GM CEO to Testify Before Congress on April 1

March 26, 2014

General Motors’ chief executive has agreed to give testimony about the automaker’s handling of vehicle safety issues including an ignition-switch failure that resulted in several deaths after airbags failed to deploy.

Mary Barra, a company veteran who took over as CEO in mid-January, will appear before the House Energy and Commerce Committee at 11 a.m. East Coast time on April 1. The committee has also invited David Friedman, acting administrator for the National Highway Traffic Safety Administraiton, to testify.

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