[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 6]
[House]
[Page 8439]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                 GM RECALL: THE INVESTIGATION CONTINUES

  (Mr. BURGESS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BURGESS. Mr. Speaker, the disturbing news from General Motors in 
the recall case continues.
  In the past few days, we have learned that internal emails were sent 
telling General Motors employees to avoid using certain words, words 
like ``problem,'' words like ``safety.''
  This raises questions about what GM knew and when they knew it. But 
Mr. Speaker, it also raises questions about the National Highway Safety 
Traffic Administration: What did they know and when did they know it?
  From our committee work, we know that over the last decade, NHTSA had 
occasions to open up formal investigations into the recalled GM cars, 
but decided to do nothing. How could the Nation's watchdog on highway 
safety see the problem but do nothing?
  The committee's investigation will continue. We have questions to the 
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration that were submitted at 
the last hearing. They need to be forthcoming. America deserves 
answers.

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