we will follow the facts where they lead us.

The proposed rule, if finalized in its current form, would be an important step forward for patient safety.

Well, wasn't it misleading to say that that company didn't tell them sub par switches may have been installed in the first place?

We don't want to scare consumers to think, oh, if I take a generic, I may be taking something that is not as safe.

This law has been a tremendous success if I don't say so myself. Over 80 percent of prescriptions in the United States are generic.

Because GM didn't implement this simple fix when it learned about the problem, at least a dozen people have died in defective GM vehicles.

I still believe that to be true. However, I don't think allowing a temporary period of time in which the labels may be different thwarts the sameness goals.

But not when you knew there was a problem.

Well, your own executives were informed that a lot of these cars, that those model years had switches that were just as defective as the 2003 to 2007 cars, that--those cars were recalled, but you didn't recall the model year 2008 to 2011…

General Motors has recalled 2.5 million vehicles due to a defective ignition switch.

today's hearing is very personal to me, because I come from Michigan, the auto state, the auto capital of the world.

Will your company conduct a detailed analysis of these late model vehicles to determine if they are safe and will you provide the committee with warranty reports and other information so we can do our own analysis?

In 2002 GM approved the use of faulty ignition switches in Cobalts, Ions, and other cars.

I think there needs to be sameness in labeling.

But in a briefing last week, Delphi told committee staff that these new switches also did not meet GM specifications.

It is clear that a generic and a brand name label must be the same...

I am Henry Waxman from the Hatch-Waxman and I am here to set the record straight.

Whoever you met with before is interesting but don't you now have to have comments from everybody with a proposed rule and take those comments into consideration?

But you recalled those vehicles. You recalled them later.

I thank the gentleman for yielding to me. Mr. Speaker, today, Congress will vote on yet another patch to the Medicare physician payment system. But it should not be that way. We need a permanent fix. Earlier this year, we seemed on track…

The Medicaid expansion is a good deal for the states, and it is desperately needed by millions of Americans.

I supported the Affordable Care Act, which provides health insurance coverage, including coverage for mental illness, to millions of Americans.

the failure by states to expand their Medicaid programs is causing nearly four million people who are in serious psychological distress or have a serious mental illness or substance disorder to go without health insurance.

If these four million Americans obtained coverage, they would receive better ongoing treatment and care, and they would be less likely to end up in a hospital emergency room, or worse, a prison, with a mental health crisis.

To start the debate on our side, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from New York (Mr. Engel).