Article snippet: MORE's fight against Google is making its way down Pennsylvania Avenue to Congress. Republican lawmakers are ramping up their scrutiny of the tech giant after Trump accused Google of political bias and questioned whether regulators should take a closer look at its market powers. Google added fuel to the fire on Wednesday by skipping a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on foreign influence operations. The committee sought top executives from each company to testify and successfully secured commitments from Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey. Google offered to send Kent Walker, its vice president of global affairs. Committee Chairman written testimony from Walker. That move infuriated lawmakers, who took turns blasting Google during the hearing, which included an empty chair. Burr said that he was “disappointed that Google decided against sending the right senior-level executive,” to the hearing. The anger was bipartisan. Sen. MORE (Va.), the top Democrat on the Intelligence Committee, piled on in his opening remarks. “I’m deeply disappointed that Google — one of the most influential digital platforms in the world — chose not to send its own top corporate leadership to engage this committee,” Warner said. Lawmakers used the incident to bring attention to their own issues with Google. Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) speculated that Google didn’t attend either “because they’re arrogant” or because they didn’t want to answer har... Link to the full article to read more