Factual in Bankruptcy Court . Senator boxer excuse me senator mccaskill, im not aware of our position on that in Bankruptcy Court but i can tell you that is associated with probably Attorney Client issues that are present in that proceeding and on that basis, theyve probably taken that position. But im not familiar with the situation youre talking about in Bankruptcy Court on that issue. Who would be . Thats obviously an important legal decision that has been made by your company, and youre the lawyer in charge. This is obviously i dont know that you can have any more high profile litigation than the bankruptcy proceedings right now as to what did and didnt happen as it refers to representations made. If you dont know, who would know . Senator, im familiar with that particular piece of litigation, and i have been working with lawyers to argue on the claims that need to be made and deal with the loss claims on that part of the litigation. You understand its a big one. Ill be happy to ge
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
Out of a toddler. Reporter an emergency piece of legislation to change d. C. Gun laws. Its a very strong law. First tonight a developing story, the u. S. Has begun bombing isis in syria. Im jan jeffcoat. Im derek mcginty. The pentagon says its aerial operation involves a mix of fighters, bombers and tomahawk missiles fired from ships in that area. President obama gave the okay to military officials. Because the operation is ongoing no other details can be released, but the airstrikes are part of the expanded military campaign the president authorized two weeks ago. Isis has taken control of large portions of iraq and syria killing thousands of people and beheading two american journalists and a british aid worker. Tonight on cnn a former cia counterterrorism official stressed how important it was for the u. S. To have the support of several middle eastern countries. As people tomorrow morning in cairo and saudi arabia and ahman jordan wont wake up and say america is at war against anot
Of the team to make those decision, its very difficult as a thirdparty partner participant to make that kind of assessment without the actual knowledge and data. As a former businessman, i would say that a site that couldnt accommodate a few hundred people simultaneously signing on and people waiting for weeks or months, security wasnt the reason that that should not have launched, but i appreciate that youre here on security today. The gentlelady from new york, a place where i. T. Comes first for many of her constituents is recognized for five minutes. Thats true, true of the west coast, too. I just want to note that this is the committees 29th hearing on the Affordable Care act and the sixth on the website. Oh, come on, please. I want to focus on some very positive things. And thats the cost growth is slowing to historic lows and that was one of the huge challenges that we confronted k the whole time that ive been in congress, is the just the whopping cost in health care in our coun
Includes the upset is a dealing with these delphi switches and their ability to i dignify delivery of parts for testing purposes. Taken together this evidence with them to indicate the problem was greater than we would initially be led to believe, now that the ignition switch issues come to light, have you gone back and reviewed these concerns and determine what they will do in the future . We did go back and look extensively at the documentation and we found nothing that was abnormal in terms of Product Development and also what you run into as you move from development to production and etc. So as ive read our product met the requirements and it entered and ignition Assembly System that had other products our product the acquirement and when they come together they form a system and as was said earlier, making sure that those products work in total harmony when they come together and so weve gone back and understood that. And so this includes part by part and we totally embrace that