Joan Claybrook Quotations

The cutting out of the Office of Public Integrity really undermines this whole effort.

These standards are written for Detroit, by Detroit.

The shame of this situation is that both Ford and Bridgestone/Firestone have known about this problem for eight years, ... The companies have settled a number of lawsuits under gag orders, which prohibited the lawyers or victims in the cases from talking about them. As a result, safety officials and the public have been kept in the dark.

These documents suggest that Bush was acting as promoter in chief for Enron and its business interests at a time when he was getting ready to raise money for his run for president,

They certainly raise questions about how far Bush went to help Enron and what other favors he might have done.

It means these vehicles (light trucks) are permanently on the highway unless the public doesn't want to buy them.

I believe this bill was crippled without it. It's not a law without an enforcement system.

This is something they've known about for a long time.

Cars are mobile. It's a relatively ridiculous system to allow partial recalls. It's a financial issue. Recalls are expensive, and automakers don't want to do them.

Such lavish travel gives lobbyists an inside track with lawmakers ... and could even be interpreted as building the groundwork for legislative favors.