Blubbled him or not or that he could do that or not they were prepared to take a chance on it. A senate panel held a field hearing at the auto show to examine ways vehicles can become more energy efficient. Well hear from Energy Innovation researchers and industry representatives from General Motors, toyota, Oak Ridge National laboratory, eaton Vehicle Group. The energy and Natural Resources committee is chaired by senator lisa murkowski. Good morning. The committee will come to order. Its a little bit unusual to be here for a Committee Hearing but i think it is certainly appropriate given the subject matter that we have today. I certainly didnt mind the short commute over here. But it is a great setting to be at the auto show surrounded by the latest and the greatest, theo industry has to offer. Morning by is senator stab now from the great steat of michigan and she has the aged me that while washington auto show is good, the Detroit Auto Show is great. So that might be the the washin
Ways vehicles can become more energy efficient. Representatives from General Motors, toyota and center for Automotive Research. The committee will come to order. A little unusual to be here at the Convention Center for an energy hearing, but i think it is certainly appropriate given the subject matter that we have today. I certainly didnt mind the short commute over here. But it is a great setting to be at the auto show surrounded by the latest and greatest the Auto Industry has to offer. I am joined this morning by senator stabenow from the great state of michigan. She tells me while the washington auto show is good, the Detroit Auto Show is great. That might be the rlocale next year on the same subject. I appreciate you sitting in for senator cantwell. I understand senator manchin will be with us, but i want to thank the city of washington and the National Auto Dealers Association that puts on the show every year for helping us coordinate the hearing. The host of technologies that ha
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Research. Committee on oversight and government reform will come to order. Without obsession t chair is authorized to declare a recess at anytime. We have a very important hearing this morning. A federally funded Cancer Research in innovation. This one some hearings are more important than others. I wish it were the type of hearing that was on the headline at the top of the fold of every newspaper that we have. But it is cancer is something that statistically is going to touch every family in some way, shape, or form. And unfortunately ive had that personal experience myself and lost my mom to breast cancer. She fought it for some tenplus years and passed away in 1995. My dad who was old school, my dad was the kind of guy who never thought he had to have a checkup. Hed be just fine. He felt fine. He didnt need a checkup. Unfortunately he got colon cancer and doctors told me if he had any checkup in the eight or ten years preceding that hed probably with be us today. And i passed away a
Now, i just took a look at b. A. R. T. s website to see what that testing involved. 29 different tests it was undergoing here on this test track. We understand the first phase of that was involving propulsion and brakes. We dont know if exactly thats what was happening today when the car apparently ran off the tracks. Were told there were no injuries, that there was a single operator inside the car testing it at the time at a very slow speed, 5 to 10 Miles Per Hour, and at this point we dont know if it was operator error or some sort of mechanical difficulty that caused this incident. I do understand from again looking at the b. A. R. T. Website that the hope was that this testing would continue and that these cars would be used on the passenger tracks as soon as the end of this year. Live in hayward, laura anthony, abc 7 news. Laura, thank you. At least nobody hurt. The renowned uc berkeley mens crew coach is fighting back. Might tatty is denying allegations that he failed to report a