WASHINGTON, Oct. 19 (UPI) -- Republicans on the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee asked the White House Wednesday to turn over e-mails on the Solyndra solar energy company.
Rep. Fred Upton, R-Mich., the committee chairman, and Rep. Cliff Stearns, R-Fla., who heads the oversight and investigations subcommittee, made the request in a letter to White House Counsel Kathryn Ruemmler, The Hill reported. They said President Obama and his staff should hand over e-mails and other internal documents on the $535 million loan to the California solar energy company, which shut down this summer.