Steven Chu: “I think certainly we should use the loan guarantees to start these first several plants that we talked about.”

The American taxpayer has every right to expect that there is a reasonable chance for repayment of the loans we give out.

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

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.