All right, this hearing will come to order. Today we revisit the tragic management failures at General Motors that killed people. First i want to acknowledge in my opening remarks then from my viewpoint the ceo of General Motors, mary barra, has stepped up and with courage and conviction has confronted head on the problem and the Corporate Culture that caused it. Some see the Record Number of recalls at General Motors as a problem. I see it as a good sign. Second, i want to briefly say that i think i speak on behalf of all members of congress who have asked very difficult questions surrounding these tragic events that while we are asking tough questions, we have Great Respect for the workers of General Motors. I would like to take this moment to thank the workers at General Motors. You are terrific. You build good cars. And you are also the victims of outrageously incompetent management. Management was the problem here, not the workers. The valukas report ive spent some time with. I fi
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