VIDEO: GM CEO Mary Barra faces Congress over faulty ignition switch By Steve Doty FacebookTwitterWhatsAppLinkedinEmailPrint April 1, 2014 4:00 am FacebookTwitterWhatsAppLinkedinEmailPrint General Motors CEO Mary Barra appeared before a House committee Tuesday to explain the automaker’s role in handling a faulty ignition switch that is responsible for at least 13 deaths. TagsCongressGeneral MotorsLocal NewsSteve DotyVideos Related Content Finance Second round of October Social Security payments issues in three days Finance and Economy November Social Security direct payments worth $967 go out in 19 days White House Family business: Trump family grifts receives less pushback second time around Senate Fiscal hawks wince at looming Obamacare subsidies price tag Fairness and Justice Democrats declare war on federal law