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Budget director jack lew let the financing for the company move forward even though some of his analysts raised red flags about it. james rosen digging into this. what did you find. >> reporter: after almost two years of investigation, five congressional hearings and a review of more than 300,000 documents the republican majority staff on the house energy committee faults the owe baltimore a white house and other executive branch agencies for placing politics above the taxpayers interest and in so doing violating the law. solyndra was the california-based manufacturer of solar panels which was...

The full report released today by the majority staff of the house energy and commerce committee which held five hearings on solyndra and reviewed more than 300,000 documents in the case. president obama himself toured solyndra's california plant back in may 2010. the firm would go bankrupt with the fbi raiding its offices some 15 months later. house republicans have zeroed in on the original decision to use obama stimulus funds to provide more than half a billion dollars in loan guaranties to solyndra. also the subsequent decision, when the firm started failing, to restructure those loans, in ...

Rather than to prevent it. >> you are right. there needs to be a beefing up in congress of the oversight that needs to happen. i don't want to say that we're under manned, but to give you an example. there are 80 people on my staff. the largest majority staff in the congress. a budget of couple million dollars. i.g.s alone represent 12,000 people and $2 billion. so, it's obviously a big job. we are never going to equal what the inspector general are due for the government but we need to look at the information much quicker, digest it. and make changes. >> greta: all right. brian d. miller is t...

Lawful, permanent residents. james rosen is live in washington. i want to tell you folks, they're saying just one portion of their plan would allow thousands. we don't know whether it's thousands or millions who would be affected. any response now, james, from the democrats on the judiciary committee or from any lawmakers, because now you've got these republicans who are demanding congressional hearings to find out why this is being done, is it going to be done, and how can it be done without including the congress in what critics call amnesty. >> reporter: well, a source, mega doppler live hd...

Rather than to prevent it. >> you are right. there needs to be a beefing up in congress of the oversight that needs to happen. i don't want to say that we're under manned, but to give you an example. there are 80 people on my staff. the largest majority staff in the congress. a budget of couple million dollars. i.g.s alone represent 12,000 people and $2 billion. so, it's obviously a big job. we are never going to equal what the inspector general are due for the government but we need to look at the information much quicker, digest it. and make changes. >> greta: all right. brian d. miller is t...