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Toyota Motor president to visit U.S. in March
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NAGOYA, Feb. 11 Kyodo -
Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda will tour the United States next month
on a trip expected to focus on his company's handling of safety problems,
company sources said Thursday.
Toyoda has decided to delay his scheduled U.S. visit, which had been originally
planned for this week, until early March due to heavy snowfalls in Washington.
He will likely meet with Transport Secretary Ray LaHood and other U.S.
government officials, the sources said.
The Japanese auto giant is under pressure from the U.S. government over its
slow response to safety issues that led to massive recalls worldwide of its
vehicles for problems including potentially defective accelerator pedals and,
most recently, brake glitches in its Prius and other hybrid models.
In Washington on Wednesday, U.S. House of Representatives lawmaker Darrell
Issa, a Republican on a House committee looking into Toyota's troubles, said
U.S. lawmakers are eager to ''hear directly'' from Toyoda, according to AFP
news agency and other media.
Issa was quoted by AFP as saying he would ask the chairman of the House
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform to call Toyoda to its Feb. 24
hearing on the matter.
''Given the number of outstanding questions surrounding Toyota's relationship
with U.S. regulators and in the best interests of moving forward, I'd like to
help facilitate a dialogue between Mr. Toyoda and lawmakers from both parties
and both chambers,'' Issa was quoted as saying.
''I would think that Mr. Toyoda would be receptive to the opportunity to meet
with policymakers and there certainly is widespread interest from Capitol Hill
and the American people to hear directly from him,'' he said.
Toyota spokeswoman Martha Voss said Toyoda ''would look forward'' to the
opportunity to meet with members of Congress when he visits the United States.
But it is unknown whether Toyoda will testify before Congress.
Toyota Motor North America President Yoshimi Inaba is scheduled to appear in
the Feb. 24 hearing. But it has yet to be decided on who will represent Toyota
in a hearing the following day at the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation is scheduled to
meet on March 2.
==Kyodo
2010-02-11 21:14:28
NAGOYA, Feb. 11 Kyodo -
Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda will tour the United States next month
on a trip expected to focus on his company's handling of safety problems,
company sources said Thursday.
Toyoda has decided to delay his scheduled U.S. visit, which had been originally
planned for this week, until early March due to heavy snowfalls in Washington.
He will likely meet with Transport Secretary Ray LaHood and other U.S.
government officials, the sources said.
The Japanese auto giant is under pressure from the U.S. government over its
slow response to safety issues that led to massive recalls worldwide of its
vehicles for problems including potentially defective accelerator pedals and,
most recently, brake glitches in its Prius and other hybrid models.
In Washington on Wednesday, U.S. House of Representatives lawmaker Darrell
Issa, a Republican on a House committee looking into Toyota's troubles, said
U.S. lawmakers are eager to ''hear directly'' from Toyoda, according to AFP
news agency and other media.
Issa was quoted by AFP as saying he would ask the chairman of the House
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform to call Toyoda to its Feb. 24
hearing on the matter.
''Given the number of outstanding questions surrounding Toyota's relationship
with U.S. regulators and in the best interests of moving forward, I'd like to
help facilitate a dialogue between Mr. Toyoda and lawmakers from both parties
and both chambers,'' Issa was quoted as saying.
''I would think that Mr. Toyoda would be receptive to the opportunity to meet
with policymakers and there certainly is widespread interest from Capitol Hill
and the American people to hear directly from him,'' he said.
Toyota spokeswoman Martha Voss said Toyoda ''would look forward'' to the
opportunity to meet with members of Congress when he visits the United States.
But it is unknown whether Toyoda will testify before Congress.
Toyota Motor North America President Yoshimi Inaba is scheduled to appear in
the Feb. 24 hearing. But it has yet to be decided on who will represent Toyota
in a hearing the following day at the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation is scheduled to
meet on March 2.
==Kyodo
2010-02-11 21:14:28