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
Wisely and there is no reason to change a winning team when you are in the middle of a great winning streak which is what iowa is. So please give as much respect to kim as you would brad. She earned it and she is great. We are in scott county. I probably shouldnt say this. But when i was walking in he was saying this is just a great county. I never lose scout county. These are good supporters of our party. For all of you hear tonight and i turn to the chair while governor was talking and said this is an amazing turnout for the middle of july to be here and supporting this team and ticket in the mild middle of july when you could be doing other things it is impressive to see you out here. We are working hard across the country to give the same support to all of the other republican governors and the folks that want to be republican governors. We are going to do great things. We have 29 governors and i have been to 19 states between decemberjune and we will go all across the country rais
And that susan collins. Of the seven contested democratic seats six of those obama got 42 or less won all seven of them. The democrats have a historical problem in a geographical problem. This election is going to be allow president obama. Two factors that factor into that. One come in Midterm Elections are about the current state of the country. Going back to any Midterm Election in particular as i said historically speaking a Midterm Election of a second term president but also with harry reid essentially shutting down the senate, you dont have a lot of senators who have passed legislation. Mark begich has never had an amendment or a roll call vote on the senate floor. I want to say kay hagan has only 15 bills that she sponsored and cosponsored after signing the law. The sportsmans package last week was one of her First National initiatives. These candidates have fewer and fewer things to run on. They have to run on big National Priorities like obamacare so how is the president doing
Caroline welcome to c ountdown, i am caroline hyde. Why he backs the takeover did. Bid. Manus airlines are adapting new rules in the wake of the german wings crash. Caroline. the french prosecutor suggested the pilot was locked out of the cockpit. Manus under the regulations already in place, a commercial pilot cannot be left alone in the cockpit. Easyjet, air canada and Norwegian Air are among the carriers confirming they will amend their procedures. Caroline its go to bloombergs aviation correspondent. Tell us more about this to any cockpit rule that resides in the u. S. After 9 11, there were so many rules about 9 11 and they made a firm rule anytime one pilot stepped out, a Flight Attendant had to step in to make sure they were two people in the cockpit. Part of that were if the first were to fall sick, the Flight Attendant could warn the other. It is not just about terrorism. In europe, the lots are different. It is left to each country and airline in europe to decide how they wan
Also believe it is a goodfaith proposal that i think will serve the people of our state well for many years to come. We will seek the maximum allowable time under the law for that waiver. Let me say as i close, and then i will finish the formal program but i can catch up with some of you afterwards if you want. I served 12 years in the congress and i served the better part of a year and a half i have become more convinced every day that the cure for what ails our country is going to come more from the nations state capitals than it ever will from the nations capital. At the very core of this waiver request is my belief that many of the most intractable issues facing our country, including health care, can best be solved by giving the states the freedom and flexibility to design programs that can solve the challenges the people of their state are facing in those areas. So we will continue those discussions with federal officials. Im hopeful that we will be able to expand the healthy ind