According to The Hill, The executive was calm and soft-spoken even as he fielded a storm of questions from lawmakers angry over a host of issues from allegations of anti-conservative bias, Google's privacy practices, its market power and a controversial project to build a censored search engine for China.
"I lead this company without political bias and work to ensure that our products continue to operate that way," Pichai said in his opening statement before the House Judiciary Committee.
"To do otherwise would go against our core principles and our business interests."
It was Pichai's first time testifying before Congress after Google declined to send a representative to a previous Senate hearing in September. His much-anticipated appearance brought out protesters as well as conspiracy theorist Alex Jones.
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