this was a minority hearing. they're allowed to do this on any big issue. the democrats calling their own hearing. they invited three ceos. nobody showed. the companies are not saying why they didn't come. you can guess. they would have gotten an ear full. i want you to hear what the congress people had to say. >> equifax has badly handled every aspect of this breach. >> the information stolen included the social security numbers and the date of birth for over 145 million people. that's half the population of this country. >> subpoena. that will get their lazy asses up here. >> shepard: wow! >> yeah. people weren't happy. >> shepard: they were right on the facts. 145 million were compromised. there's this new decision by our leaders in washington that the people cannot longer ban