Steven Chu: “President Obama has called for increased investments in clean-energy research, development, and deployment.”

To promote economic growth and strengthen national security, President Obama has called for an all of the above strategy that develops every source of American energy.

The United States faces a choice: Will we lead in innovation or will we fall behind?

It has been a privilege to work with you, and I look forward to continuing our work together this year on the important energy issues facing our nation.

Somehow we have to figure out how to boost the price of gasoline to the levels in Europe.