Congress has given us the authority to set safety standards. We're merely restating our authority. We're the agency that sets standards. Our standards are not minimum standards.

It just doesn't make sense to us to address one safety problem and along the way create a new one.

We set a standard that provides tremendous benefits without compromising safety or causing severe economic damage to the auto manufacturers.

They certainly suggest an agency that is very, very committed to improving highway safety.

The beauty of the current approach to school bus safety ... is that it doesn't require kids to do anything but be in their seats. If you introduce seat belts, there has to be someone making sure the kids are buckled in.

Bendix has done everything by the book. They notified us the way they should. They came in and met us, they presented a formal plan for addressing the problem.