Uber and Lyft are refusing to appear at a Congressional hearing, angering lawmakers - Business Insider

House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Peter DeFazio at a hearing about the Boeing 737 Max on June 19, 2019.have declined to appear before a Congressional hearing on ride-hailing issues.

"That is unacceptable," Representative Peter DeFazio told the company's chief executives in letters dated Monday. Instead, Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi and Lyft CEO Logan Green suggested that the committee "invite third party industry associations to generally talk about technology innovation in transportation," DeFazio said.

The Angry Lawmakers.

When you stage angry gotcha moments to everyone testifying in every hearing, people catch on and have better things to do than sit and be insulted instead of accomplishing things together. YouGetWhatYouGive Respectfulness

If only someone had thought to give the House contempt powers.

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Straight out of the administration's playbook...

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