Edward Markey actually said...

"You do agree that's a separate issue and that that was something that the public should have been warned about, do you not?"

"When you agreed with GM that cars stalling on their own did not pose a safety problem, that is wrong."

"But do you agree? Will you say that NHTSA got it wrong when it found that cars stalling on their own was not a safety problem?"

"I think the U.S. learned the lessons of the importance of a strong regulator and a separate regulator in the 1970's."