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The interests we are looking out for today is that of the consumer , and I hope that this hearing helps to better inform the consumer of the safety of both the Firestone Wilderness AT tire and the Ford Explorer . When tires do fail through road use , damage or abuse , or misapplication to the wrong vehicle , or wearing out at the end of its useful life , or as the result of a design or manufacturing flaw , NHTSA 's got to have the appropriate data so that it can evaluate the tire in its appropriate vehicular environment . The Chair will reiterate and hopefully summarize so we can get to the next line of inquiry . And I also understand from the rules of this committee and also rules of the House , that if the information is deemed confidential by the committee , then it cannot be released publicly , whether it is Yahoo News or Detroit Free Press . One cannot walk around the city without being filmed almost every step of the way .