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ms. lerner use full cooperation and without immunity, neither this committee nor the american public will have the answers it needs from this government. we ask the department of justice to take her to court for targeting these groups and disclosing taxpayer obligations, which is a felony. after going over these steps and the facts, i would like to ask my colleagues across the aisle to tell me how it is that you can argue that we conclude this investigation? is it because the president says so? is it because ranking member cummings says so? how about attorney generic holder? is it because there is a piece f evidence absolves her? if this is this strule a waste of time, prove it to us and we can move on. until then, i recommend to my friends across the aisle quite crying foul. when get to the bottom of this, i hope there will be no one on days. er side of the i do not find pleasure of holding eric holder in contempt. i do not enjoy holding any federal official in contempt. the situation a lose-lugse lose situation for all citizen, regardless of political beliefs. it is our job to proceed.

ms. lerner's full cooperation and without immunity needed this committee or the american public will have the answers it needs from its government. the ways & means committee has voted to ask the department of justice to take ms. lerner to court for orchestrating the targeting of these political groups disclosing taxpayer information which is a felony and obstructing these ongoing investigations. after going over the steps and the fact that would like to ask my colleagues across the aisle to tell me how it is that you can legitimately argue or that we can conclude this investigation. is it because the president says so? is it because ranking member cummings has said so? how about attorney general eric holder? because there is evidence that it solves ms. lerner from its wrongdoings. so why hasn't the minority share the documents with the majority so we may move onto other oversight matters? if this truly is a waste of time prove it to to us when we it to us when we can move on. until that i recommend my friends across the aisle but crying foul. when not if we get to the bottom of this i ho

ms. lerner use full cooperation and without immunity, neither this committee

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ms. norton. mr. tierney. mr. clay votes no. mr. lynch votes no. mr. cooper votes no. mr. connolly votes no. mr. cartwright votes no. ms. duckworth votes no. ms. kelly? mr. davis? mr. welch votes no. s. grisham votes no. ou are not recorded. >> does anyone else seek to be reported? the clerk will report. >> on that vote, 21 yeas, 12 nays. >> the ayes have it. the report is ordered to the house. the staff shall be authorized to make necessary technical conforming changes to the report. >> mr. chairman, i asked a number of days. >> so ordered. without objection. we stand adjourned. >> today on c-span, the freedom summit from manchester, new hampshire. including appearances by senators rand paul and ted cruz, mike huckabee and donald trump. we'll have live conversation all day so you can join in the conversation on facebook and twitter. it begins at 10:00 a.m. eastern here on c-span. >> i think what we need is something akin to the grace commission during the reagan administration or the brack commission, the base realignment and closing commission during i think the clinton administration. an outsi

cooper votes no. cartwright votes no. ms. kelly? mr. davis? mr. welsh votes no. ms. grisham? ms. grisham votes no. -- lex does anyone else seek to be recorded? the clerk will report. >> on that vote, 21 yeas, 12 nays. >> the ayes have it. the staff shall be authorized to make necessary technical conforming changes to the report. i asked airman, number of days. >> so ordered. without objection. we stand adjourned. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] kathleen sebelius -- >> kathleen sebelius has handed in her resignation. secretary sebelius is on capitol hill thursday looking about the latest health insurance enrollment numbers. here is part of what she said. >> our department mission is to help our fellow americans secure the opportunity to live happier, healthier lives, and reach their fullest potential. -- ministration on community all of us benefit from work on mental health and substance abuse treatment, and from the .fforts of employees even prior to open enrollment in -- marketplace, during the past

rick we will fully cooperate with the justice department. >> madam chair, a ms. barra. i met with his stepfather and mother of the talk-show this hits pretty close to home. your background as a structural engineer in have been with gm in 33 years. in that capacity would imagine general motors has been a leader with total quality management with the manufacturing process? >> we have to improve quality dramatically. >> i have the manufacturing background myself which you're in engineering capacity and would imagine he dealt with the quality management system and a robust fashion? finigan the manufacturing every day. >> i want to go in terms were the other senators went with the change of the part number. i have gone through quality audits and course the reason you have different numbers for different parts is a tree civilities been affected is key. >> of paris a defect in the process you can trace back exactly where that happened. you call that not engineering principle but it is the total violation of the total system. correct? total quality management has been a part of

