General Motors Co. CEO Mary Barra and former U.S. attorney Anton Valukas are scheduled to testify today to Congress regarding the company's exhaustive report into its delayed ignition switch recall that has been linked to at least 13 deaths. Watch it here.
DETROIT, MI- General Motors Co. CEO Mary Barra and former U.S. attorney Anton Valukas are scheduled to testify today to Congress regarding the company's exhaustive report into its delayed ignition switch recall that has been linked to at least 13 deaths.
The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations has scheduled a hearing for 10 a.m. today to discuss the 315-page report with Barra and Valukas, who headed the internal recall investigation.
In March, the committee opened an investigation into GM and NHTSA's response to consumer complaints related to stalling, airbag non-deployment, and ignition switch problems.
On April 1, Barra appeared before the committee to discuss the delayed recall of 2.6 million vehicles due to faulty ignition switches that have now been linked to at least 13 deaths and more than 50 accidents.
During her first trip to Capitol Hill, Barra was questioned by more than 20 members of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigation for over 2 1/2 hours regarding the delayed recall.
General Motors CEO Mary Barra is sworn in on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, April 1, 2014, prior to testifying before the House Energy and Commerce subcommittee on Oversight and Investigation. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) Members of the panel interrupted and cut Barra off numerous times during the hearing, as the 52-year-old exec tried to replace "yes" and "no" answers for longer ones that were many times focused on the "new GM" rather than the pre-bankrupt company that approved the ignition switches knowing they didn't meet the company's own specifications.
Valukas' report – a product of more than 350 interviews with more than 230 people and analysis of more than 41 million documents – found evidence of "a pattern of management deficiencies and misjudgments," but no cover up by the corporation.
When discussing the report June 5, Barra called the report "deeply troubling."
According to a memo released Monday by the committee regarding the new hearing – entitled "The GM Ignition Switch Recall: Investigation Update" – members still have a number of questions.
Watch the entire hearing here:
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