Political Quotes

“I wish to associate my remarks with the Senator from Minnesota and just say that what the Constitution says is so clear. It says that the President shall--not may--it says shall nominate and then the Senate will advise and consent. That is clear. The President is going to nominate. So are we going to wait around for a whole year without giving our advice and/or consent? In other words, just do your job. So I thank the Senator for her comments. Takata Airbags Mr. President, I have a very touchy subject to talk about again--the ongoing Takata airbag fiasco. It is now a recall fiasco. To this point, some 26 million of these airbags that are in the center of the steering column that we drive around with right in front of us or in front of the passenger's seat or on the sides, side airbags--some 26 million of them have already been recalled. A little over a week ago, I spoke about this continuing customer confusion over this recall fiasco. For the sake of the safety of our American consumers who happen to be drivers in these vehicles with these Takata airbags, we need to end this confusion. I think the process has to begin with having the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, or NHTSA, take a hard look at whether they need to start the process of recalling all Takata airbags with ammonium nitrate-based inflaters. Ammonium nitrate seems to be the problem. It is a chemical compound that is ignited when you have a collision.…”