the session will now come to order. i thank everyone for coming on this going away day. my plan is that we will get as many opening statements as we can before votes and then hopefully all of you will come back to talk to our witnesses. i recognize myself, for five minutes. as the consumer protection subcommittee, we are committed to ensuring the safety of the american people. we have addressed a number of auto safety issues over the years, holding hearings on the airbag defects and general motors ignition switch defect. we had a hearing last year on drug drugged driving. which is been revised in recent years. but we really haven t addressed the number one cause of death on america s roads, drunk driving. more than 10,000 deaths. about 30% of all fatal crashes are caused by drunk driving each year. that translates into almost 30 people dying in crashes every day. or one person every four minutes in 2017. that is not counting the number of people who are seriously injured in d
the session will now come to order. i thank everyone for coming on this going away day. my plan is that we will get as many opening statements as we can before votes and then hopefully all of you will come back to talk to our witnesses. i recognize myself, for five minutes. as the consumer protection subcommittee, we are committed to ensuring the safety of the american people. we have addressed a number of auto safety issues over the years, holding hearings on the airbag defects and general motors ignition switch defect. we had a hearing last year on drug drugged driving. which is been revised in recent years. but we really haven t addressed the number one cause of death on america s roads, drunk driving. more than 10,000 deaths. about 30% of all fatal crashes are caused by drunk driving each year. that translates into almost 30 people dying in crashes every day. or one person every four minutes in 2017. that is not counting the number of people who are seriously injured in d
many opening statements as we can before votes, and hopefully, all of you will come back to talk to our witnesses. so i recognize myself for five minutes. as the consumer protection subcommittee, we are insured to committing the safety of the american people. we have addressed a number of auto safety issues over the years, holding hearings on the to cause a airbag defect the takata airbag defect and the gm ignition switch defect. we had a hearing last year on druggedting, driving, which has been on the rise in recent years, but we have not addressed the number one cause on american roads, drunk driving. number one cause of death on american roads, drunk driving. statistics translate into drunk 30 people dying in driving crashes every day, or one person every four minutes , and that is not counting the number of people who are seriously injured in drunk driving crashes. the national highway transportation safety administration conducted a study in 2016 that found that a
tomorrow a weak area of low pressure will form to our south. it will bring some moisture into the best chance for snow this teens. wind chills by updates to all of these systems. good morning, hampton roads. let s check traffic now. to put a stop to crime in hampton roads. governor terry mcauliffe and local leaders will meet for an important conversation - preventing young african american boys from turning to violence! the city of hampton is hosting a regional symposium to address the issue. data shows young black males are disproportionately affected by crime as either victims or offenders. rico bush is in hampton with more on what some are calling the crisis in the black community. rico. brandi, don, with this symposium today, leaders hope to use it as an opportunity to change the narrative from failure to hope among black youth and men. state and local leaders say they want to turn the page on crime and send a united message that they won t tolerate it in the seven cities
tomorrow a weak area of low pressure will form to our south. it will bring some moisture into the best chance for snow this teens. wind chills by updates to all of these systems. good morning, hampton roads. let s check traffic now. to put a stop to crime in hampton roads. governor terry mcauliffe and local leaders will meet for an important conversation - preventing young african american boys from turning to violence! the city of hampton is hosting a regional symposium to address the issue. data shows young black males are disproportionately affected by crime as either victims or offenders. rico bush is in hampton with more on what some are calling the crisis in the black community. rico. brandi, don, with this symposium today, leaders hope to use it as an opportunity to change the narrative from failure to hope among black youth and men. state and local leaders say they want to turn the page on crime and send a united message that they won t tolerate it in the seven cities