Google CEO Sundar Pichai pledged to keep working with police departments despite internal company opposition to the arrangement during Wednesday’s House hearing on competition in the digital marketplace.

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“We are committed to continuing to work with law enforcement in a way that’s consistent with law and due process in the U.S,” Pichai said after questioning from Rep. Matt GaetzMatthew (Matt) GaetzHillicon Valley: House panel grills tech CEOs during much anticipated antitrust hearing | TikTok to make code public as it pushes back against ‘misinformation’ | House Intel panel expands access to foreign disinformation evidence Five takeaways as panel grills tech CEOs New HBO documentary lets Gaetz, Massie, Buck offer their take on how to ‘drain the swamp’ MORE (R-Fla.) about collaboration with the U.S. military and law enforcement.

They were his first comments on an internal letter signed by more than 1,600 Google employees that circulated last month calling for the company to cancel its contracts with the police amid new scrutiny on law enforcement after the killing of George Floyd and subsequent nationwide protests.

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“The past weeks have shown us that addressing racism is not merely an issue of words, but of actions taken to dismantle the actual structures that perpetuate it,” read the letter written by the group Googlers Against Racism. “While we as individuals hold difficult but necessary conversations with our family, friends and peers, we are also incredibly disappointed by our company’s response.”

The letter specifically cited Google’s Cloud contract with the Clarkstown, N.Y., police department, which has been sued for illegally surveilling Black Lives Matter organizers.

It also called out Google’s indirect support for an Arizona sheriff’s department program tracking people crossing the U.S.-Mexico border.