DeGette Reacts to GM Acknowledging 19 Deaths Connected to Faulty Ignition Switches

WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (CO-01) offered the following statement after statistics released by General Motors show that at least 19 fatalities are connected to faulty ignition switches recalled by the company:

"The jump in acknowledged fatalities connected to GM's faulty ignition switches shows that we don't yet know the human toll of their failure. I am especially disturbed that GM is now admitting to at least six more deaths, yet CEO Mary Barra clung to the company's old disclosure of 13 during direct questioning from my colleagues and I at the Energy and Commerce Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee. People lost their lives because of GM's incompetence and failures, and their families deserve more recognition than a line item in a claims report. Ms. Barra and GM have more questions to answer."

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