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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...

Subcommittee and other governmental bodies as well as gm am in third the review and reinforcement of delphis Safety Policies and procedures. My first point, i would like to provide some information pertaining to delphi postured a reduction of Replacement Parts for General Motors. The vehicles that were recalled were not in production several years ago. As a result it has been a Monument Task to build over 2 million switches in a matter of months. We have installed three new production lines and trained additional workers. At this time we have shipped over one million new switches and were on t...

Assistant u. S. Attorney and before that, i clerked for the honorable vincent j. Brennan of the Michigan Court of appeals. As you are aware, the investigation conducted by Anton Valukas revealed the failures behind the ignition switch recall including failures on the legal staff. When ms. Barra testified before this committee on april 2, a number of you, including you, chairman mccaskill, raised serious and important questions about the performance of the legal staff. And our responsibility in this tragedy as general counsel, im ultimately responsible for the Legal Affairs of the company. And ...

To mark royce, executive Vice President of global product development. Ive supplemented existing legal sources within with attorneys from two outside law firms to make sure that we have the proper level of engagement. Ive also appointed a well respected outside law firm to conduct a zerobased review of our litigation practices. Ive met with the entire u. S. Legal staff to discuss the valukas reports findings and to set High Expectations for the staff Going Forward. These changes and others will result in Greater Transparency and information flow on issues of safety within the legal taff, as we...

Products,t had other im assuming the other products met their requirements, but when they come together they form a saidm and as mrs. Bauer earlier, its someone elses job to make sure that those products work in total harmony when they come together. Back ande gone understood our role in that. Ofhink the new legislation how Safety Systems interact from , and we perspective will work diligently with General Motors over this issue. In 2006 gm authorized a changed in the ignition switch but did not change the part number. As a supplier, is it a common practice for delphi to allow him a new factor...