U.S. Senators Ed Markey and Elizabeth Warren on Thursday pledged action against Steward Health Care’s chief executive for flouting a Congressional subpoena, saying they would move to hold him in contempt of Congress.
In this August 2009 photo, Ralph de la Torre, then-CEO of Caritas Christi, speaks at a meeting at Norwood Hospital.
Markey, also a Democrat, serves on the Senate Committee on Health, Education Labor and Pensions, which in July held bipartisan votes to authorize an investigation into Steward and subpoena its CEO. The subpoena required de la Torre to testify at a Sept. 12 hearing at the U.S. Capitol.“Members of this Committee continue to cast aspersions on Dr.
“Contempt means that if he continues to refuse to appear before the committee, we will not stop until he answers for what he has done — or is put behind bars,” Markey said.and rose to leadership roles in the elite world of Boston medicine. He became chief executive of the former Caritas Christi hospital network, and in 2010, engineered a private equity deal to take over those hospitals.
Many who know and have worked with de la Torre have privately said they’re appalled by his apparent pursuit of personal wealth over the stability of his vital hospital network.
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