the odi inspection chief said all three should be met and the odi director does not think a root cause is necessary and prefers a focus on safety consequences. and the odi two investigative chiefs believe a root cause is not necessary. so you have key personnel within your agency not even on the same page about when an investigation should occur. i assume that you are getting busy on this as a baby step before you get at all of the other problems that are in this audit. >> there are 44 distinct actions that we are taking. that's one of them. these people are now in the same room determining what that criteria and threshold should be. >> and do you believe that everyone that works there knows what their authorities are? do you believe that there is a clear understanding about what the investigative authorities are at nhtsa? >> i think the people that have the specific authorities assigned to them are aware of those. but you've just highlighted where those lines have been blurred and clarifications are needed. >> on average, only four times a year over the past four years has odi request

a fact odi staff did not note until after the recall.sed opportunities to connect the gm ignition switch to airbag nondeployments. for example, odi employees overlooked documentation on a fatal accident involving a 2005 cobalt that linked the ignition switch defect to the vehicle's airbag nondeployment including a state trooper's accident investigation report in a nhtsa special crash investigation report. calls similarlyover looked for example in 2007 nhtsa's associated administrator noted that investigation proposal "looks like one we want to jump on and learn as much as we can quickly." while a screener was assigned to monitor the issue, the defects assessment division chief did not reassign responsibility after the screener left nhtsa in 2008. in 2010 an odi screener suggested revisiting the 2007 investigation proposal on airbag nondeployments because of new consumer complaints. however, the airbag investigator identified a downward of complaint of vehicles so the screener decided the issue did not present enough of a risk to warrant

third, odi emphasizse the investigation. they are using screeners not trained to carry out these responsibilities. stakeholders within odi haven't reached agreement on the amount and type needed to open investigation and odi doesn't document the justification for decisions not to investigate potential safety issues. this lack of transparency and accountability in odi's investigation decisions further undermines the effort to identify needed recalls and other corrective actions. these three proceedal weaknesses impeded odi's handling of the switch defect. from 2003-2013 gm submitted 15,000 non hp field reports and 2,000 death and injury reports on vehicles that would be subject to the ignition switch recall. however, inconsistently miscatagorized may have missed the trend. there was no component report to the death and injury report. not airbags or electrical even though it was said ignition switches were involved in the possibility non-airbag deployment. 12 reports categorized under airbags and may have been relate today the

the odi staffer did not note until after the recall. they also missed opportunities to connect the defect to non the planet. odi employs overlook documentation on the fatal accident on a kobold that linked said defaults to non deployment including the investigation report and a special crash investigation report. calls were some of the overlooked in 2007 the association administrator for enforcement noted the proposal looks like one way want to jump on and learn as much as we can quickly. although assigned to monitor the issue the chiefs did not reassign responsibilities after the screener left nhtsa in 2008 ben odi screeners adjusted revisiting the investigation proposal on arab flag and you did -- and appointed because of new complaints to river they reported dead down word rate so the screener decided the issue was not of a safety trend to pose another investigation according to staff there were no discussion of the ignition switch defect that caused on the planet prior to the recall. in hindsight officials told us they did not under

third, odi emphasizse the investigation. they are using screeners not trained to carry out these responsibilities. stakeholders within odi haven't reached agreement on the amount and type needed to open investigation and odi doesn't document the justification for decisions not to investigate potential safety issues. this lack of transparency and accountability in odi's investigation decisions further undermines the effort to identify needed recalls and other corrective actions. these three proceedal weaknesses impeded odi's handling of the switch defect. from 2003-2013 gm submitted 15,000 non hp field reports and 2,000 death and injury reports on vehicles that would be subject to the ignition switch recall. however, inconsistently miscatagorized may have missed the trend. there was no component report to the death and injury report. not airbags or electrical even though it was said ignition switches were involved in the possibility non-airbag deployment. 12 reports categorized under airbags and may have been relate today the

according to odi staff. they had a flawed understanding of airbag technology. they are taken aggressive action to strengthen the vehicle oversight. according to the administrator changes to the process have been implemented and more are underway. we plan to report our findings later this year and i would like to address those who have been injured and the family's of those who have been lost in crashes involving gm's defective switches. i promised you my staff and i would work relentlessly to determine what nhtsa knew of the defect, what it knew and what actions to took to address it. our auto report issued last week and my testimony today will fill that promise. i offer my deepest sympathy. this concludes my statement and i would be happy to answer any other statement you and others have. >> mr. rosekind i know you took the realm of nhtsa last year and have been working to improve the handling of the vehicle defects and i would say you have your work cut out for you. the inspector general's report reaches serious conclusions regarding the ability to defect veh

