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>> okay, yeah, this one works. >> you can use two. >> okay, i'll use two. >> very presidential. mr. secretary, i'll pick up where the chairman left off. some companies, including toyota i'm told, you can go to their website and you can punch in a vin, which is the one piece of information that anyone who's in possession of the car can see. at your website you have to put in make and model, so you kind of have to know your trim level, et cetera, et cetera. can you commit to us that in the foreseeable future, the department of transportation could, and if you agree, should have every automobile ...

Potential need for more authority or more specific legislation, that you would also come back to us -- >> absolutely. >> thank you. mr. chairman, thank you again, and i yield back. >> thank you. i now yield five minutes to the gentleman from pennsylvania, congressman kanjorski. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. welcome, mr. secretary. >> thank you. >> from arriving at this meeting today, i assume this is one of the more uplifting sessions that you've had since in office. i think this is probably the greatest attendance i've seen in the hallways and of the press. >> i would agree. >> obviou...

Burton, and i think this law probably should be tightened up. i really do, because i agree with you. perception is reality. anybody that's been in politics knows that. and i take your point on this. >> well, thank you very much. i still love you, ray. >> thank you. >> gentleman yield back? >> yield back. >> i recognize the gentleman from maryland, representative cummings. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. and to secretary lahood, it's good to have you here. one of the things that we find ourselves in quite a dilemma here. on the one hand as mr. kanjorski has said, we want to be very carefu...

Million bottles of tylenol pills, which of course led to the tamp er-proof bottles we all take for granted today. the 1996 ford recalls of eight million vehicles for fires and of course the well-publicized gm recall after their pickup trucks would spontaneously explode if hit from the rear. mr. chairman, this is an example of companies, both auto and non-auto, who over the years have faced clear challenges. in the case of the auto companies, we expect to see them again. we judge them not by whether or not they from time to time have unseen and developed problems in their vehicles, but how quic...

Problem, they should go to the dealership and then i heard you in answer to the chairman's question, i don't think you ever really answered the question because he asked you whether or not you considered toyota to be safe. you are our safety guy, just as you just said. you said it, i didn't. and i believe that. i believe you are concerned about safety. the question still becomes for our constituents, you as our safety guy -- >> well, let me answer you very directly. >> thank you. >> for those cars that are listed on our website, dot.gov for recall to go back, those are not safe. we've determin...