U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood: I Told My Daughter to Buy Japanese Car

(CNSNews.com) – U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said today that he told his daughter to buy a Japanese car--a Toyota Sienna--and that she did so.

LaHood's comment came as he announced the results of a 10-month long Department of Transportation study that was undertaken to determine whether electronic systems could have been responsible for reports of sudden acceleration in Toyota vehicles. The study determined that this was not the case.

LaHood's statement that he told his daughter to buy a Japanese car also came less than two months after he announced a "Buy America" campaign at the Department of Transportation (DOT).

“I told my daughter that she should buy the Toyota Sienna, which she did,” LaHood said in announcing the results of DOT's study. “So I think that illustrates that we feel that Toyota vehicles are safe to drive.”