FILE - In this May 9, 1996 file photo, Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., right, speaks to Toyota Motor Company President Hiroshi Okuda as then-West Virginia Gov. Gaston Caperton, right, listens during ceremonies celebrating TM WV's official announcement at Buffalo High School in Buffalo, W.Va.Toyota has friends in high places in Washington, including some of the very people now investigating the Japanese automaker. (AP Photo/Bob Bird, File)