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    Community Organizing, Afternoon Session

    Author, consumer advocate, and former presidential candidate Ralph Nader was among the speakers in a seminar on community organizing and civic mobilization. Speakers, many using audio-visual…

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    News Conference on General Motors Ignition Switch Recall

    Family members of people who were killed in crashes caused by General Motors' cars with defective ignition switches held a news conference prior to a House investigative hearing on the recal…

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    Federal Oversight of Car Safety Standards

    Former National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) administrators, automobile industry executives, and a Detroit News reporter who covered the Congressional hearings on the Toyota…

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    Toyota Recall, Part 2

    Automobile manufacturers testified about the U.S. government response to the Toyota recalls of vehicles due to break and acceleration issues.

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    Toyota Recalls, Part 1

    Officials testified about the U.S. government response to the Toyota recalls of vehicles due to break and acceleration issues. In his testimony, Secretary LaHood promised a complete investig…

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    Toyota Gas Pedals, Safety Officials and Victims

    The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee held a hearing on government response to a series of recalls for unintended acceleration and other defects. Transportation officials and w…

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    Firestone Tire Recall

    Witnesses testified about the recent recall of 6.5 million Firestone tires. The tires were recalled following numerous lawsuits alleging that they were the cause of fatal accidents. Ford and…

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    Firestone Tire Recall Part 2

    Auto industry officials and insurance executives testified about a recent Firestone tire recall and how it pertained to Ford vehicles which used the tires. At issue were charges that the aut…

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    Automobile and Highway Safety

    Experts spoke about automobile and highway safety and responded to audience telephone calls, faxes, and electronic mail.

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    Air Bag Safety

    Joan Claybrook and Clarence Ditlow briefed reporters on a new study of auto air bag safety. The participants stressed that air bags which deploy vertically are much less likely to cause inju…

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    General Motors Truck Settlement Part 1

    Last week the Clinton administration and the Department of Transportation announced that a lawsuit against General Motors would be dropped. In return, GM will spend $51 million on safety res…

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    Vehicle Airbag Safety

    The committee heard testimony on air bag safety systems for passenger vehicles. The bill S. 591, the Highway Fatality and Injury Reduction Act, which required driver’s side air bags in all p…

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    Public Citizen: The Reagan Wreckage

    Public Citizen held a news conference titled “The Reagan Wreckage,” which was a discussion of the record of the Reagan government the past eight years. Among those making remarks were repres…

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