cooperate. >> we would like to be notified when you get your internal report and review that report as well. >> we will notify you. >> thank you very much. >> i thank you ms. barra. you will be dismissed but while this is taking place. we are going to take a five minute break to allow mr. freidman to take his seat and we will reconvene the hearing in five minutes. thank you. >> now a news conference with family members of people who were killed in crashes caused by general motors effective -- caused by defective ignition switches. this is about 40 minutes. >> good morning, we are here this morning to talk about the -- the gmof the vehicles a number of that had defective switches, which has resulted in the deaths and injury of many many people. today we have the families of many of those who were killed. we are going to introduce all of them at the end. ourlike to start off with representatives and senators. i would like to call on edward markey for massachusetts. >> thank you so much. all of you for being here today, especially the families who have traveled so far and with such heavy hearts. this is a 2007 chevy cobalt .gnition switch thatwas the same de

ms. barra, appreciate the length to which gm under your leadership is going to recall the vehicles and ensure ther the safe to drive. gm's cooperation with the committee is necessary to understand the process by which, and the reasons decisions were made leading up to the 2014 recall. you have so far done so, i expect you will continue to do so. thank you for your courtesy, mrs. chairman, thank you ms. barra, i yield back. >> chairman yields back and now recognizes the majority of texas for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i want to make this general observation, this is probably the last major investigation that this subcommittee and full committee is going to conduct where we have the services. we have had a history on this committee and this subcommittee going back at least 40 to 50 years that when we have major issues we try to approach them on behalf of the american people in a nonpartisan, very open way. it certainly appears we will continue that tradition today. so i hope we can show the best to the american people the congress at its best gets the facts, presents the facts and does so in a way that in the future we

ms. barra, i appreciate the lengths to which gm under your leadership is willing to recall the vehicles and ensure that they are safe to drive. gm's cooperation with the committee is necessary in order to understand the process by which and the reasons decisions were made leading up to the 2014 recall. you may have so far done so and i expect that you'll continue to do so. thank you for your courtesy, mr. chairman, thank you, ms. barra, i yield back the balance of my time. >> now recognize the chairman emeritus, mr. barton from texas. >> i want to make this the general observation. this is probably the last major investigation that this subcommittee and full committee is going to conduct where we have the services of mr. dingell and mr. waxman. we've had a history on this committee in this subcommittee going back 40 or 50 years, when we have major issues we try to approach them on behalf of the american people in a nonpartisan very open way. and it certainly appears we're going to continue that tradition today. so i hope that we can show the best to the american people that the congress at its best gets the factses and presents the fact and i

cooperate with the justice department. >> thank you. >> senator johnson. >> thank you, madam chair. ms.barra, like senator klobuchar i met with the step father and mother of natasha weikel. the actions happen in wisconsin. it hits pretty close to home. your background is a tactical engineer, correct? >> correct. >> you have been with gm for 33 years. in that capacity i would imagine general motors has been a real leader in terms of total quality management of their manufacturing process? >> we've improved over our quality dramatically over the last several years. >> i got a manufacturing background myself. iran plans for 31 years. in your engineering capacity, i would imagine you dealt with the quality management system in pretty robust fashion, correct? >> in the manufacturing arena, yes. >> i want to truly down a little bit in terms of where chairman mccaskill answered ayotte went on the change of that part number. i've gone through a lot of quality audits and, of course, the reason you have different numbers for different parts is for traceability, correct speaker is correct. a numbe

cooperation. we stand adjourned. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> please poll your microphone close. think you mr. chairman and committee and members. i am ms. barra the chief executive officer of general motors for i appreciate the opportunity to be here today. more than one decade ago gm embarked on a small car program. sitting here today i cannot tell you why it took so long for a safety defect to be announced for this program but we will find out. kisses an extraordinary situation involving vehicles with no longer make but it came to light on my watch so i am responsible for resolving its. when we have answers we will be fully transparent with you, regulators and customers. while i cannot turn back the clock as soon as i learned about the problem we acted without hesitation. we told the world had a problem that needed to be fixed. whatever mistakes were made in the past we will let shirk from our responsibility now or in the future. today's gm will do the right thing. that begins with my sincere apologies to everyone who has been affected by the recall. especially the families and friends who lost their lives or were injured. i am deepl

