Lawmakers Ask Toyota To Hand Over Results Of Electronics Tests

Reps. Henry Waxman and Bart Stupak express skepticism about the carmaker's explanation for sudden acceleration, and say they want to interview its employees. Unsatisfied with Toyota Motor Corp.'s statements that internal testing has ruled out electronics problems as the cause for sudden acceleration, two top lawmakers Friday asked the company to provide results from those tests and make employees with "personal knowledge" of the testing available for congressional interviews.

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