Transportation
GM Auto Recall
"This GM recall is a decade late and dozens of lives and injuries short. We need NHTSA’s Early Warning Reporting system to actually provide early warnings, instead of just a rear view mirror look into what has already gone terribly wrong. I call upon automakers and the Transportation Department to support the legislation I introduced with Senator Blumenthal that would ensure more reporting and transparency about incidents involving fatalities so that these types of tragedies never happen again" - Senator Markey
In the News:
- Huffington Post: Asleep at the Wheel
- VIDEO: GM Expresses Support for Markey-Blumenthal Legislative Efforts Mandating More Early Warning Data Be Made Available to the Public
- Markey on GM Recall: While GM Nods, NHTSA Shrugs
- Markey on GM Internal Investigation: We Need This Accounting to Become Accountability
Markey Statement on GM Settlement with Department of Transportation - Markey Releases GM Recall Documents
- Markey, Blumenthal Statement On DOT Response To Letter Urging Agency To Issue Park-It-Now Warning To Owners Of Recalled GM Cars
- Markey, Blumenthal Call on Transportation Dept. to Issue “Do Not Drive” Warning for Recalled GM Vehicles
- Markey, Blumenthal, Colleagues Call On DOJ To Intervene In Gm Recall
- Markey Joins Victims, Survivors of Faulty GM Ignition Switches Who Want Action & Answers
- In Wake of GM Safety Recalls, Markey and Blumenthal Introduce Legislation to Ensure Transparency, More Reporting to Prevent Auto Injuries, Fatalities
- Markey Statement on New Information on NHTSA Role in GM Chevy Cobalt Safety Recall
- Markey: Earlier Reporting of Accident Information Defects Needed to Prevent Auto Fatalities, Injuries
Takata Exploding Airbags
"Reports that Takata concealed and destroyed test results revealing fatal air bag defects, along with other evidence that the company was aware of these deadly problems, clearly require a criminal investigation by the Department of Justice. If the reports are true, the company must be held accountable for the horrific deaths and injuries that its wrongdoing caused. These allegations are credible and shocking -- plainly warranting a prompt and aggressive criminal probe." - Senators Markey & Blumenthal
In the News :
- Markey, Blumenthal Call On Department Of Justice To Open Criminal Investigation Of Takata
- Blumenthal, Markey Call On NHTSA To Issue Nationwide Safety Recall For All Cars With Potentially-Defective Takata Airbags
- Markey, Blumenthal: Drivers at Risk from Regional Vehicle Recall System, Non-compliance with Early Warning System
- Markey, Blumenthal Statement on Expansion of Takata Airbag Recall to Include all Driver-side Airbags Posted on 11/18/14
- Markey Statement on Honda’s Nationwide Takata Airbag Replacement Program Posted on 11/17/14
- VIDEO: GM Expresses Support for Markey-Blumenthal Legislative Efforts Mandating More Early Warning Data Be Made Available to the Public Posted on 07/17/14
- Markey on GM Recall: While GM Nods, NHTSA Shrugs Posted on 06/18/14
- Markey on GM Internal Investigation: We Need This Accounting to Become Accountability Posted on 06/05/14
- Markey Releases GM Recall Documents Posted on 05/07/14