"Well, that has been a particularly troublesome recall, as you know. There are some 24 million vehicles that are involved in that."
"But we are just going to have to wait through that and do the best that we can with the availability."
"No, I said if they were unsafe to drive we wouldn't put them out there."
"In fact, the backorders on those, depending on the make, the model, what factory they are coming from, availability, could well be over a year."
"Our issues with that bill is the definition of when is it unsafe to drive a vehicle and differentiating between recalls that would not render a vehicle unsafe to drive."
"The only thing that is holding us back from fixing any vehicle that comes onto our lot is the availability of parts."
"If the vehicle has been deemed to be unsafe to drive either by the OEMs or by NHTSA, we would not put one of those cars in the hands of the consumer."
"Some of the questions that came to me from Vermonters... reflect the white-heat anger that folks have about the deception."
"In my view, that is wrong. The wrongdoer, not the taxpayer, should pay all of the settlement."
"I had a chance to go to West Virginia and go into a coal mine with Mr. McKinley, and I'll tell you, it was a really powerful experience."
"I am a strong supporter of efforts to clean our air and to move away from fossil fuels, but that trip really brought home to me that there is an impact on real people."