All right, this hearing will come to order. Today we revisit the tragic management failures at General Motors that killed people. First i want to acknowledge in my opening remarks then from my viewpoint the ceo of General Motors, mary barra, has stepped up and with courage and conviction has confronted head on the problem and the Corporate Culture that caused it. Some see the Record Number of recalls at General Motors as a problem. I see it as a good sign. Second, i want to briefly say that i think i speak on behalf of all members of congress who have asked very difficult questions surrounding these tragic events that while we are asking tough questions, we have Great Respect for the workers of General Motors. I would like to take this moment to thank the workers at General Motors. You are terrific. You build good cars. And you are also the victims of outrageously incompetent management. Management was the problem here, not the workers. The valukas report ive spent some time with. I fi
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Subcommittee and other governmental bodies as well as gm am in third the review and reinforcement of delphis Safety Policies and procedures. My first point, i would like to provide some information pertaining to delphi postured a reduction of Replacement Parts for General Motors. The vehicles that were recalled were not in production several years ago. As a result it has been a Monument Task to build over 2 million switches in a matter of months. We have installed three new production lines and trained additional workers. At this time we have shipped over one million new switches and were on track to deliver more than 2 million switches by the end of august. We have done all this so that consumers can have their vehicles repaired by General Motors as quickly as possible. A second point is that delphi fully supports the subcommittees efforts as well as those of the house energy and Commerce Committee and other governmental bodies. Our support has included conducting an exhaustive review
Override and to use this part even though it didnt meet specificication . Was that made at the manufacturing level, at the executive level or even at some subcomponent purchasing level . Do you know that . Thats part of our investigation to find the answer to that question. Thank you. Thank you, mr. Chairman. You can watch this entire hearing on our website, www. Cspan. Org. We invite your feedback on this issues bought Light Program on the gm recalls. Call this week, we will be focusing on president Lyndon Johnsons vision for a Great Society and its impact today. Join the conversation by calling us or sending us an email. You can also send us a tweet. A couple of live events to tell you about tomorrow here on cspan beginning with the Community Action are ship annual convention. Include Sister Simone campbell and the author of a nun on the bus. A discussion on the conflict between russia and ukraine. Family members of victims who gmsor were injured due to faulty car ignition switches h