Steven Chu: “Completely energy-independent--it will take some decades, but certainly decreasing our dependency on foreign oil is…”

Pound for pound, dollar for dollar, he felt that ARPA-E was the most effective use of government resources he has seen in a long time.

They've made this Congress the most 'Do Nothing' Congress in history.

Today's hearing is part of the same anti-clean energy, anti-progress agenda that Republicans have been pushing for the last 21 months.

If I look at other countries and how they are borrowing from our playbook--we have a long history of funding our research and development through our national labs, through our universities, and even in some companies.