
Apple CEO Tim Cook met with lawmakers in Washington, D.C., on Friday to speak on tech issues and reforming the tax code.
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Mark Robert WarnerSocial media posts, cellphone data aid law enforcement investigations into riots 'Almost Heaven, West Virginia' — Joe Manchin and a 50-50 Senate Confirmation hearing for Biden's DNI pick postponed MORE (D-Va.) tweeted out pictures with Apple chief executive.
Good meeting with @Apple CEO @tim_cook today. Discussed ways we can reform our tax code to help the American worker & American families. pic.twitter.com/LI8eRHarQN
— Rob Portman (@senrobportman) January 27, 2017
Great to see my good friend @tim_cook this morning to talk tech priorities in the 115th Congress. https://t.co/LFifHUDvuH #utpol #tech pic.twitter.com/sWCK8tY7wz
— Senator Hatch Office (@SenOrrinHatch) January 27, 2017
Wait: does every new #iphone7 come with a selfie with @Apple CEO @tim_cook? pic.twitter.com/aCZlODR2Qp
— Mark Warner (@MarkWarner) January 27, 2017
On Thursday night, Cook and Lisa Jackson, Apple's vice president of environment, policy and social initiatives, dined with Trump's daughter Ivanka and her husband Jared Kushner, a senior White House adviser, Politico reported.
In December, the Apple CEO joined other top tech executives in a meeting with Donald TrumpDonald TrumpLil Wayne gets 11th hour Trump pardon Trump grants clemency to more than 100 people, including Bannon Trump expected to pardon Bannon: reports MORE at Trump Tower, which he defended in an internal memo to Apple employees.
“I think it’s very important to do that because you don’t change things by just yelling,” Cook wrote. “You change things by showing everyone why your way is the best. In many ways, it’s a debate of ideas.”