I think it is really important, what you said earlier, not all of the VIN numbers are up yet, is that true, so that people need to be checking.

I hope that we can work together to move forward with our bill to keep our citizens safe on the roads.

The American people deserve to know what went wrong with Takata's airbags, and why it took so long to discover.

So, you know, as I mentioned, Congresswoman Schakowsky and others on the committee have introduced the Vehicle Safety Improvement Act, which would not only raise per violation civil penalties, but also eliminate most statutory maximum…

I urge the committee to advance the Vehicle Safety Improvement Act without delay, and I yield back.

But it is clear that NHTSA simply does not have the resources and authorities it needs to protect drivers and passengers and to hold automakers and automobile parts suppliers accountable for safety defects.

That isn't just dumb--it's dangerous. We need to know what caused this failure to make sure it doesn't happen again.

Would you think that it is a good idea for NHTSA to have new imminent hazard authority to expedite recalls related to dangerous defects?

the legislation that some of us are co-sponsoring, it would increase civil penalties, it would limit--eliminate most statutory maximum penalties to make sure that bad actors have every incentive to get unsafe vehicles off the road.

Do you think it would be a good idea to not limit to 10 years the number of mandatory--of recalls, asking that cars older than 10 years be part of the required recall?

Auto safety is not a partisan issue. However, even after the GM ignition switch issues; the Takata airbag ruptures; and even going back to the Toyota sudden acceleration problems, this committee has failed to take appropriate legislative…

This evening, I was unavoidably detained and unable to cast votes on three bills: H.R. 91, the Veteran's I.D. Card Act, as amended; H.R. 1313, the Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business Relief Act; and H.R. 1382, the Boosting Rates…