mr. burgess no. ms. slaughter, aye. mr. hastings aye, mr. polis, no. >> i move the committee make an order and give the necessary waivers to the house amendment number 15 which would strike language included in the bill that suspends dot provisions requiring drivers to be off and also strikes language that suspends the requirement that 168 hours, seven days elapse before a driver can start a new week. i would just say to my colleagues that this was, this, again, does not belong in this appropriations bill. al but this, according to highway safety advocates, would result in making our roads more dangerous, and according to the teamsters and various truck driving associations, that this is something that would be dangerous. >> the vote -- those in favor signify by aye. >> ms. fox, no. mr. bishop no. mr. cole, no. mr. woodall, no. mr. webster, no. mr. burgess, no. ms. slaughter, aye. mr. hastings, aye. mr. polis, aye. mr. chairman, no. >> four yays, nine nays. >> one final amendment mr. chairman, i move the committee make an order and give to t

mr. burgess, no. ms. an from new york is recognized. >> this is an amendment i offered that mr. kaufman had come up with. i was very much impressed by it because as we all know, what happened to all of our equipment in iraq when isis came over the hill, they all threw off their uniforms and abandoned probably a billion dollars worth of medical equipment which isis picked up and is now using to shoot at us. mr. kaufman asked if we could have an amendment that would prohiblt to pay the salaries of iraqi security forces or to provide weapons or equipment to the iraqi security forces. if i could speak to that, secretary hagel was just there where he was asked for money again to provide them with all of the weapons. and you recall, too, we all saw that they have -- we discovered that 50,000 ghost soldiers were on the payroll. and we were paying their salaries. i think this is incredibly sensible and it says it is sort of grown up and paying a little bit of attention to what we're doing here. >> further discussi

mr. burgess, as i understand, is going to take over the gavel for this subcommittee, and so he, even thoughe is not currently a member of the subcommittee, is joining us today to just kind of get a feel for the importance of the subcommittee. and certainly the importance of this hearing today. so, the title of this hearing is takata air bag ruptures and recalls. safety recalls are often marked by tragedy. that's what brings it to our attention. but they are even more troubling when they -- the very equipment being recalled is intended to save lives. now this morning we'll begin piecing to the history of a safety defect that became known only by what appears to us as fits and starts. and seemingly has several potential causes. the first known rupture occurred in 2004 in alabama. three more ruptures in 2007 led takata to identify a bad stamp press at a manufacturing facility in moses lake, washington. in 2008, honda recalled 3,940 cars in the u.s. however, two more air bags ruptured in may and june of 2009. one of which killed the driver. at that point, it appears that takata believed the air

mr. burgess: thank you, chairman. thank you for calling this hour together.ks of those who are able to capably deliver a narrative in this house suddenly have gotten a little thinner. i had the opportunity to sit down and visit with mr. hall just a few days before thanksgiving. i know how intense was his desire to be here and be able to talk on the floor today on his own behalf. sadly that didn't come to pass. i hope you're able to watch today. i hope you're able to hear the accolades of all of your colleagues. we miss you, ralph. we wish you nothing but the best going forward. again, the ranks of the capable narrative deliverer here in the house of representatives has gotten a little thinner at the end of this term. chairman, thank you for the recognition. i'll yield back. mr. barton: thank you. now we want to recognize congressman from corpus hristi, texas, mr. farenthold. mr. farenthold: thank you, chairman barton. it's great to be here to talk a moment or two about my good friend, ralph hall. when i was first elected to congress a few years back, ralph wa

mr. burgess: thank you, chairman. thank you for calling this hour together. of course the ranks of those who are able to capably deliver a narrative in this house suddenly have gotten a little thinner. i had the opportunity to sit down and visit with mr. hall just a few days before thanksgiving. i know how intense was his desire to be here and be able to talk on the floor today on his own behalf. sadly that didn't come to pass. i hope you're able to watch today. i hope you're able to hear the accolades of all of your colleagues. we miss you, ralph. we wish you nothing but the best going forward. again, the ranks of the capable narrative deliverer here in the house of representatives has gotten a little thinner at the end of this term. chairman, thank you for the recognition. i'll yield back. mr. barton: thank you. now we want to recognize congressman from corpus hristi, texas, mr. farenthold. mr. farenthold: thank you, chairman barton. it's great to be here to talk a moment or two about my good friend, ralph hall. when i was first elected to congress a few ye

mr. burgess as i understand it's going to take over the gavel for this committee and so even though he is not currently a member of the subcommittee he is joining us today to kind of get a feel for the importance of this subcommittee and certainly the importance of this hearing tod today. so the title of this hearing is the qaeda airbag ruptures and recalls. safety recalls are often marked by tragedy. that's what brings it to our attention that there are even more troubling when the very equipment being recalled is intended to save lives. this morning we will begin piecing together the history of a safety defect that became known only by what appeared to us as fits and starts and seemingly has several potential causes. the first known rupture occurred in 2004 in alabama. three more ruptures in 2007 lead takata to identify it bad stamp press at a facility in washington june 2800 recalled 3940 cars in the u.s. however to more airbags ruptured in may and june of 2091 of which killed a driver. at that point it appeared to takata believe that airbag inflators were being improperly exposed to m

