Janice Schakowsky: “While I am not going to oppose the amendment, I do have some questions about it. For this reason, it seems to me that…”

“While I am not going to oppose the amendment, I do have some questions about it. For this reason, it seems to me that this amendment is not likely to be all that effective in getting defective parts off the market: It only requires parts suppliers and automakers to supply information when a recall is first ordered by the Secretary of Transportation. It does not apply in the most common recall scenario when a manufacturer provides notice of a recall. So NHTSA is going to be asked to expend valuable resources to set up a new system for auto part information, and that system, it seems to me, should at least be effective in getting defective parts off the market and off the roads in all circumstances of recalls. Madam Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.”