the reason that solyndra couldn't get backing was probably for good reason.ky and not that great a risk. but this administration is trying to chase down climate change. it's trying to lead on climate change. so it's leading the taxpayer to take risks for greater than the science of climate change supports. gerri: couldn't agree with you more chris. or chip. i apologize. thank you for coming on the show. great analysis. >> sure gerri. gerri: now we want to hear from you. the maryland governor is promising baltimore will not experience riots again tonight. should the mayor be doing more to protect small businesses? here's what you're tweeting us. ray: the federal government is required to provide all of us protection. cities need to protect businesses. rick says: ultimately the slow response to a volatile situation hurts the entire community. keith: she, the mayor, should be fired immediately and sued for damages. keith, you're unforgiving. she should be made to pay for the damages out of her own pocket. be sure to like fox business on facebook. here's some ema

it's this con seept that's produced a long line of scandals best illustrated by the solyndra fiasco. it doesn't even benefit the common good by placing these discoveries in the public domain. any discoveries although financed by the public, are owned, lock, stock and barrel by the private companies that receive these public funds. public cost, private benefit, this is nothing but corporate welfare and that's what these amount to. my amendment protects taxpayers it gets government out of the energy business. last year, when we debated similar amendments we heard of all the technological breakthroughs financed by the federal government from railroads to the internet, we heard promises of future breakthroughs from this massive expenditure of public funds and i freely recognize that if you hand over millions of dollars of public subsidies to a private corporation, perhaps in ohio, that corporation will do very well. some of these dollars might even produce a breakthrough that will then be owned by that private corporation and then it will do extremely well. but would the advocate -- what

solynd solyndra, are there more out there?lcoa. this program was supposed to basically enforce and encourage clean energy. so this fund, for $25 billion is down to $16 billion. already the way the government has spent this money has been criticized because two out of the five companies that have been funded, you know, getting these loans have gone out of business. and, you know, we see solyndra and we see stories, clean energy stories that blue up. the republicans are saying this is taxpayer money. let's talk about the subsidies. >> when it comes to alcoa you make the call. does anyone know that reference? the nfl. >> over my head. >> you know what's ironic, is while the administration is pushing all these green energy initiatives in these country. when the comes to iran, what are they doing? they're pushing nuclear power. they got a lot of sunshine over there, why aren't they solar powered? >> it's a peaceful program. >> that's why they should be pushing solar in iran rather than a nuke bomb. >> unbelievable. >> where can we

politically connected cronies get hundreds of millions of dollars -- think solyndra.ne of the richest guys and our country got a 105 million dollar loan. what is up with that? i have a different vision. i have an ambitious vision that will offer opportunity to all americans. my plan includes economic freedom zones to allow impoverished areas like detroit columbia, eastern kentucky -- allow them to prosper by leaving more money in their hands and sending less money to washington. [applause] in my vision for america, we will bring back manufacturing jobs that pay well. how will we do this? we will dramatically lower the tax on american profit overseas and encourage it to come home. [applause] more than $2 trillion of american profit is overseas and we can bring it home and create jobs here at home. in my vision for america, new highways and bridges will be built across the country, not by raising your taxes, but by lowering the taxes and encouraging this american profit to come home. [applause] liberal policies have failed our inter-cities. our schools are not equal and

political hack who when he's not playing the race card is covering up scandal after scandal, be it solyndra, whatever. they did this to menendez, as doug and john suggested, to chill the other members. they went after the one democrat who is speaking with great conscience on this issue. they had this three years ago. the public integrity section, which itself is an oxymoron, is the same section that took out senator ted stevens and did it -- got reprimanded after he lost his election by withholding evidence. this is a corrupt scene designed -- 76% of the american people want the congress to have a say. barack obama intends to bypass the congress to the u.n. the issue right now for the country, my party and doug's party suffered under the question of who lost china and what happened while being -- >> all right -- >> i tell you that's what faces the democratic party today. >> let me switch gears. talk about double standards here. where is the outrage over harry reid basically admitting that he lied about romney on the senate floor? >> it's such an outrage that this guy can stand there and tra