cooperate with the justice department. >> thank you. >> senator johnson. >> thank you, madam chair. ms. barra.-- >> that's gm ceo mary barra answering questions from a senate panel. having faced the house energy and commerce committee yesterday. on news line is ralph nader, author of the upcoming book q t "unstoppab "unstoppable." he joins us on the news line. mr. nader, great to have you back on the program. good morping. >> thank you. good morning to you. >> barra's ans are always preface with this warning, this caveat they are still working on this internal investigation. are you getting anything valuable out of these hearings so far? >> she admitted she was notified first about this ten-year cover up regarding the faulty ignition switch january 31st. so two month and gm ceo can still not tell a congressional committee what the full story is or even what the par shatial st is. she is waiting the complete investigation. what does that tell you? it tell use that gm's vertical and horizontal bureaucracy is a huge mass of ambiguity. it tells you that there is not a clear line of responsibility

ms. jackson lee: i thank the chairman. again, i rise with the spirit of cooperation and recognition that there are definitive distinctions and differences of opinion on the underlying legislation. i'm trying to make this bill better. my amendment requires the congressional budget office to include as part of their macroeconomic analysis, if this bill passed, estimates of the potential impact if any, on h.u.d. zone areas as designed by the small business act. my amendment seeks only to look at thesket on h.u.d. zones. in actuality this bill could be very well entitled the scoring or dynamic scoring bill. if that is the essence of it, we need to find the impact of it. dynamic scoring is an attempt to measure the microeconomic effects of policy changes before they happen. we want to know in the defined areas that deal with underserved areas all around america in everyone's state, whether or not there is an impact on these important areas. i believe that dynamic scoring has an impact on the outreach and the funding that we have to support the concept of a h.u.d. zone and therefore my amendment is clear in its effort to make sure

cooperate. >> we would like to be notified when you get your internal report and review that report as well. >> we will notify you. >> thank you very much. >> i thank you ms. barra. you will be dismissed but while this is taking place. we are going to take a five minute break to allow mr. fr freidman to take his seat and we will reconvene the hearing >> after her testimony will the subcommittee took a break gm ceo mary barra spoke with reporters for about 10 minutes. >> we are sorry. second, we are doing everything we can to make sure we provide the greatest support possible to our customers as it relates to communicating to them. we have a dedicated website. we have put more than 100 people in our customer call center to answer the questions. we have communicated broadly if someone is uncomfortable with the vehicle, we are providing loaner vehicles free of charge. we want to learn as much can from the situation. if we can learn and make a better process, that is our goal. we have hired -- we will see that there is no holds barred in the investigation that he does and we will hold ourselves accountable. we will be transparent as we learn anything double i

ms. lindsey, the one -- i didn't get to ask you a question, but i did want to close by commending you as well for the model that you've created of cooperation in your command center. i think it's important that the general public know, be aware of what you've done even before this incident, but more so after. pulling together the relevant agencies to work together to better prevent threats like this from happening, again, very similar to a joint terrorism task force model where you bring all of the relevant players into the room with video equipment so that, god forbid, something else like this happens again we'll be able to respond quickly and protect the traveling public. with that i'll just close by saying, mr. chairman, thank you for your leadership and holding this hearing. to maxine waters, thanks for hosting us in your fine district. you're a very lucky woman. the weather's very nice here. [laughter] a little bit better than washington, d.c. right now. and, again, mr. chairman, thanks for your leadership. >> well, thank you, mr. chairman. and i thank our witnesses for your testimony and the members for your questions today. i'm commi

ms. barra, i appreciate the lengths to which gm under your leadership is willing to recall the vehicles and ensure that they are safe to drive. gm's cooperation with the committee is necessary in order to understand the process by which and the reasons decisions were made leading up to the 2014 recall. you may have so far done so and i expect that you'll continue to do so. thank you for your courtesy, mr. chairman, thank you, ms. barra, i yield back the balance of my time. >> now recognize the chairman emeritus, mr. barton from texas. >> i want to make this the general observation. this is probably the last major investigation that this subcommittee and full committee is going to conduct where we have the services of mr. dingell and mr. waxman. we've had a history on this committee in this subcommittee going back 40 or 50 years, when we have major issues we try to approach them on behalf of the american people in a nonpartisan very open way. and it certainly appears we're going to continue that tradition today. so i hope that we can show the best to the american people that the congress at its best gets the factses and presents the fact and i