Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee introduced the Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 2014 that would give the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration more funding to conduct more investigations and stronger powers to get unsafe vehicles off the road more quickly. It would boost funding for federal auto safety oversight by more than $100 million to $280 million by 2017.
If NHTSA doesnt have the resources or capabilities to protect the driving public and fulfill its mission, then Congress must step in and give this agency what it needs to meet these critically important goals, Rockefeller said. For the past 15 years many of us have attempted to bolster NHTSAs authority, precisely to better prevent tragedies like the deaths caused by GMs faulty ignition switches.
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