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Solyndra bankruptcy throws focus on Department of Energy
By: Bill O'ReillySeptember 16, 2011
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Mercury News: The unfolding saga of Solyndra, once the poster child for the promise of cleantech jobs, takes center stage in Washington on Wednesday as lawmakers hold a hearing on the Fremont solar company's controversial $535 million loan from the Department of Energy in the wake of its bankruptcy and raid by the FBI. The Republican National Committee and other conservative critics have seized on Solyndra's implosion -- the term "Solargate" is already being used -- as evidence that President Barack Obama's original stimulus plan and the administration's support for clean technology are failed policies. Top Republicans on the House Committee on Energy and Commerce have also made it clear that the energy department's entire loan guarantee program is now under scrutiny.
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