Dec 5, 2014

General Motors Ignition Switch Recall

April 1, 2014
General Motors Ignition Switch Recall
http://www.c-span.org/video/?318608-1/gm-ignition-switch-recall



General Motors CEO Mary Barra and David Friedman, acting administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, testified at a hearing on the automaker’s ignition switch recall. The defect was linked to at least a dozen deaths.
Ms. Barra in her opening statement apologized to the public, victims, and families of victims, and said that she and the company were committed to doing the right thing. She also announced that she had launched an internal inquiry and that people would be held accountable when the investigation was completed. Among other changes, Ms. Barra said GM had hired compensation expert Kenneth Feinberg to handle damage control and dealing with victims with regard to potential funds and liabilities.
David Friedman told the committee that NHTSA also had an open investigation on what went wrong and whether or not GM failed to relay critical information to the agency concerning the faulty switches.




April 1, 2014

Mary Barra on General Motors Ignition Switch Recall

http://www.c-span.org/video/?318642-2/gm-ceo-mary-barra-news-conference

General Motors CEO Mary Barra spoke with reporters and answered questions following her testimony before a House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations hearing.





April 1, 2014

News Conference on General Motors Ignition Switch Recall

http://www.c-span.org/video/?318642-1/victims-families-news-conference-gm-recall

Family members of people who were killed in crashes caused by General Motors' cars with defective ignition switches held a news conference prior to a House investigative hearing on the recall of those vehicles. They were joined by former National Highway Traffic Safety Administrator Joan Claybrook, and Representatives Henry Waxman and Diana Degette and Senators Richard Blumenthal and Ed Markey.


April 2, 2014

General Motors Ignition Switch Recall

http://www.c-span.org/video/?318610-1/gm-ignition-switch-recall

A Senate subcommittee hearing was held on General Motors' and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s handling of ignition switch complaints in GM cars that had resulted in over a dozen deaths and the delay in recalling over two million vehicles. GM chief executive officer Mary Barra said that the cars could be driven safely if the ignition key was used alone but owners could get a loaner vehicle while waiting for repairs. She said that no decisions had been made about compensating victims but GM had hired Kenneth Feinberg to assess the situation. NHTSA acting administrator David Friedman testified that the agency was conducting an investigation to determine what went wrong with safety procedures and whether GM failed to relay critical information on the defect to the agency in a timely manner.









May 28, 2014

General Motors Recall Strategy

http://www.c-span.org/video/?319606-7/washington-journal-spotlight-magazine-series

Paul Barrett talked about his Bloomberg Businessweek article on General Motors' recall of almost 2.6 million cars, “Why GM Keeps Swerving From Apology to Aggression in Recall Crisis.” The automaker has recalled more cars than it has sold in the past five years.
This program was part of a “Washington Journal” series highlighting recent magazine articles.






July 17, 2014

General Motors Ignition Switch Recall

http://www.c-span.org/video/?320418-1/hearing-gm-recalls-corporate-culture-resumes-shortly

Dispute resolution attorney Kenneth Feinberg and executives from General Motors (GM) and one of its suppliers testified on the automaker’s delayed ignition switch recall and its corporate culture. GM CEO Mary Barra defended Michael Millikin, the company’s general counsel, as Senator Claire McCaskill called for his departure. 






August 19, 2014

General Motors Recall Spotlight

This program included portions of C-SPAN programming on the General Motors (GM) recall of 1.62 million cars because of ignition switch safety concerns.
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News Conference on General Motors Ignition Switch Recall 318642-1
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General Motors Ignition Switch Recall 320418-1
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David Shepardson on General Motors 321061-1

http://www.c-span.org/video/?320953-1/issues-spotlight-gm-ignition-switch-recall

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