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That it was giving too much power to the president. Do you agree with that . What is your view of this . I have mixed feelings. Youre talking about the authority that is given for the trade agreements. And what is the tpa, the actual acronym trade promotional authority. Trade promotional authority. There is an argument to be made by some on the separation of powers that by giving this authority to the president that youve taken power that should be the congress. There is also i guess, another ar...

Thank you, mr. Chairman. Ms. Barra youve mentioned several times in your comments todays gm. So my assumption is that you are going to run gm in a different manner than it has been run in the past . And that thats correct. And you are making some changes. I want to ask you just a little bit about time line. Helping us to get our hands around this because this is the first investigation were going to do. Were going to have others. And continue to look at this to get answers and figure out what ha...

Override and to use this part even though it didnt meet specificication . Was that made at the manufacturing level, at the executive level or even at some subcomponent purchasing level . Do you know that . Thats part of our investigation to find the answer to that question. Thank you. Thank you, mr. Chairman. You can watch this entire hearing on our website, www. Cspan. Org. We invite your feedback on this issues bought Light Program on the gm recalls. Call this week, we will be focusing on pres...

Yes. And for some reason, though, the new switch was not given a part number and instead shared a number with the original defective switch. Is that correct . Yes. Now this new switch also did not meet gms minimum torque specificications either. This one delfi said was in the range of 10 to 15 and it really should have been 15 at a minimum. Is that correct . I have not seen the test results. You dont know that. Ok. Now, despite these facts gm continued to manufacture cars with these same ignitio...

Excuse me if im naive about this, but you said they intercepted the p8, and i was wondering if there was any message from the chinese pilot about why they were intercepting it and if if there are any standard procedures that go with an interception, if its noted well, youre not supposed to do a barrel roll over the aircraft. Look, im not aware of any radio communications. Id point you to Pacific Command for details like that. I think the message that they are apparently trying to send was you kn...

And why he did not know it and what kind of direction did he give a Legal Department that would allow them to do nothing in the face of the evidence they were confronting over years of litigation by people who were trying to get the attention of General Motors about the fatal defects in the product they were selling. This is one of the darkest chapters in the history of General Motors. And a mission switch an ignition switch was approved although it failed to meet gms own standard specifications...

To competeis it like for these federal dollars for contract echo what is the process like as well . Guest these are not contracts per se. Host grants. Guest these are grants by research initiators. And as you know, after the funding wrapup in the 1990 through 2000 decade, funding has been decreasing. The competition for those dollars is very intense among investigators. Only the very best Research Projects are funded. And often, not at the level we would like to see. Im not so concerned about ou...

Partsts and the wonderful of chicago and it is the best city on the planet, by the way there are still people dying in the more isolated neighborhoods. It becomes part of the background noise, doesnt it . I would not be so upset about people saying that if they really cared about kids dying in chicago but i suspect theyre just trying to change the subject from the tragedy in ferguson. We need to deal with the tragedy in ferguson, the tragedy in chicago, and the rest of our country and not just p...

Coming up today on cspan, a discussion about the future of College Sports and pay for student athletes. Look at early attempts to treat posttraumatic stress disorder. Supreme Court Justices samuel alito, Sonia Sotomayor and Clarence Thomas reflect on the nations highest court. Later, her series of congressional our series of congressional retirement interviews continues. This thanksgiving weekend, we continue our fourday book tv in American History tv programming. Saturday at 10 00 on book tv, j...

Good afternoon. This is the second of a series of tamils on College Athletics. Thank you for joining us here today in washington, d. C. , online, and on cspan as well. The numbers in College Sports are staggering. Something easily be we are talking in terms ofs of points scored, yards gained, or a number of things ushered quantitatively attendance, participation, and money. According to filings with the department of education, in 2011, the most recent year for which the numbers are available, C...