mr. milliken will you recommend to ms. barra that gm join me and others including the former prosecutor and calling on the governor of texas to pardon ms. anderson? >> i will recommend to miss up to the general motors corporate with any governmental agency that's taking a look at the circumstances behind that conviction and what needs to be done with it. >> ms. barra will you recommend to the governor of texas that he pardon ms. anderson? >> we will provide information to support that decision but i don't think it's him, it's not something that's appropriate for me to do. >> with all due respect and i'm sympathetic to what you are trying to do in changing the culture at gm and i cannot say enough good things about your workers and about the company, but i think that answer really is unworthy of gm and i hope you'll think more about it. this is a young woman whose life has really been changed as a result of a perversion of the justice process as a result of gm knowing and concealing that she was innocent. gm allowed an inno

mr. milliken. >> senator mccaskill, ranking member heller and members of the committee. before i begin i want to say to shows who lost loved ones and those who were injured, i am deeply sorry. i know we as a company, and i personally, have a responsibility to make sure this never happens again. i am the general counsel or general motors company. i've worked for gm for 37 years. prior to that it was an assistant u.s. attorney and before that it clerked for the honorable vincent brennan of the court of appeals. the investigation revealed the failures behind the ignition switch re-call, including failures -- when miss bar r today before the committee on april 2, up number of you raised serious and important questions about the performance of the legal staff. and our responsibility in this tragedy. as general counsel, i'm ultimately responsible for the legal affairs of the company. and i'm here today to answer your questions. i first learned about the ignition switch defect in february of this year. i immediately took action. i wish i'd known about it earlier because i know

mr. milliken, is if the ceo had said on the record this report is factual, why did they refuse to stipulate to the report as factual in bankruptcy court? >> senator boxer -- excuse me senator mccaskill, i'm not aware of our position on that in bankruptcy court but i can tell you that is associated with probably attorney/client issues that are present in that proceeding and on that basis, they've probably taken that position. but i'm not familiar with the situation you're talking about in bankruptcy court on that issue. >> who would be? that's obviously an important legal decision that has been made by your company, and you're the lawyer in charge. this is obviously -- i don't know that you can have any more high profile litigation than the bankruptcy proceedings right now as to what did and didn't happen as it refers to representations made. if you don't know, who would know? >> senator, i'm familiar with that particular piece of litigation, and i have been working with lawyers to argue on the claims that need to be made and deal with the loss claims on that part of the litigation. >> you u

mr. milliken, is if the ceo had said on the record this report is factual, why did they refuse to stipulate to the