i think goes to the white house. i think the p nt vice president had engaged in it because he wanted to do a press event there the record shows not only the vice president but the president was involved. it goes to the white house. how far up? let me say this clearly. i think secretary chew is one of the probably the best energy second we have ever had. that doesn t change the fact that somebody in the system and it looks like a lot of people in the system were willing to break the rules after they realized they made a mistake and that should be followed up very clearly. we have got to make sure they stop this blind faith in what they think is a good technology but second of all, we need to address the issue of did they break the rules and did they purposely break the rules just because the rules were inconvenient? there is a lot of americans around the country playing by the rules even though they are inconvenient. white house in washington has got to learn to live by the same rulin
house. i think the p nt vice president had engaged in it because he wanted to do a press event there the record shows not only the vice president but the president was involved. it goes to the white house. how far up? let me say this clearly. i think secretary chew is one of the probably the best energy second we have ever had. that doesn t change the fact that somebody in the system and it looks like a lot of people in the system were willing to break the rules after they realized they made a mistake and that should be followed up very clearly. we have got to make sure they stop this blind faith in what they think is a good technology but second of all, we need to address the issue of did they break the rules and did they purposely break the rules just because the rules were inconvenient? there is a lot of americans around the country playing by the rules even though they are inconvenient. white house in washington has got to learn to live by the same rulings. judge jeanine: those w
handle the taxpayer s money. it is so easy to throw other people s money at a black hole like this rather than do the right thing. we have got to get back and correct this thing and make sure it doesn t happen again. judge jeanine: speaking of taxpayer money, congressman, the thing i think is outrageous is refinance where energy and treasury agreed to put the taxpayers at the end of the line. put the private investors at the beginning of the line. it s not bad enough we invested a 35 million, half a billion dollars but we say if we ever get our money back, taxpayer you are last. you hit on it. one thing blind technology regardless of the facts and financial situation. then when they got in trouble it appears, judge, they were told that the law it was against the law for them so subrogate the taxpayer behind that because they wouldn t be able to pull off the deal unless they did it, the attitude as well the law got
house. i think the p nt vice president had engaged in it because he wanted to do a press event there the record shows not only the vice president but the president was involved. it goes to the white house. how far up? let me say this clearly. i think secretary chew is one of the probably the best energy second we have ever had. that doesn t change the fact that somebody in the system and it looks like a lot of people in the system were willing to break the rules after they realized they made a mistake and that should be followed up very clearly. we have got to make sure they stop this blind faith in what they think is a good technology but second of all, we need to address the issue of did they break the rules and did they purposely break the rules just because the rules were inconvenient? there is a lot of americans around the country playing by the rules even though they are inconvenient. white house in washington has got to learn to live by the same rulings. judge jeanine: those w
tab. given the fact that this one location is so large, it s going to take a while. judge jeanine: now the justice department wants to know who knew what and when. joining me how is california congressman brian bill bray. congressman, thanks for much for being with us this evening. this whole thing with solar energy, it appears that you doubted solyndra right from the start. why? well, i had a problem with the technology they were using. i really worried about some of the stuff i saw on there. look. you don t come into california and the kind of recession we are in now where half the warehouses are empty and propose to build a whole new factory from the ground up on farmland in a state where getting permits and build something very expensive. why would you do that unless, you know, you really are spending somebody else s money? i suspect they were looking at rather than building solar