Darryl Issa (R-CA) Lambastes Fisker Loan, Conveniently Forgetting his Own Sperm-Shaped EV Loser
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Issa, Chairman of the House Oversight Committee, applied for a loan for Aptera Motors which was based in his district. The company went bankrupt in 2011.
"In Fisker Hearing, Rep. Issa Admits Loan Request For Failed ‘Sperm-Shaped’ Electric Car
In a contentious hearing yesterday, the House GOP members of the House Oversight Committee aggressively questioned Fisker Automotive executives and an Energy Department staffer about a loan Fisker received from the Energy Department.
The attacks were reminiscent of those made in hearings on Solyndra and were more of a reflection of the committee’s hyperpartisan agenda than any real oversight duty. It also suggested some hypocrisy as GOP lawmakers attacked the Energy Department for “picking winners and losers” in a loan program that they themselves had sought to exploit for their own “winners.”
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Issa himself acknowledged one thing during the hearing that may have slipped by most observers: He tried, and failed, to get a loan guarantee for a company called Aptera Motors."
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2013/04/25/1914771/in-testy-fisker-hearing-rep-issa-lets-slip-his-past-loan-request-for-failed-sperm-shaped-electric-car/
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