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the odi's director doesn't think a root cause is necessary and prefers to focus on safety consequences and the two investigative chiefs agree a root cause is not necessary. you have got key personnel within your agency that are not even on the came page about when an investigation should occur. do you believe everyone working there knows their authorities? did you believe there is a clear understanding about what the investigative authorities are at nhtsa? >> i think the people that have this specific authority assigned to them are aware of those but you have just highlighted where those lines have been blurred and clarification is needed. >> well, on average, only four times a year over the past four years has odi even requested underlying documentation for death and injury reports. four times a year. that is stunning to me. and although you have the authority to inspect manufacturer's records, nhtsa told the ig the agency has never used this authority. never used the authority to inspect manufacturer's records for compliance with early morning requirements. i think you understand the

to --ody is trying everybody wants currency to be raker. -- currency to be weaker. janet yellen has not seen a true market tantrum. it is usually the market that teaches these central bankers to be more cautious. what is going to happen is if a time comes for them to raise rates. we will see aet selloff and they will scramble to backpedal. and say, try to ignore we do not care what the financial markets do. when they see the markets spill over effects into the real economy they will have to backpedal. it will be a dialogue between the markets and the central bank. matt: let's listen to what chair yellen had to say about the crisis in greece. >> the united states has limited direct exposure to greece either through trade or financial channels. to the extent that there are economyon the euro area or global financial markets, there would undoubtedly be spillovers to the united states that would affect our outlook. we willwonder how much see spill over to the u.s. but how much of an effect on the eu. it seems everyone is confident they have ring fenced this issue. i thi

fiscal year 2016 budget request includes a request for funds to do, to more than double the number of odi personnel. dr. rosekind, is the 837 million that the house appropriations committee approved for the 2016 fiscal year is it sufficient for increasing the number of odi personnel? >> no, that basically flatlines where we are today and just to inflate that for you appropriately, that 40,000 number was last year. because of all the attention last year that number is now 80,000 complaints coming in. doubled. >> that's where you get to the 80,000. >> yes, sir. >> thank you. it's clear that additional funding sources for nhtsa will be critical to ensuring the administration can keep drivers and passengers safe. that's why in addition to new appropriations specifically for nhts's vehicle safety programs hr-1181 would authorize a new vehicle safety user fee, this fee would be paid by vehicle manufacturers for each u.s. vehicle certified to meet federal safety standards. beginning at $3 per vehicle and increasing annually to $9 per vehicle but this could potentially generate tens of millions o

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they made 17 recommendations to odi to improve early warning reporting data, improve data verification processes to institute external reviews and evaluate staff training needs, amongst other recommendations. unfortunately, this is not the first time many of these recommendations have been made. why is it taking a year? what are the nhtsa scientists and engineers doing to expedite these solutions to mitigate these safety risks to all americans? >> i said this earlier. i don't think you can say it enough. this committee, that story about the tragedy of those lives lost can't be told enough, so we personalize at a human face to every one of these tragedies. what you're highlights is something we've emphasized. identifying defects is fine. if they're not remedied, you still have the risk and that's what's going on here. and part of the challenge that you're reciting and basically making sure in a timely manner, a correct, long-term permanent solution is in place. so, i've just learned about this. you can count on me going back to figure out the specifics, even more than what you're tellin

unambiguous so there's no opportunity for deference and as justice kennedyory cons pointed out during oral ody, c argument, there's a strong l trea cannon of statutory construction because this body, congress controls the purse, moneys will come out of the federal treasure only if that's done unambiguously. caltcome, i >> thank you, mr. carvin. come i would note if it is, indeed, the case that partisan political operatives in the obama administration instructed career professionals to disregard the law and reach a political outcome, it's not surprising s what that they were afraid to come rh here and testify and explain that that's what occurs and perhaps give some context to whyd. the three witnesses on the first panel chose not to attend. senator coons? >> thank you, mr. chairman. i'll note you've taken nearly te ten minutes in your first qu question, i hope i'll have of tim roughly the same period of time if possible.ssue we i believe the core issue we are ion seeking to have a conversation the about here today is the opriat availability of subsidies, the d role in the aca, and the d. appro

odie? >>> i think the big issue that i have seen from these graphs and data it's jobs, jobs, jobs.e young people who want prosperity. so the big challenge short-term is how do you create jobs? do you create jobs through innovation? the area, the region has a lot of liquidity. people talk about the chinese. >> which -- >> $2.5 million in foreign exchange reserves. if you look at that region, they have an equal amount of money. how do you bring entrepreneurs to the region? how do you get people to invest? that's in my view the big challenge. i say innovation, not invitation. >> very good point. we have a task force that is working on that very question. and i think you are supporting them and we will that's clearly a part of the study. jessica, do you have a twitter question here? >> we do. we've got a question from twitter, and the twitteratti want to know how can we harness public/private partnerships better to better meet the needs and wants of the people in the region? >> i would refer you back to president obama's, the same speech i'm talking about. the may 2011 speech on, it wa