Political Quotes

“We have seen, as you get on the plane you fly into San Jose, Madam Chairman, as you fly and drive south, you will see a huge building which was built with taxpayer money. This building is known as Solyndra, and the assets that were contained within were sold to the Chinese for 10 cents on a dollar. So our money, our taxpayer dollars, went to a program which failed. Again and again, you see the Energy Department investing and calling winners and losers; and I, for one, want to see a stop to the money that flows from the taxpayers into failed, nonproductive industries. This amendment simply eliminates the funding for a program which has already been demonstrated as an embarrassment, not just to our government, but actually to the administration. I think that, quite frankly, it is a simple amendment, and it would do great justice to the American taxpayers and would do great justice to America if we stop funding the Chinese technology through ``gimme'' loan programs and selling our assets at 10 cents on a dollar. Madam Chair, I reserve the balance of my time.”