Bill Nelson
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Bill Nelson is an American politician and attorney who served as a United States Senator from Florida from 2001 to 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously represented Florida's 9th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1993 to 2001. Nelson also held the position of Florida's Insurance Commissioner from 1995 to 1999, where he focused on consumer protection and insurance reform.
At that point, last November, we had five deaths and dozens of injuries that were ties to the defective Takata airbags.
And now the same company responsible for this disaster is the one making nearly all of the replacement airbags for most of the recalled vehicles.
You know, there is a pattern here among these regulatory agencies that are supposed to be looking out for the consumer.
Danger Behind the Wheel: The Takata Airbag Crisis and How to Fix Our Broken Auto Recall Process
If I sound that I am invested in this issue--when I saw the pictures of that woman in Orlando with her neck lacerated, I am invested.
Is that the type of concern that your safety audits were intended to identify?
Would you want your daughter to drive a vehicle with a Takata airbag that you had replaced the batwing ammonium nitrate?





