Congress To Probe General Motors Company (GM) Recall

House Energy and Commerce Committee chairman Fred Upton (R – MI) announced that the committee will open an investigation into the recent General Motors Company (NYSE:GM) recall of 780,000 compact cars that have a faulty ignition switch which has been linked to 13 deaths, report Jeff Bennett and Joseph B. White for The Wall Street Journal. Probe led by Auto Industry Reformer Upton was the lead sponsor of the Tread Act of 2000, which requires car manufacturers to report any auto defect-related deaths so that it isn’t solely up to the company to determine when a problem is systemic or…