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The
CEOs of Facebook, Amazon.com, Alphabet's Google and Apple were
to have testified on Monday before the House Antitrust
Subcommittee. But the hearing was postponed for the lying in
state at the Capitol Building of the late Representative John
Lewis, an icon of the civil rights movement.
A subcommittee announcement issued on Saturday said the session
now would be held on Wednesday and that witnesses and members
could appear in person or virtually.
All four tech company CEOs - Jeff Bezos of Amazon, Tim Cook of
Apple, Sundar Pichai of Alphabet and Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook
- are to appear virtually, the announcement said.
The subcommittee of the Democratic-led House Judiciary Committee
is investigating whether the companies actively seek to harm and
eliminate smaller rivals.
"Given the central role these corporations play in the lives of
the American people, it is critical that their CEOs are
forthcoming," Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler and
David Cecilline, the subcommittee chairman, said in a joint
statement.
The CEOs are expected to deflect criticism of their use of
market power to damage rivals by saying they themselves face
competition and by debunking claims that they are so dominant.
(Reporting by Jonathan Landay; Editing by Steve Orlofsky)
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