I truly believe the employees at NHTSA are trying to do the right thing.

I do appreciate that you have gotten involved in this and you're taking responsibility.

They were basically showing off for saving $100 million by winning this victory by just saying it was the floor mats.

I don't want to go through again--where clearly there with an issue.

That sounds like a good idea.

What, if anything, could be done to speed up the process?

She barely survived.

I think we can do better.

Those are the questions that the American people deserve answers for, as they believe, and they have a right to believe, that NHTSA is there to protect them.

This is a basic matter of public safety and public trust.

In order for this accident to have occurred as a result of unintended acceleration, there would have to be a simultaneous failure of two totally independent systems, namely the brake and throttle systems.

Why do we have this requirement? And is it necessary?

China is a big market. That is my guess.

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