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Richard Blumenthal: “The Department of Transportation ought to be requiring [car…”

Featuring: Richard Blumenthal, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Connecticut

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Hartford advocates push for hot car alert systems

Published | Video Starts at 07:04

That's the kind of suffocating heat. Suffocating heat can kill. Cars can become death traps. Look before you lock car manufacturers. Do the right thing. Adopt the technology that's available right now. And The Department of Transportation ought to be requiring [car manufacturers] to [implement safety measures to prevent hot car deaths]. do so. So with that, Let me introduce Dr. Brancato of the Children's Medical Center. Thank you. Thank you, Senator. Thanks everybody for being here. This is really an important topic. (07:04–07:08)

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Asserts that the Department of Transportation should mandate safety measures to prevent hot car deaths.

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