mr. kucinich's questioning by saying each investigation is unique and different. and all i'm doing is saying, so gm got treated different than toyota did. >> mr. jordan, i'm not -- i am not mincing words with you. in terms of process, we treat every manufacturer the same. at the technical level, we have to take every investigation with the same set of facts and there's different technical issues. we treed those uniquely because different cars have different problems. >> i just want to make sure i follow up on what the chairman said. did you pull any what the chair said. did you pull any punches with gm taxpayer subsidized or did you go into the science to try to see if there was any way you could replicate a fire. >> we pulled for punches, treat this investigation the way we treat every investigation. >> gm is not going to get a pass? >> no, absolutely not of the core of what we do every day is driven by data, science, engineering. >> the data and science is different because you're study at toyota something different in terms of acceleration as opposed with the vo

mr. kucinich. >> thank you, mr. akerson for being here. is the volt safe? >> it is very safe. >> do you, have you ever had any communication with anybody in the obama administration to ask them to provide some kind of consideration to gm with respect to the testing that you became aware of, not to disclose it, or to defer disclosure of it? >> absolutely not. >> and you're sure in terms of your staff, it didn't happen? >> i'm quite sure. i can't testify to that to 100%. >> but, as -- i don't -- >> as a policy, you, gm, did not try to get the obama administration to fail to disclose any tests that were made in a laboratory setting? >> no, no one. >> and you're not aware of any accident or any injury that's occurred to anyone driving a volt? >> absolutely none. >> they're safe in the vehicle, is that right? >> i own one, yes. >> and you drive it and your family members drive it as well? >> i just bought it. >> well let me ask you something. if there was a material defect in a car that was out in circulation right now, would that affect, let's say, your insuran

mr. kucinich. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. administrator strickland, i'm going have a series of questions. i would ask that your answers be brief and, of course, true. >> yes, sir. >> now the fire occurred on june 6th. and as my colleague points out, it wasn't until november that ntsa's follow up testing confirmed that this was not an isolated incident. it does seem like a long time. what we need to know, administrator strickland, is whether there was a valid reason for so much time to pass. so the first question is, what was ntsa doing between june and november that required such a long internal investigation? >> thank you for the question, ranking member. in june, once fire was discovered, after the fact, some time over the weekend, and we were notified, we had absolutely no notion of what the source of the fire was. there was three other vehicles around it. it could have been arson. it could have been one of the other vehicles. it could have been a number of factors. so we had to go out, figure out what happened on the scen

mr. kucinich: i want to thank my friend, mr. sablan, and members for pursuing this important legislation. i rise on behalf of not just myself but now departed world war ii combat veteran by the name of frank j. kucinich sr. he was proud to serve this country. he served in the pacific theater, but all veterans come together in paying respect not only to those who serve but to a president who on june 6, 1944, as the nation was preparing for that d-day invasion, said the following, quote, with thy blessing we shall prevail over the unholy forces of our enemy. help us to conquer the apostles of greed and racial arrogances. lead us to the saving of our country and with our sister nations into a world unity that will spell a sure peace, a peace invulnerable to the schemings of unworthy men and a peace that will let all of men live in freedom, reaping the just rewards of their honest toil. thy will be done almighty god. amen. those words by president franklin roosevelt upon the occasion of d-day, june 6, 1944, should not only be inscrib

mr. kucinich. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from ohio is recognized for two minutes. mr. kucinich: i agree with representative capps that we shouldn't wait. we have to move quickly to eliminate any uncertainty that american families have in planning their budget or any uncertainty they may have as to whether or not they are going to get unemployment benefits. we in this congress have certainty to much of our lives, especially with the fact that we get paid every month. but if you are out there and in a tight -- really tight budget or unemployed or you are a senior trying to make sure you can get your doctor of choice, this motion that mrs. capps has is very important because we need to recognize that the middle class has been unenormous financial stress. the wealth of the country accelerating upward, middle class people have been looking for a break. if i'm right, mrs. capps, this legislation will provide up to $1,000 for the year for a middle class family that would be a great break for many families. this middle class tax break is imperative. unemployment benefits for th

mr. kucinich, you know rick perry doesn't even believe that climate change is occurring. he would dispute any kind of environmental impact as a result of the keystone pipeline. and there are many in this country who would support his position. >> well, i join with mr. perry in praying that the air and the water be kept clean. but we also know from our faith that we need faith and good works. the good works are regulation to protect the air and water and also government policy decisions that don't contaminate the air and the water which frankly, the keystone pipeline would have done. president obama recognizes that. he made the right decision. i support him on this. >> what about the fact that we know that the decision by republicans to insert this into the bill to allow the payroll tax holiday to continue for two months was a deliberate political maneuver, in fact, did it have anything really to do with job creation, to do with the environment? it didn't, did it? it had everything to do with politics. >> it's not a revelation to say that politics are played in washington,

mr. kucinich, that you think it's a little strange that when is a formal investigation going out of the secretary of transportation, says the vehicle is safe and find. >> i would say, first of all, you and i share the concern about safety, but it may be that the secretary, and i don't know unless we invite him so that we can speculate. maybe it he was concluding based on information that he received from nhtsa and it was an off-the-cuff assessment that was just driven by hope as opposed to material facts. >> yield five minutes to the gentleman. >> thank you. i do not question why you get up in the morning of what is in your heart. i give up every morning with the same purpose you do, to serve the american people. i was a lot more comfortable back in pennsylvania then i am here today, and i'm sure you are a lot more comfortable sitting or use it every day. but when it comes down to a perception is reality, and we constantly fight these perceptions, whether they are real or not really has nothing to do with it because of the end of the day it is out as the public perceive that. so when we come down

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