Jay Rockefeller: “This is, after 25 years of public service in the Congress, this is the last hearing that Senator Dorgan will chair.”

If we keep the Senate, if we do not keep the Senate, that will have its affect.

Because Mr. Shimizu's testimony left so many questions unanswered, then Chairman Rockefeller and Senator Nelson sent a letter to Takata requesting documents and information regarding the company's defective airbags.

Just as a follow-up to the question of funding which was addressed, CBO actually has come out with an estimate on what all of this would cost. It is not $20 billion; it is in the area of zero up to $10 billion over that period of 4 years.

This, I have to say without sentiment, will be the last Health Subcommittee hearing that I chair.