Political Quotes

“Madam President, I rise today to speak about the Takata airbag recall and the continued need for urgency in this area. Last week the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration announced that they currently had--this figure will blow your mind--19 million vehicles and 23 million airbags under recall. So far, the completion rates for this recall are not very good. There is a national completion rate of some 22 percent, and for States such as Florida where there is high heat and humidity--that is suspected as part of the reason the components break down--the completion rate is just under 30 percent, meaning that people are not taking their cars in to fix the problem that caused the recall in the first place. Takata started running ads through the print media and social media, and Honda is running ads to get consumers to a dealer to replace their defective airbags. I am also aware that to boost replacement inflators, three other airbag manufacturers are helping to manufacture them. So this Senator wants to take this opportunity to state that wherever this message can be delivered to consumers, you better take your car if it is under recall and get it in to the dealer in order to get a replacement airbag; otherwise, you are walking around with, in effect, a grenade in the middle of your steering wheel or dashboard. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent to show a number of items in the Senate to illustrate what I am talking about with the airbags. The PRESIDING OFFICER.…”