Solyndra Execs to Skip Congressional Hearing

Two top Solyndra executives won't be among those testifying Wednesday at a congressional hearing on the solar company's demise. Solyndra President and CEO Brian Harrison and Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer W.G. Stover Jr. had been invited to testify before the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, along with officials from the U.S. Department of Energy and the Office of Management and Budget. In a statement Tuesday, Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-Michigan) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Cliff Stearns (R-Florida) said lawyers for the two Solyndra exectutives have informed the committee they would be willing to testify the week of Sept. 19...more