Janice Schakowsky

I don't agree at all that the EPA is operating in a political manner.

I wanted to follow up on the track that my colleague, Mr. Rush, was going down in terms of cost...

Doomsday predictions about the impact of EPA regulations on American businesses have never been borne out by the facts.

What would have happened then?

Do you think you have would have been successful in securing Tim's right to stay in the community if the Disability Right Center of Kansas had not been allowed to advocate on his behalf?

Women deserve to have access to the full range of health services.

We do not need to attach this kind of restrictive language on programs that help to prevent suicide.

The existing standards are not doing enough to protect public health.

I like to look at, stand in the dairy section and watch people check those milk dates, which they do.

I would like to know that.

We want to encourage people to look at the calories.

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?

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.

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

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.

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…

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

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…

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

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

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.

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

I think this panel is reflective of what happens to consumers, three to one, on not doing these kinds of mandatory standards.

As the co-chair of the Senior Citizens Task Force, let us stay in touch on that. I am really interested.

I am proud to have authored several provisions to the bill, including a provision requiring mandatory standards and testing for infant and toddler products.