Lawmakers Hear Testimony on Airbag Recall — Transcript

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1. 0:00powerful testimony today on Capitol Hill
2. 0:02as lawmakers seek answers about a
3. 0:04massive airbag recall linked to at least
4. 0:06five deaths and dozens of injuries
5. 0:08Eyewitness News consumer reporter Susan
6. 0:10Hogan has been tracking the story for
7. 0:11months she joins us now live in our
8. 0:13studio with the latest developments
9. 0:16that's right for the first time though
10. 0:17members of Congress grilled the maker of
11. 0:19those defective airbags which Regulators
12. 0:21say have killed or injured dozens of
13. 0:24people
14. 0:26these defects fast enough frustrated
15. 0:28Senators pressed for answers from
16. 0:30takata's quality Chief you don't know
17. 0:32whether those standards were used the
18. 0:34company's defective airbags can inflate
19. 0:36suddenly shooting metal pieces into the
20. 0:39passenger compartment at least five
21. 0:41people have died and dozens have been
22. 0:43injured Air Force Lieutenant Stephanie
23. 0:45Erdman was blinded in one eye I hope
24. 0:47there will be no more mothers taken from
25. 0:49their children or no more fathers
26. 0:51blinded by the exploding airbags
27. 0:53Chrysler and Honda were the only
28. 0:55automakers at the Capitol Hill hearing
29. 0:57they have not agreed to a Nationwide
30. 1:00recall we are deeply sorry Dakota's
31. 1:02representative was asked if his company
32. 1:04would back one Senator it's hard for me
33. 1:07to answer yes or no so if you follow me
34. 1:09it is not hard for you to answer yes or
35. 1:13no and I think your company is making a
36. 1:15big mistake in not supporting this
37. 1:18recall wholeheartedly Honda's executive
38. 1:21admitted his company did not fully
39. 1:23comply with federal reporting
40. 1:24requirements have correct information on
41. 1:27its website or fixed Lieutenant erdman's
42. 1:29car in time we have to do better we fail
43. 1:32Lieutenant Erdman Kim coff says her
44. 1:35sister Charlene weave was another victim
45. 1:37it was from the airbag the airbag is
46. 1:40what killed my sister but Takata is
47. 1:42making only 300 000 repair kits a month
48. 1:45so it could take more than two years to
49. 1:48fix the millions of vehicles recalled so
50. 1:51far
51. 1:52now Regulators are calling on Congress
52. 1:54to increase the maximum fine tenfold
53. 1:57against manufacturers that failed to
54. 1:59comply with safety and disclosure laws
55. 2:01to 300 million dollars a bill to
56. 2:04introduce today would also increase
57. 2:06Awards to whistleblowers who have
58. 2:09information about Auto industry
59. 2:10wrongdoing Susan Hogan Eyewitness News