02/15/2012
https://congress.gov...
"We are going to get to the bottom of this. We are going to figure out what happened, and we are going to make sure it doesn't happen again."
"GM knew about this problem in 2001. They were warned again and again over the next decade, but they did nothing."
"We know that GM has recalled over 2.5 million vehicles because of defective ignition switches."
"In February of 2002, GM's ignition switch supplier, Delphi, informed the company that the switch did not meet GM's minimum specifications, but GM approved it anyway."