New stuff. Thats who we are. So hopefully in addition to being able to highlight the extraordinary work of extraordinary individuals that we are going to go out there and remind ourselves once again about why science and discovery and invention is so important. I hope all of you have a wonderful reception. I hear the food here is pretty good. [applause] [applause] millions of vehicles in the u. S. Were recalled because of defective airbags made by the takata corp. That were linked to at least five deaths. The Senate Commerce Committee Questioned takata officials and representatives of honda and chrysler about the recalls. Youll also hear from acting head of the national highway Traffic Safety of and the first witness of this hearing is a victim of the airbag defect. This is just under three hours. Good morning. May i ask everyone if they would take their seats. [inaudible conversations] good morning everyone. Senator thune and i have been looking forward to this. We want to thank the w
Issue safety recommendations and undertake fse efforts. As an assignment i develop manacled david daish datadriven approach and become an expert in human fatigue. While that nassau expanded by philip knowledge and translate that science into Effective Solutions that address operational problems in safety critical environments. Provided valuable lessons in developing Innovative Solutions to complex challenging realworld safety problems. I recognize my nomination to lead comes at a pivotal juncture. If confirmed you have my commitment that will maintain an aggressive focus while continuing to improve the Safety Record and insuring nhtsas Regulatory Regime is current for todays safety environment. To this task i will bring a fresh set of eyes and a different perspective honed over the years of safety professional manager at nasa ntsb and in the private sector. Chairman in closing safety has also been a very personal priority for me since my earliest days. My father was a San Francisco Pol
Dr. Rosekind if confirmed to really for the first time in a decade look to see if we are taking this job seriously in light of the resources we are committing to it. Senator mccaskill thank you for the question. Its all about transparency and those hearings have been critical for the American People to understand whats going on. Connect the dots when you are getting 75,000 complaints every year. You want those complaints. Every voice should count. We we need to increase the people and technology. I think that that entire system needs to be considering how an upgrade will help us deal not just with those complaints but the other beta sources to determine where we are seeing feedback early. It is just the kinds of people. If you are not hiring the kinds of engineers that these automakers would want to hire away from you because of their incredible competence and capability, you cant regulate an industry if you dont no the right kind of questions to ask. You dont no what you need to no if
The one that i showed you here on the left poster. This is what the car looked like. She had a passenger. You can see the air bag still inflated in the car. Unfortunately and she has given us permission when the lieutenant was being carried to the hospital, thats what hah she looked like. So lieutenant erdman, if you would share with us your story of what happened. Yes, sir. Good morning everyone. Ladies and gentlemen, my name is stephanie erdman. Im honored to be here today to serve as the voice for the people who have been forever silenced because of this exploding takata air bags. On behalf of everyone who has suffered because of these defective air bags, i would like to thank the committee for holding this hearing. I hope that no other families will have to go through the ordeal my family and i have had to endure because this happened to me. On september 1st, 2013 my life was changed forever. I was driving my 2002 honda civic on highway 98 near egg land air force base, florida wher
Include the opt out clause within the next ten days . Has any insurer participating in the 2015 Affordable Care act exchanges expressed any concern at any time to anyone to your knowledge in the executive branch regarding the lack of an appropriation of funds to make cost sharing reduction payment you made this comment about tortured scoring. Lets go through it very quickly. Isnt it true that the Affordable Careuw act received revenue in years in which it was paying nothing out which allowed in the 10year window for it to have hef ewe that on a long term basis would not fail to have a deficit . In other words, by collecting a n began paying out, that shifting in the ten year window causes it to show a balance that disappeared later. It lowered the deficit overall. Thats the tortured stuff that you were talking about. Because you were able to not score certain things as expenditure, make certain asemgss in there and most importantly collect revenue which was during a president in whic