On February 15, Google submitted testimony to the US House Committee on International Affairs regarding their actions in filtering information for the Chinese government, and discussed the establishment of google.cn. Elliot Schrag, Google's Vice Manager responsible for international exchanges and public affairs, explained that their actions in China were in line with Google's "don't be evil" philosophy. The article explains the difficulties Google encountered in China, the reasons for launching google.cn, and why services like Gmail and personalized homepages were not provided.