mr. keiser's activities while withholding documents as well as statements by mr. keiser that contradicted the interpretation. but me be clear, not of us on my side of the aisle are here to defend or to apologize for the actions of anyone in the administration or in the white house in particular. in my 15 years on this committee, we have had a strong committee -- tradition of bipartisan investigations. it has been my hope that we could have continued that tradition in order to fulfill our oversight duties to the american people. unfortunately, this has not been the case. the point of this inquiry should not be for partisan victories or to smear people who support one political party over the other. what we should be trying to do is to figure out what happened with the solyndra loan guarantee so we can bring accountability to the american people and improve our ability to advance the united states as a leader in the clean energy market. i hope the secretaries of parents can provide relevant information on several key issues that we are investigating. first, we need t