⁍ Top Democrat on U.S. Senate commerce committee Maria Cantwell said on Thursday she would not support the panel’s efforts to subpoena chief executives of Twitter, Google and Facebook.
⁍ ‘I will not participate in an attempt to use the committee’s serious subpoena power for a partisan effort 40 days before an election,’ she said in a statement.
⁍ Earlier on Thursday, the committee chaired by Republican Senator Roger Wicker said it would issue subpoenas to the tech executives if they do not agree to testify at a hearing on Oct. 1.
– Democratic Sen. Maria Cantwell says she won’t support efforts by the Senate Commerce Committee to subpoena the chief executives of Google, Facebook, and Twitter. “I will not participate in an attempt to use the committee’s serious subpoena power for a partisan effort 40 days before an election,” Cantwell said in a statement, per Reuters. The committee, chaired by Republican Sen. Roger Wicker, said Thursday it would issue subpoenas to the tech executives if they do not agree to testify at a hearing on Oct. 1.
Source: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-senate-tech-cantwell/top-democrat-on-us-senate-commerce-committee-says-she-will-not-support-effort-to-subpoena-tech-ceos-idUSKCN26F3L5