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Senate Lawmakers Propose Sweeping Auto Safety Reforms

For Immediate Release
July 9, 2015

Contacts:
Bryan Gulley (Senate Commerce Committee Democratic Office) 202-224-7824
Josh 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

Key Bipartisan, Bicameral Auto Consumer Protection Legislation Introduced

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 Sides of Hill

CAS Statement on H.R. 1181, Vehicle Safety Improvement Act of 2015

Statement on H.R. 1181, Vehicle Safety Improvement Act of 2015
Clarence Ditlow, Executive Director

June 2, 2015

House panel won’t approve NHTSA defect budget boost

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 administration’s request to triple NHTSA’s defect budget and double staffing. It essentially held the agency’s budget at the current level.

Automakers Stay Cozy in U.S. Capital

Automakers stay cozy in U.S.

At Senate Airbag Hearing, Evasion and Uncertainty

WASHINGTON — Ever since automakers began recalling millions of vehicles with defective airbags made by the Takata Corporation in 2008, the company has remained largely silent in the United States.

On Thursday, that silence ended when a senior Takata executive testified during a Senate hearing that was called to examine a defect in the company’s airbags, which can explode violently when they deploy, sending metal debris flying into the car’s cabin. At least five deaths and dozens of injuries have been linked to the problem.

Now, it’s NHTSA under fire

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.

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