WASHINGTON, DC – The Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations today continued its oversight of the Department of Energy’s management of our nation’s most sensitive nuclear facilities with a hearing to examine a range of management and administrative challenges confronting DOE, including the recent security breakdown at the Y-12 National Security Complex.
Members
Cliff Stearns (FL), Chair
Lee Terry (NE)
-Vice Chair, C&T
John Sullivan (OK)
-Vice Chair, E&P
Tim Murphy (PA)
-Vice Chair, E&E
Michael Burgess (TX)
-Vice Chair, Health
Marsha Blackburn (TN)
-Vice Chair, CMT
Sue Myrick (NC)
-Vice Chair, Full Committee
Brian Bilbray (CA)
Phil Gingrey (GA)
Steve Scalise (LA)
Cory Gardner (CO)
Morgan Griffith (VA)
Joe Barton (TX)
Fred Upton (MI)
Diana DeGette (CO), Ranking Member
Jan Schakowsky (IL)
Mike Ross (AK)
Kathy Castor (FL)
Edward J. Markey (MA)
Gene Green (TX)
Donna Christensen (VI)
John D. Dingell (MI)
Henry A. Waxman (CA)
Culminating the Energy and Commerce Committee’s extensive investigation into the Obama administration’s failed loan guarantee program, full committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Cliff Stearns (R-FL) authored the “No More Solyndras Act” to ensure taxpayers are never again stuck paying hundreds of millions of dollars because of the Obama admin
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WASHINGTON, DC – Exactly three years ago today, Vice President Joe Biden famously participated in Solyndra’s groundbreaking following the Obama administration’s rushed approval of the $535 million loan guarantee to the now-bankrupt solar company.