Steven Chu: “As President Obama has said passing a clean energy standard is a vital step that Congress can take to broaden our clean…”

Whether the investors are Republicans or Democrats did not enter into any decision as to whether we were going to fund the loan.

The loans we give are for American jobs, and we are very clear about that.

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.

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