayment of the loans we give…”

This budget helps reduce our reliance on oil by developing the next generation of home grown bio fuels and by accelerating electric vehicle research, development, and deployment.

We think that research, development, and demonstration of those advanced biofuels is something very much in the interest of the United States.

If we can develop this technology in the United States and build these reactors with American workers, we will have a key competitive edge.

We believe it is an issue of great public importance that the Administration has chosen to restrict religious freedom for millions of Americans.