Mass. lawmakers slam Steward CEO after he refused to answer subpoena to testify on Capitol Hill – Boston News, Weather, Sports [Video]

BOSTON (WHDH) – Several Massachusetts lawmakers on Wednesday joined union leaders in slamming the embattled CEO of Steward Health Care after he refused to answer a subpoena to testify on Capitol Hill about his company’s dealings. 

Gathered with colleagues at a press conference in Boston, Sen. Ed Markey said to CEO Ralph de la Torre “You cannot hide in your Texas mansion.” 

“You cannot hide behind your corporate lawyers,” Markey said. “You will be made accountable by the United State Senate.”

Steward has been the subject of intense criticism and concern in recent months both before and after it declared bankruptcy and moved to sell its portfolio of Massachusetts hospitals. 

Markey chairs the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee on Primary Health, and Retirement Security with Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders. Together, Markey and Sanders called on de la Torre to testify at a committee hearing.

Though faced with the subpoena, the Associated Pressreported lawyers for de …