Sen. John Stone , R - Iowa , receives documents from whistle - blowers . Grassley is the ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee . A Toyota spokesman told CNN Thursday that `` so-called 'tin whiskers ' are not a new phenomenon and do not represent a mysterious or undetectable problem in a vehicle 's electronics . '' Questions bear upon ` ` tin whiskers '' possibly cause the acceleration . Toyota says ` ` tin ##kers '' do n't ` ` represent a mysterious ... force ''
Sen. John Stone , R - Iowa , receives documents from whistle - blowers . Grassley is the ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee . Questions bear upon ` ` tin whiskers '' possibly cause the acceleration . Toyota says ` ` tin ##kers '' do n't ` ` represent a mysterious ... force ''