Silver’s Resignation as Energy Loan Chief Doesn’t Quell Debate
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The resignation of Jonathan Silver as head of a U.S. Energy Department loan program faulted by Republicans has failed to quell a debate sparked by a $535 million federal guarantee to failed Solyndra LLC.
“Mr. Silver’s resignation does not solve the problem,” House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton, a Michigan Republican, and Cliff Stearns, a Florida Republican and head of the investigation panel, said in a statement after the departure was announced yesterday.