Bill Nelson

Do you have the Vehicle Identification Number for all of those?

So for everyone involved--NHTSA, to automakers, to the suppliers--we need to improve as fast as possible.

Yet there is one person who conducts the first review of these complaints.

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.

At that point, last November, we had five deaths and dozens of injuries that were ties to the defective Takata airbags.

Instead of the airbag saving lives, it is killing people.

But unfortunately the tragedies have continued.

The Takata airbag crisis is a serious issue that demands immediate action.

You know, there is a pattern here among these regulatory agencies that are supposed to be looking out for the consumer.

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.

Danger Behind the Wheel: The Takata Airbag Crisis and How to Fix Our Broken Auto Recall Process

And thank you for your cooperation on this.

And yet, knowing that something is going on here, it is 9 years later----

Thank you very much. I will just hold this pod up again. It feels so nice.

What we have done, Mr. Chairman, with both Senator Ayotte and Senator Grassley co-sponsoring the bill, and trying to get it passed, and we are actually trying to pre-conference with the House, something that is so common sense to get it…

Senator Nelson has worked a lot on this, this is his pod, which I am going to throw to him right now.

Unfortunately, you do not have jurisdiction to go after this?

It is absolutely ridiculous that you, the CPSC, are prevented from requiring the childproofing of a container like this that poisons children and has killed several of them when they ingested it.

I want to thank all of you. You are much more professional as the CPSC than was the case about 10 years ago.

It is not just recent. I have been at this for about 5 years.

We owe it to the public to ensure safety standards are met.

Inward-facing cameras are very important in determining the reason for a crash afterwards.

We think multiple-person crews are important but also realize that they are already in place on the passenger railroads in this country.

It is time to reevaluate the cap and to ensure that the victims of these crashes are adequately compensated.

The American people are not going to put up with waiting for 5 years.