Iowa Democrat: GM Induced Customers to Buy Vehicles Through Safety Misrepresentation – Roll Call

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Iowa Democrat: GM Induced Customers to Buy Vehicles Through Safety Misrepresentation

By Meredith Dake

Posted June 30, 2015 at 12:30pm

By Meredith Dake and JM Rieger

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Rep. Bruce Braley, D-Iowa, hammered the CEO of General Motors Tuesday during a House hearing investigating deaths and injuries stemming from defective ignition switches, saying the company made representations of safety to induce customers to buy GM vehicles.

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