mr. burgess was to ask any questions? >> thank you mr. chairman. i would appreciate the ability to ask questions. >> thank you for the courtesy of your recognition. administrator friedman thank you for being here. obviously we have had a chance to interact on other subcommittees and other worlds particularly with the cobalt ignition problem earlier this year. let me ask you a question. mr. office post a question in his time running short city said he asked for the answer in writing in the question was basically is a confident that they are placement airbags or save so let me pose a question to you. there's her recall going on in various manufactures are providing replacement parts. to the extent can the public be reassured that these replacement parser indeed save? >> we believe the replacement parts for the passenger side are safer. the data points to the median time of 10 years before the failures have occurred. that said we are looking into the adequacy of this remedy. if we determine it is not adequate and doesn't ensure the safety of the ameri

mr. burgess is going to take over the gavel for this sub committee and so even though he is not a current member of the sub committee to kind of get a feel for the importance of this sub committee and certainly the importance of this hearing today. so, the title of this hearing is takata air bag ruptures and recalls. safety recalls are often marked by tragedy. that's what brings it to our attention. but they are even more troubling when they -- the very equipment being recalled is intended to save lives. now this morning we will begin piecing together history of a safety defect that became known only by what appears to us as fits and starts. and seemingly has several potential causes. the first known rupture occurred in 2004 in alabama. three more led takata to identify a bad stamp for us in moses lake, washington. in 2008, honda recalled 3,940 cars in the u.s., however two more air bags ruptured may and june of 2009, one of which killed the driver. at that point it appears that takata believed that the inflaters with were being inproperly exposed to moisture. vehicles with falter air bag

mr. burgess, have any questions? >> i am anxious to hear from our next witness. >> thank you. there has been a request from the full committee chair, therefore, by my set of rules, he is -- >> just to pose another question. you know, there's been a number of different articles that have been written over the last number of weeks regarding secret tests and i will give you this for the record. this is a cnbc story. and it reads early, the japanese manufacturer takata secretly conducted tests on 50 air bags that it retrieved from scrap yards according to two former employees, one of whom was senior member of its testing lab. results were so startling that engineers began starting possible fixes in preparation for a recall but instead of alerting federal safety regulators to possible danger, takata executive discounted the risk and allowed them to delete the testing data from their computers and dispose of the inflater air bag in the trash. "usa today," other publications have reported similar stories. chris martin from honda said in a statement, this is a serious allegation about

mr. burgess, have any questions? >> i am anxious to hear from our next witness. >> thank you. there has been a request from the full committee chair, therefore, by my set of rules, he is -- >> just to pose another question. you know, there's been a number of different articles that have been written over the last number of weeks regarding secret tests and i will give you this for the record. this is a cnbc story. and it reads early, the japanese manufacturer takata secretly conducted tests on 50 air bags that it retrieved from scrap yards according to two former employees, one of whom was senior member of its testing lab. results were so startling that engineers began starting possible fixes in preparation for a recall but instead of alerting federal safety regulators to possible danger, takata executive discounted the risk and allowed them to delete the testing data from their computers and dispose of the inflater air bag in the trash. "usa today," other publications have reported similar stories. chris martin from honda said in a statement, this is a serious allegation about

mr. burgess: thank you, chairman. thank you for calling this hour together. of course the ranks of those who are able to capably deliver a narrative in this house suddenly have gotten a little thinner. i had the opportunity to sit down and visit with mr. hall just a few days before thanksgiving. i know how intense was his desire to be here and be able to talk on the floor today on his own behalf. sadly that didn't come to pass. i hope you're able to watch today. i hope you're able to hear the accolades of all of your colleagues. we miss you, ralph. we wish you nothing but the best going forward. again, the ranks of the capable narrative deliverer here in the house of representatives has gotten a little thinner at the end of this term. chairman, thank you for the recognition. i'll yield back. mr. barton: thank you. now we want to recognize congressman from corpus hristi, texas, mr. farenthold. mr. farenthold: thank you, chairman barton. it's great to be here to talk a moment or two about my good friend, ralph hall. when i was first elected to congress a few ye

burgess. gentleman has no questions. ms. slaughter? >> [indiscernible] >> the gentleman g -- gentlewoman does not seek time. >> well, thank you, mr. chairman. i want to say thank you to our colleagues. i do know that our colleagues, my colleagues, particularly on the education workforce committee have worked extremely hard to get these pension reforms done. having been on that committee for some time, i agree with them and know this is a critical time to get these provisions passed. and i want to lend my support to the comments that they have made . pension reform is never easy as we have found out over the years. but we're particularly at a critical time. i want to thank the -- i want to agree with the chairman of the appropriations committee that doing this through regular order, one bill at a time is the best way to do it. and we have done it. we've spent many hours in this committee, this past year hearing from our colleagues about appropriations bills. we spent many hours on the floor. and as i sat here and listened to the chairman and the ranking member, it sounded to me as though, and i guess i could put a little bit more w

burgess. gentleman has no questions. gentle woman does not seek time. gentle woman from north carolina. >> well, thank you, mr.irman. i want to say thank you to our colleagues. i do know that our colleagues, my colleagues, particularly on the education workforce committee have worked extremely hard to get these pension reforms done having been on that committee for some time. i agree with them and know this is a critical time to get these provisions passed. and i want to lend my support to the comments that they have made pension reform is never easy as we have found out over the years. but we're particularly at a critical time. i want to thank the -- i want to agree with the chairman of the appropriations committee that doing this through regular order, one bill at a time is the best way to do it. and we have done it. we've spent many hours in this committee, this past year hearing from our colleagues about appropriations bills. we spent many hours on the floor. and as i sat here and listened to the chairman and the ranking member, it sounded to me as though, and i guess i could put a little bit more water in