"At root, the behavior to which VW admitted represents a fundamental violation of public trust."
"You don't want to rely on the happenstance investigation of a small NGO to trigger one of the largest global recalls around."
"Following publication of that study, VW represented to the California Air Resources Board, or CARB, and to the EPA that the increased emissions were due to technical issues and unexpected in-use condi..."
"And those representations at that time were, in fact, incorrect and false, weren't they, sir?"
"Now, Mr. Horn, your company acknowledged that it installed these defeat devices on a number of models dating back to 2009, correct?"
"We know that in May 2014, West Virginia University published a study commissioned by the International Council on Clean Transportation that found that the on-road emissions from Volkswagen's cars were..."
"In this situation, fast forward to today, we know some things, but we don't know enough."
"We know that VW was forced to come clean, and they ultimately confessed that they had installed a 'defeat device' in their diesel cars designed to circumvent EPA emissions standards for certain air po..."
"California is an early adopter in so many areas, not the least of which is healthcare."
"We need to continue to work to bring those numbers of uninsured down by supporting the advancements made by Covered California."
"The Affordable Care Act is working."