“We’re glad to see Sen. [Bill] Nelson and the Congress committee call Hyundai and Kia up to explain to the Senate and, more broadly, the American people exactly why so many of their cars are catching on fire and what they plan on doing to fix the problem,” Levine told Automotive …
Read More »FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 31, 2017 Contact: Amber Andreasen, 913-205-6973, Amber@KidsAndCars.org Advocates: Allison Kennedy, 202-408-1711, akennedy@saferoads.org HOT CARS Act of 2017 Introduced Today in the U.S. Senate to Prevent Child Heatstroke Deaths in Cars Today is National Heatstroke Prevention Day – Safety Groups and Parents Call for Congress to Prevent these …
Read More »Click below to view the report: NHTSA Report to Congress: “Electronic Systems Performance in Passenger Motor Vehicles” – December 2015
Read More »Safety first! Perhaps Congress could grasp what that accident-prevention slogan meant when it was coined during the golden age of railroading in 1873, a time when the federal government managed to scrape by on a $290 million budget. But this week, safety priorities seem open to question as House and …
Read More »WASHINGTON — The push to impose criminal penalties on auto executives who fail to disclose deadly automobile defects hit another roadblock last week when a Senate committee voted down such a proposal. Lawmakers and safety advocates who were pushing to institute criminal penalties for such behavior expressed dismay as that …
Read More »For Immediate ReleaseJuly 9, 2015 Contacts:Bryan Gulley (Senate Commerce Committee Democratic Office) 202-224-7824Josh Zembik (Blumenthal) 202-224-6452 Giselle Barry (Markey) 202-224-2742 Senate Lawmakers Propose Sweeping Auto Safety Reforms Measure includes jail time, unlimited civil fines for concealing safety defects WASHINGTON, DC — Automotive industry executives who cover up or conceal the …
Read More »FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 10, 2015 Contact: Neal Patel/Michawn Rich (Heller) 202-224-6244 Giselle Barry (Markey) 202-224-2742 Tom Borck (Rokita) 202-225-5037 Nicole L’Esperance (Blumenauer) 202-225-4811 Key Bipartisan, Bicameral Auto Consumer Protection Legislation Introduced U.S. Senators Heller and Markey Team with U.S. Reps. Rokita and Blumenauer to Introduce Bill on Both …
Read More »Washington — National Highway Traffic Safety Administration chief Mark Rosekind on Tuesday sounded the alarm after a House panel approved a spending bill that doesn’t boost the agency’s budget to investigate auto safety defects. Last week, a Republican-led House appropriations subcommittee approved a spending bill that doesn’t adopt the Obama …
Read More »Lawmakers blast failures in GM crisis, want reform WASHINGTON — In a rare display of consensus here, Republicans, Democrats and safety advocates are coming to the conclusion that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is in dire need of reform — even if they can’t convince the agency of that. …
Read More »H.R. 4364, the “Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 2014” Share on twitterShare on facebookShare on email Vehicle Safety Consumer Protection Bill Status: Introduced Last Action: Apr 1, 2014 On April 1, 2014, Ranking Member Henry A. Waxman and eight Energy and Commerce Committee Democrats introduced H.R. 4364, the Motor Vehicle …
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