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STEARNS' STATEMENT ON RELEASE OF CERTAIN SOLYNDRA DOCUMENTS BY THE WHITE HOUSE

WASHINGTON, OCT. 7, 2011 – Rep. Cliff Stearns (R-FL), Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s, has this to say on the White House release of Solyndra documents today: "After eight months of stonewalling by this Administration, today we finally learn one of the reasons why they fought our investigation every step of the way.  The paper trail released by the White House portrays a disturbingly close relationship between President Obama's West Wing inner circle, campaign donors, and wealthy investors that spawned the Solyndra mess. When asked about Solyndra this week, President Obama proudly proclaimed Solyndra 'went through the regular review process, and people felt like this was a good bet.' The facts say otherwise, but if Solyndra is evidence of Obama's regular review process, then we have significant problems and taxpayers could be on the hook for billions."