Improving Highway and Vehicle Safety: Reauthorization of NHTSA

Feature Image: Capitol 1WASHINGTON, D.C.—The Senate Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Insurance Subcommittee today announced a hearing on reauthorizing the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The hearing will examine the reauthorization of the highway and vehicle safety aspects of the NHTSA in the context of the Senate-wide highway trust fund reauthorization efforts.  Senator Pryor has draft legislative language that will be considered at the hearing.  

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Majority Statement

  • Chairman John D. (Jay) Rockefeller IV

    U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

Testimony

  • The Honorable David L. Strickland

    Administrator, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
    U.S. Department of Transportation
    Download Testimony (125.01 KB)

Witness Panel 2

  • Ms. Susan Fleming

    Director, Physical Infrastructure
    U.S. Government Accountability Office
    Download Testimony (402.55 KB)
  • Ms. Jacqueline S. Gillan

    Vice President
    Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety
    Download Testimony (525.39 KB)
  • The Honorable Nicole Nason

    Former National Highway Traffic Safety Administrator
  • Mr. Robert Strassburger

    Vice President, Vehicle Safety and Harmonization
    Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers
    Download Testimony (117.06 KB)
  • Mr. Vernon F. Betkey Jr.

    Chairman
    Governors Highway Safety Association