To get ready for this conversation and the reds and speeches you have been giving lately and discovered one of the time you told me youre about to be a grandfather the fourth time. And red tell people i covered the Bush White House they think any your brother but i meant george h. W. Bush said it had the privilege to go to kennebunkport there is room there for children and grandchildren and greatgrandchildren. With my dad and my first granddaughter she is three years old and trilingual. Her name is a georgia whole leonel walker bush. [laughter] her nickname is 41. She represents the new america in the new america is america hopes that does not have dash as. Where youre working and your effort to is your definition not the identity political form. [laughter] since taxes are american. My wife is from mexico item texan from birds eat to see in drug is the canadian. Her parents were born in iraq. That is the america we should aspire to not the one where costs we defied ourselves to find wh
Signed by 17 senators. Mr. Reid mr. President , i ask that the reading of the names not be necessary. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Reid i ask consent the mandatory quorum under rule 2 be waived. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Reid i now move to proceed to legislative session. The presiding officer the question is on the motion. All those in favor say aye. All those opposed say no. The ayes appear to have it. The ayes have it. The question is agreed to. Mr. Reid mr. President , i ask unanimous consent notwithstanding rule 22 at 10 00 a. M. Tomorrow morning, december 4, all postcloture time be considered expired and the senate proceed to vote on confirmation of calendar 555 and 660. Further, that following these votes, the senate proceed to vote on cloture on the following nominations 1039, 1040 and 835. Further, if cloture is invoked on any of these nominations that the time until 1 45 be in morning business for debate only equally divided in the usual form
The life, it creates an immense amount of insecurity among the driving public and obviously my view the burden has to be on the manufacturer and our governmental agencies to take the appropriate steps to revive and restore public confidence. Thank you. Thank you. Now, its the appropriate time to introduce the panel. Ill introduce the panel as a whole, and then well start with takata as the first speaking witness. So today our first panel representing takata, Hiroshi Shimizu. Shimizu, sorry. Yes. From honda, Rick Schostek. From bmw, chris westbrook. From toyota, abbas saadat. Appreciate all of you being here. We will go from right on my left, your right, and start with mr. Shimizu. But before i ask you to start, i want to recognize that youre appearing with a translator, because english is not mr. Shimizus first language, and while the committee will allow mr. Shimizu to confer with the translator for the purpose of clarification, he will be required to answer the committees question in