we widely broadcast our investigation after solyndra and other scandals showed they were deliberately circumventing the law using groups like gmail. in this case we never would have suspected she would have set up a server in her own home so she could clandestinely communicate. martha: letter went out to all the agencies saying head up, you are not allowed to do this. she didn't respond. is that a viable option? can she just not respond? was she responsible for getting back to you all in some way shape or form? >> if she wants to be president will her administration be one in which she exercises her prerogative to ignore congress, oversight and the american people and investigation by the press and other groups. she is defending this. the presidential record act that would cover her when she was in congress and as first lady. martha: there is a question whether that letter might have tipped off or set in motion some of the activity that happened. she left office six weeks later and proceeded to delete 60,000 e-mails she thought were private. >> i think she and her staff went through e

also, the press let it slip under the rug about solyndra. what happened to our money?e gave millions and millions of dollars and then they went under. what happened to our money? did we get our money back? i'm a 61-year-old waitress and i tend to myself. there is nothing wrong with the low-end job so give up on that. thank you. guest: amen. i would start at the end and say about the solyndra question, the short answer is i'm not sure how that story wound up. it was superseded by 109 other stories in my life of equal appalling importance. i do know that washington, d.c. where i live and work is suspiciously rich all of a sudden. i came here 30 years ago in 1985. we lived in georgetown and it was nice. no one seemed ridged me. -- no one seemed rich to me. up until 15 years ago, this was a city of government workers. middle-class city. not everybody on my street had a mercedes. what happened exactly? part of it is the growth of the defense and security industries out of northern virginia. the wars gave ride to that. there's a lot of corruption. that is one of the reasons

carlson: i would start at the end and the say about the solyndra question. i am not sure how that story ended up. it was superseded in my life like 100 other stories of equal, polly importance. i -- equal importance. where i live and work is suspiciously rich all. i came here 30 years ago and lived in georgetown. it was pretty nice. but, no one seemed rich to me. up until 10 years ago, this was kind of a middle-class city am a city of government workers. not everybody on my street had a mercedes. ramblers were not selling for $2 million. they are now. what happened? part of it is the growth of the different security industries in north virginia. part of it is a higher level of profit. there is a lot of corruption. that is one of the reasons our economy is booming here. i corruption, i don't mean the old-fashioned road contract graft. a more subtle, more insidious lucrative kind of corruption where i lobby you for government money and people are making tons off of that. it is distressing and almost no one ever mentions it. now i can't remember the first quest

politically connected cronies get hundreds of millions of dollars -- think solyndra. one of the richest guys and our -- in our country got a 105 million dollar loan. what is up with that? i have a different vision. i have an ambitious vision that will offer opportunity to all americans. my plan includes economic freedom zones to allow impoverished areas like detroit, columbia, eastern kentucky -- allow them to prosper by leaving more money in their hands and sending less money to washington. [applause] in my vision for america, we will bring back manufacturing jobs that pay well. how will we do this? we will dramatically lower the tax on american profit overseas and encourage it to come home. [applause] more than $2 trillion of american profit is overseas and we can bring it home and create jobs here at home. in my vision for america, new highways and bridges will be built across the country, not by raising your taxes, but by lowering the taxes and encouraging this american profit to come home. [applause] liberal policies have failed our inner cities. our schools are

congress on these issues to rectify these problems and ensure taxpayers aren't exposed to another solyndra. i applaud going above and beyond last year's enacted levels. let's give the inspector general's office the resources it needs. i urge my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to support patsdzage of this commonsense amendment and i reserve. choi the gentleman reserves. anyone seeking time? the gentleman from arizona. mr. gosar: i yield back. the chair: the gentleman yields back. the question is on the amendment of the gentleman from arizona. peapea -- those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair the ayes have it, the amendment is agreed to. the clerk will read. the clerk: page 6 line formerly utilized site rerks medial action program, $104 million. the chair: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> i have an amendment at the desk. the chair: the clerk will report the amendment. the clerk: amendment offered by mr. mcclintock of california, page 6, line 12 after the dollar amount insert reduced by $2,500,000. page 2 rks line fi