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November 22, 2011

Chu Hearing: Congress's Skewed Agenda on Display

Mijin Cha, Demos


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Talk about a waste of taxpayer dollars. Last Thursday, the House Energy and Commerce subcommittee on Oversight and Investigation grilled Energy Secretary Steven Chu for five and a half hours on the Solyndra bankruptcy. Not surprisingly, Secretary Chu’s testimony showed there was no wrongdoing on the part of the Obama Administration or the Department of Energy. . .

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TAGGED: Demos, energy subsidies, Solyndra Inc., Steven Chu, Department of Energy

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