reporter: that panel stopped short of calling solydra executives liars and of pulling off a heist. they didn t say much. for an hour and 15 minutes, the subcommittee laid it on two top executives of solyndra. brian harrison met with me in committee fss less than two months ago, look immediate in the eye and assured me that everything was just fine and the company was on track to be cash-flow positive. reporter: yet two months later, solyndra filed for chapter 11 and laid off its 1,100 employees after a $50 million loan bushed by the obama white house. two weeks ago, the fbi raided company headquarters. executives sitting before us today had the audacity to tell members of this subcommittee two months ago only to see its doors closed, leaving another thousand people out of work. reporter: when asked direct questions, the executives said only this. on the advice of my counsel, i invoke the privilege afforded by the fifth amendment of the constitution and i respectfull