Will it ever end? Govt officials with ties to Toyota

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Will it ever end? Govt officials with ties to Toyota

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March 2, 2010: Several senators on the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, which held a hearing Tuesday to investigate Toyota's safety issues and recall, have connections to the Japanese automaker. See the Associated press story How Goverment Officials Have Ties To Toyota.
The following committee members have ties to Toyota and other automakers:
  • Chairman Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va.
    David L. Strickland: Now heads the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration,
    Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss.,
    Texas Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, the committee's top Republican,
    Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif.,
    Sen. Mark Pryor, D-Ark.,
    Sen. George LeMieux, R-Fla.,
    Sen. David Vitter, R-La.,
    Sen. Mike Johanns, R-Neb.,
    Sen. Mark Begich, D-Alaska