"And we can see the positive impacts right here at Solyndra. Less than a year ago, we were standing on what was an empty lot. But through the Recovery Act, this company received a loan to expand its operations. This new factory is the result of those loans." – President Barack Obama

"It turns out that the veteran Wall Street executive (Herbert Allison) handpicked by the administration to investigate its disastrous green energy loan losses contributed $52,000 to re-elect Obama in the months after he completed the in-depth probe." – Judicial Watch

"We smelled a rat from the onset." – Republican House Energy and Commerce Committee members Rep. Cliff Stearns and Rep. Fred Upton.