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We are on location for the next couple of weeks at the ces, the Consumer Electronics show. Its one of the largest trade shows in america, and were going to show you some of the interviews we did with tech leaders, and were going to show you some of the latest technology. This is the communicators on cspan. [background sounds] gary shapiro, this years ces. What are some of the buzz products . Well, ces 2018 is pretty big. And the products, you know, this is a lot of focus on Artificial Intelligence in many different ways. So we have the smart speakers which is alexa, google home and now, obviously, googles huge here. Were talking about bringing products into the home and into the car. Were also talking about Artificial Intelligence in another way, we have a big focus on smart cities for the first time. We have the secretary of transportation here talking about it and a lot of groups focusing on it. Thats business to government, business to those that are investing and making our lives a
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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
Or the if he or she was going to school, we go to the bureau of labor statistics and come up with a number, annual wage number as if they were working at the age of 25. So if somebody died who was 5 or 10 or 17 or going to school, we have the formula included in this program. And whether or not they had any dependents. Thats all we need to know on track a. Thats all we need to know. Now, we can meet privately with individual Family Members if they want to talk about other things. Thats find. That is fine. Thats fine. Welcomed. But under track a if somebody will just provide us the age of the victim, how much that victim was earning at the time of the accident and whether they have any dependents, thats all we need to calculate a track a award based on National Statistics about what that person would have earned over a lifetime. The claimant doesnt have to file track a. Its up to the claimant. But if the claimant wants a quick, prompt processing of his or her claim under track a for dea