and maybe if that proposal could be encapsulated into legislation with greater authority. but even above and beyond the auto industry that we find a way since we are in a global marketplace to find this information readily assembled for deposit and then for availability to not only citizens of the united states but citizens of the world. and it s something we should have. i commented to my staff after i saw mr. issa. i love portuguese sardines, but i have to be honest with you again, we are keeping an eye here on the hearing and the questioning being offered up to transportation secretary ray lahood. i think one of the most pointed questions was by congressman toun who is the chair of the subcommittee asking transportation secretary ray lahood if he feels toyota vehicles are safe and the secretary pointing him to the fact that on the website people who own toyotas are told what to
do. there s a list on the government s website telling you the vehicles that are part of this recall, but not answering that question directly as he s taken heat before saying that his words were misinterpreted where he said if you own a toyota, don t drive it, get it in. in addition to that hearing regarding toyota s safety, another big moment happening in washington, d.c., is tomorrow, and that is the summit, the health care summit, hosted by the president. it is supposed to be a bipartisan effort to get something done about health care. congressman joe barden, a republican of texas, is also the ranking member of the energy and commerce committee that held the toy toyota hearings yesterday will be at the meeting. very busy. we like to see our members of congress, sir, very busy and you re certainly falling in that category. first, let me get you to talk about this toyota hearing as you were there yesterday with the testimony from the woman from tennessee who discussed calling her hus
covering a lot of the northeast. thank you very much, mike. greatly appreciate it. as far as travel are concerned, there are delays at a few new york-area airports. 30 at philadelphia s airport. be sure to call if you re planning on flying today because we re seeing rough weather in the northeast. and we re keeping an eye on the hearing, the congressional subcommittee hearing on toyota and the safety. i understand transportation secretary ray lahood sworn in. he is representing inspectors who were supposed to oversee toyota. there have been some chipgs nks the armor perhaps from the government s end in this safety investigation. we ll keep an eye out and bring you the news from there. and new bonus outrage. bonuses for many of the same wall street firms that receive taxpayer bailouts. they re getting a lot this time around. $20 billion, in fact. rolling stones matt taibbi live. he s been on top of the story. the critical health care summit. we ll talk with congressman joe
parents will learn a lot. take our audience back to the hearing involving toyota. safety record. questioning ray lahood. that kind of a report. yes, sir. one of the suggestions made in that report is that the bioelectrical engineer is that there may be a problem with system designs with respect to toyota and i i would assume by reference electronic throttle control. does your department have the technical ability to able to analyze systems designed,
voice. she thought she was going to die. well, her problem was not a floor mat problem or a sticky pedal problem. her problem appears to have been an electronic malfunction of her ignition system, the fuel system and my question was why didn t toyota get that car? it wasn t damaged. and really thoroughly try to find out what caused that problem which to this day they apparently are still not trying to do. do you think we will see real solutions out of this hearing? we re going to hear from akio toyoda sometime today and his testimony. well, i don t think the american public is anti-japanese or anti-toyota. but the american public is pro-safety and if toyota would come out and unequivocally state they re going to work with the transportation department and their dealers to find these problems and fix them, i think everything will work. if they continue to dodge the problem and come up with solutions that really don t work, i think the public will stay away from their products.