Lamar Alexander actually said...

"I think, Dr. Chu, you are one of the President's best appointees, that you have been a terrific leader."

"I suggested that we apply the same rigor and ambitious goals to energy research that we did to the Manhattan Project."

"I would like to weigh in favor of energy research."

"It seems to me that to continue to subsidize over a long term a mature technology is not appropriate."