President Obama's Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Steven Chu assigned himself an "A-" when asked him to assess his "management of the DOE resources" in light of the millions of taxpayer dollars lost through the DOE loan program.
" I would give myself a pretty good grade . . . There's always room for improvement, [so] maybe an A-," Chu told Rep. Paul Broun, R-Ga., during a House hearing today. "If you look at what we've done and what we've supported and the breakthroughs that have occurred during this tenure, I think it reflects very well [on me]." Chu cited progress on battery research, solar technologies, and bioenergy centers funded through DOE.
Yesterday, Chu said, "no," it is not President Obama's goal to lower gas prices. "The overall goal is to decrease our dependency on oil, to build and strengthen our economy and decrease our dependency on oil," he explained.
