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Operates. the function and purpose is to work as lawyer or contractor or in toyotas case on the staff of the company is to maneuver and manipulate the agency to prevent the issuance of safety standards or defect recalls. in fact, at toyota last summer, they gave a briefing for the new japanese head of the company in the united states in which they boasted the $100 million binay narrowing research for the vehicles. ray lahood says standards should be tightened and senator rockefeller is having he...

If anybodys told of what the time limits are. >> well, im trying to be flexible. >> [inaudible] is there a certain amount of time? >> weve got about half an hour remaining for this section, so if people can keep their -- >> thank you. >> -- words brief. >> we have senator harkin and rockefeller respond. >> right. andive got a list. george? >> thank you very much. this issue of insurance reform is, i think, where most families intersect with their insurance companies with the health security of t...

Thought your suggestion of undercover patients, and i tried to check here, i dont think we do it now, is a great idea. and its one that we can come together on. i think there are other things that we can come together on. senator cantwell put a prescription in the senate bill that says we ought to reward doctors for doing quality, not quantity, and there are a small number of doctors that go on, these studies showed, being the norcoo seeing the new yorker, that we all read, that there a small nu...

Sponsored and paid for in part a dinner where rockefeller was honored last year and toyota runs a plant in rockefellers home state that created 1500 jobs and close to a billion dollars in investment. his staff says hell stay with the investigation and be tough on toyota if he thinks they deserve it. but, john, lets be honest here. this is the way it works in every industry. they have a lot of ties to that revolving door of lobbyists. >> exactly. they are the ones who know how things work and hav...

Recusing herself, saying she will not participate in the investigation of the company. but other members with connections to toyota are staying in the game, like jay rockefeller of west virginia. toyota sponsored and paid for in part a din ir where rockefeller was honored last year and toyota runs a plan in rockefellers home state that created 1,500 jobs and close to $1 billion in investment. his staff says hes going to stay with the investigation and that hell be tough on toyota if he thinks th...

Toyota has a lot of problems, no question about that. they also have a lot of friends in washington. and in our broken government segment tonight, who they are, what they get from toyota and how toyotas influence reaches into the agency thats are supposed to be looking out for your safety. answers to night from joe johns. >> reporter: this womans company does business with toyota. she is recusing herself saying she will not participate in the investigation of the company. but other members with ...

I want to get your breakout on the list that weve come up with of senators we have a reasonable expectation will vote yes if push comes to shove. daniel akaka, max baucus welcome mark begich, jeff bingaman, cardin, carper, casey, dodd, dorgan, durbin, hagan, harkin, johnson, kaufman, klobuchar, cole, levin, mccaskill, menen z menendez, reid, rockefeller, spector, stabenow, udall and wyden. are these reliable? >> more or less. all have said in the past they supported the public option, conceptual...

Lost. >> but its still an attempt to buy the election. >> no, its not. would you rather her buy it with her money or go shallishly to wall street on her hands and knees begging for money. >> a lot of value in buying your election, because you dont owe anybody anything. im not begrudging it. but dont pretend its something else. thats all im saying. >> this is turning very quickly to a bad boyfriend. >> $yyou want her to raise it $ at a time? >> let -- >> rockefeller used to it, hes buying it. >> ...

The truth. cmon, lets delve into it! >> neil: hello, america. last night i had one of the strange jest experiences of my life. i had dinner with one of the richest men in the world. its just the way i roll. no, its not. but i say that because it mortifies my children when i try to -- thats the way i roll. my kids are mortified. in fact, a great disciplinary technique if they ever misbehaving, you say you know what? you keep it up and im going to go to the mall and take you with me and in the mid...

York city on behalf of our amazing crew, this is mike huckabee saying god bless. see you next week. the president has a long list of problems to deal with. but the latest seems to be keeping his own party together as democrats from coast to coast appear to be turning against him. now senator rockefeller put the latest crack in the democratic armor when he said this about the anointed one. >> he said, im clean call. then he said it in speeches. he doesnt say it in here. he doesnt say it in the ...