Who are you, the plaintiff with the secret settlement?
Senator Blumenthal, addressing Honda and Chrysler witnesses in the Takata airbag hearing:
YOU KNOW, WHEN I SAY THE SYSTEM FAILED, WE'RE HERE BECAUSE OF DELAY, NONDISCLOSURE, AS WELL AS POTENTIAL DECEPTION, AND CONCEALMENT. IN FACT, BOTH OF YOUR COMPANIES ENTERED INTO SETTLEMENTS THAT WERE DELIBERATELY AND PURPOSELY CONCEALED IN COURT ORDERS. DAMIAN FERNANDEZ IN FLORIDA, ASHLEY PARM, THE FIRST IN 2006, ASHLEY PARHAM IN OKLAHOMA CITY IN 2009, JENNIFER GRIFFIN, ORANGE COUNTY, FLORIDA, 2009, GERGET GRAPHMORE, 2009, CHRISTY WILLIAMS IN GEORGIA IN 2010. THE FIRST WAS DRIVING A CHRYSLER. THE OTHERS WERE DRIVING A HONDA. YOUR COMPANIES SETTLED WITH THEM. IF THAT INFORMATION HAD BEEN MADE PUBLIC, MORE PEOPLE WOULD KNOW ABOUT THIS DEADLY DEFECTIVE AIR BAG AND FEWER PEOPLE WOULD HAVE BEEN KILLED. DO YOU AGREE? >>
LET ME ASK BOTH YOU. WILL YOUR COMPANIES COMMIT TO DECLINING FROM NOW ON TO ENTER INTO THESE KINDS OF SECRET SETTLEMENTS? AND CONCEALING THE FACTS SURROUNDING CRASHES THAT RESULT FROM DEFECTIVE PRODUCTS?