US House panel seeks documents from Chrysler

WASHINGTON, May 18, 2009; John Crawley writing for Reuters reported that Chrysler LLC was asked on Monday by a congressional subcommittee to provide documents on its planned factory closings, with the panel's chairman saying lawmakers were not given a full accounting of the matter.

"Members of Congress were assured that there would be no permanent Chrysler plant closings or job losses under the terms of Chrysler's (bankruptcy)," wrote Ohio Rep. Dennis Kucinich in a letter to Chrysler Chief Executive Robert Nardelli.

"When the terms of the bankruptcy were released on May 1, 2009, plants in Michigan, Missouri, Wisconsin and Ohio were targeted for closure," wrote Kucinich, who chairs the Oversight and Government Reform Committee's domestic policy panel.

Editing by Lisa Von Ahn