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Watch GM CEO Mary Barra testify before Congress

Michigan Public | By Mark Brush
Published April 1, 2014 at 2:05 PM EDT
Congressman Tim Murphy, R-PA, from sits on the House Energy and Commerce Committee.
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Congressman Tim Murphy, R-PA, opens the hearing in the Oversight and Investigations subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee.
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Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committe, Fred Upton, R-MI.
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Congresswoman Diana DeGette, D-CO, demonstrates the ignition switch in question.
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GM CEO Mary Barra prepares to give her testimony in front of a subcommitte of the U.S. House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee.
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Congressman John Dingell, D-MI, asks questions during the hearing.
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The new head of General Motors, Mary Barra, is on Capitol Hill today starting what will be two days of testimony.

She'll be questioned about a safety defect that's been linked to at least 13 deaths and has sparked a 2.6 million-vehicle recall.

At issue: What did GM know about the problems with ignition switches in its cars, and when did the company know it?

Watch it below:

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Mark Brush
Mark Brush was the station's Digital Media Director. He succumbed to a year-long battle with glioblastoma, an aggressive brain cancer, in March 2018. He was 49 years old.
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