Rehberg calls for House hearing on GM contract cancellation

Tim Leeds Havre Daily News [email protected]

Rep. Denny Rehberg, R-Mont., has called for a hearing in the U.S. House of Representatives to examine a major automaker's decision to step out of a contract with a Montana mine after receiving billions of dollars in federal bailout money. “Frankly, GM is owned by the American taxpayer now,” Rehberg said in a press release Tuesday. A bankruptcy judge last week approved voiding a contract General Motors Corp. had with Stillwater Mining, which mines palladium near Columbus. GM said it will b...