Toyoda officially invited to attend House Oversight Commitee meeting on Toyota safety
 

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Just yesterday, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/make/toyota/">Toyota</a> Motor Company's president Akio Toyoda (yep, the grandson of the company's founder) indicated that he had <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/02/17/toyota-president-outlines-quality-reform-wont-attend-u-s-hear/">no intention of attending</a> a February 24 Congressional hearing before the House Oversight Committee. Instead, Toyoda said that Yoshimi Inaba, president of Toyota's operations in North America, will appear on behalf of of the automaker.<br />
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When pressed further, though, the <em>New York Times</em> <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/18/business/global/18toyota.html">reports</a> that Toyoda said he would consider attending if he received a formal invitation, none of which had been extended. Well now, that little oversight has since been corrected. Chairman Edolphus Towns (D-NY) has sent a letter - the text of which you'll find pasted after the break - formally inviting Toyoda to attend the upcoming <em>Toyota Gas Pedals: Is the Public At Risk?</em> hearing.<br />
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Oh, and Toyoda should also feel free to submit "written testimony for the record, of any reasonable length," and to "be prepared to provide a five minute opening statement and answer questions posed by Members of the Committee." Sounds like a nifty little shindig, we'll be waiting for our own formal invitations in the mail. We'll bring the popcorn.<br />
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