mr. valukas' qualifications. will do, how do or have you segregate all the documents and put them aside that are related to this issue? and evidence that you're aware of now so that mr.

mr. valukas. i don't question his credentials but he has exemplary credentials and it seems to me that we would want to hear obviously appreciate your testimony as the ceo, and survey monkey are what steps you are taking to address this issue. but i would think would be important for this committee actually can are directly from mr. valukas on the investigation itself over the scope of his investigation. so thank you. >> thank you, ms. barra. i know, go back and review this hearing, i will say to myself, you got too excited, and you went too hard. the passion israel on this side of the table. so to the extent this is been a rough day for you, it is coming from the right place. it is coming from a deep commitment that many of us have to these families, and to automobile safety in this great country of ours. you had a great country. you've got an enormous responsibility to get this right. we appreciate you being here. i can't promise that the next time you are here i will not get as aggressive as i

mr. valukas.e also ruled out new values with the customer is our compass, relationships matter and individual excellence. we've trained thousands of people, and most importantly, it's leadership at the top, it's the leadership of how we behave, of how we demonstrate when we make decisions and that we make decisions that focus be on the customer, focus on safety, focus on quality. and i can tell you from my leadership team and the next layer, we continue to drive that every day. we recognize culture change doesn't happen in a year or two, but we are well on that journey, and we will -- are dedicated to it, and we very clearly want to have the safest vehicles on the road. >> and will you make that list public from the report that you're anticipating? >> i'm sorry? >> will you make the list that will be coming forth public? will you share that? >> the list of -- i'm sorry. >> the full report coming from mr. valukas. >> he will give us findings, and we will make the appropriate findings available to t

mr. valukas of doing this report.we are working on all the information that nhtsa has requested to provide that in a timely fashion. >> thank you. >> see who's next. senator booker is not here. senator blumenthal. >> thank you, madam chairman, and thank you, senator mccaskill for holding this hearing. thank you, ms. barra, for being here today to you and i've met before, happily? and going to kill you know what i said then which is i have enormous admiration and respect for your career, what you've accomplished and the leadership that you provided to gm. and i also have enormous respect for your company. it's an iconic, enormously important manufacturing company, and it produces terrific products, generally. and i know that you are a company here by a regiment of lawyers and a battalion of public relations consultants, and that you are breaking with the culture. it's a very difficult step, but let me come with all due respect, such as three steps, at least three steps that you can take if you really want to break with

mr. valukas' investigation. >> i'm assuming when that happens there's an investigation internally. >> whenrom mr. valukas already is that within general motors there were silos and as information was known in one part of the business, for instance, the legal team, it didn't necessarily get communicated as effectively as the other parts as it should have been. like the engineering team. that's something i corrected today. >> mrs. barra, i'm not asking wlosh whether or not the lawyers called the engineers. i'm asking whether or not lawyers in a multimillion dollar lawsuit where there has been evidence of a defective switch and replacement that had never been identified to the public being presented to the lawyers for your company, not report that up to the executive level of your company. those lawyers work for the executive level. they don't work for the engineers. they're hired by your senior counsel. that's who hires those lawyers, his office, correct? >> yes. >> okay. so what i want to know is, what investigation began after that deposition. >> that is part of the investigation -- so you