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Decision by really top democrats to allow this to go on, saying that this is the obama administration circling the wagons. but the top democrat on the committee said that he thought this was a reasonable request, considering that ray lahood said he would take all of these questions, tony. >> boy, its interesting, because a lot of these complaints, as you know, were filed in the second term of the bush administration, and so im -- im asking today, where is mary peters? she was the transportation ...

Pointing that way. i think the evidence is pointing that way, absolutely. >> reporter: so any fix is not a fix? >> so theyre in a little bit of a quandary. if they announce that the electronics is a problem, theyre going to probably be in a lot of trouble because nobody is going to want to drive the car. so i think at this stage they dont want to announce that theres an electronics problem. >> its a chilling report. today, james lentz acknowledged that the current recalls wont completely fix all...

Toyota? >> wolf, what i have said in answer to that kind of a question is, we will not rest until every toyota is safe. we are going to work 24/7 to make that happen. that is our obligations to the driving public. it is something that we have insist on and we wont rest until every toyota is safe. >> in the meantime, is it safe to drive a toyota? >> if your car is listed on the website, take it to the toyota dealer. if you are experiencing problems, take it to the dealer and have them fix it. >> ...

Quandary. if they announce that the electronics is a problem, theyre going to probably be in a lot of trouble because nobody is going to want to drive the car. so i think at this stage, they dont want to announce that there is any electronics problem. >> drew griffin, cnn, college park, maryland. congressman henry waxman drilled toyota today. he got the company to admit the massive recall is not totally solving its safety crisis, and congressman waxman is joining me right now. congressman, wel...

For a car company losing sales. >> i think the evidence is pointing that way. i think the evidence is pointing that way, absolutely. >> reporter: so any fix is not a fix? >> so theyre in a little bit of a quandary. if they announce that the electronics is a problem, theyre going to probably be in a lot of trouble because nobody is going to want to drive the car. so i think at this stage they dont want to announce that theres an electronics problem. >> its a chilling report. today, james lentz ac...

Cars but as he departed yesterday he made it very clear toyota does not think so at this point. take a listen. >> i can say today, based on that what we know of our electronic systems, we have not seen failures in the electronics. it is best tested by expoanents, an interim report came out to congress today. theres a lot more testing still to go on and a lot -- in a lot of other different areas that will be made available to the public, the congress and ntsa when its complete. >> reporter: yet, ...

Quandary if they announce that the electronics is a problem. theyre going to probably be in a lot of trouble because nobody is going to want to drive the car. so i think at this stage they dont want to announcement that theres any electronics problem. >> in its statement to us, toyota spokesperson said, quote, its very easily to look from outside in and say no, there is no problem with the pedal. but this is the problem, and we are fixing it. in fact, toyota says two days ago knitsa said it will...

>> reporter: so any fix is not a fix. >> so theyre in a little bit of a quandary. if they announce that the electronics is a problem, theyre going to probably be in a lot of trouble because nobody is going to want to drive the car. so i think at this stage they dont want to announce theres any electronics problem. >> reporter: in its statement to us, a toyota spokesperson said, "its very easy to look from outside in and say, no, there is no problem with the pedal, but this is the problem and we ...

Issues very, very carefully. they try to limit the scope to certain models. they try to limit the scope to certain years. and when they do that, a lot of times the government just doesnt have the power or the resources to keep up y with everything and to find out everything they need to know. very often these types of issues come out of the class-action lawsuits where lawyers and engineers get together, discover material from the car companies, and from that material they really discover what th...

That toyota, at this point in time, does not know the problem. and, therefore, does not know how to fix it. >> i -- i think that -- i think that the evidence is pointing that way. i think the evidence is pointing that way, absolutely. >> reporter: so, any fix is not a fix? >> so, there theyre in a little bit of a quandary, if they announce that the electronics is a problem, theyre going to probably be in a lot of trouble, because nobodys going to want to drive the car. so, i think at this stage,...