House committee asks Toyota president to testify

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Source: Associated Press

The chairman of a House panel investigating Toyota's massive recalls said Thursday the company's president should testify next week, asserting that American motorists must know "whether it is safe to drive their cars."

AkioToyoda, the grandson of the Japanese automaker's founder, had said previously that he did not plan to attend a series of hearings scheduled to start on Capitol Hill next week. But he had told reporters in Japan earlier that he would consider appearing if invited.

Rep. Edolphus Towns, D-N.Y., chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, wrote Toyoda that the committee wants him to "clarify" how the car manufacturer is addressing a widening recall crisis. The controversy over safety issues has burgeoned over the past four months with the recall of roughly 8.5 million vehicles.

"The public is unsure as to what exactly the problem is, whether it is safe to drive their cars, or what they should do about it," Towns wrote in a letter to Toyoda, in the wake of safety questions involving gas pedals, floor sets and brakes on various Toyota products.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100218/ap_on_bi_ge/us_toyota_recall

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1. Now this is the kind of chess I'm talking about!

Excellent.

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2. Since the dancing supremes have declared Toyota to be a person too.

The corporations should be arrested for murder, just like regular people.