and guess who signed off on spending your money this time? >> fact today i'm announce thank the department of energy is awarding nearly $2 billion in conditional commitments to two solar companies. the first send is abound solar manufacturing which will manufacture advanced solar panels at two new plants creating more than 2,000 construction jobs and 1500 permanent jobs. a colorado plant is already underway and an indiana plant will be built in what is now an empty chrysler factory. when fully operational the plants will produce millions of state-of-the-art solar panels each year. these are just two of the many clean energy investments in the recovery act. already i have seen the payoff from these investments. >> greta: washington examiner chief political correspondent byron york joins us with the latest. all i can say i ouch. >> in september of 2010 they