"I want to know why this happened, how it was allowed to occur and what protocols are in place to handle overbooked flights", said Rep. Rodney Davis, R-Ill.
He lost two front teeth and suffered a broken nose in the incident.
Blumental recently penned a letter to US Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao - whose department is reportedly reviewing the United Airlines incident - outlining his concerns with the treatment of passengers by US airlines.
Amid the ongoing public relations nightmare for the airline, United Continental Holdings Inc reported sharply lower first-quarter earnings Monday but they still bested analyst expectations on several key measures.
The damaging passenger dragging incident, caught on video, was down to a 'system failure'.
Blumenthal, a Democrat from CT and frequent critic of the airline industry, called the removal of United flight 3411 passenger David Dao by Chicago airport police "brutal and shocking".
"Your agency must conduct a swift, sweeping investigation into United Airlines and the industry practices that led to this incident", wrote Blumenthal.
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And as Munoz has repeatedly done in recent days, he apologized to customers and said he took full responsibility for what happened on Flight 3411, including the forcible eviction of David Dao. "There was never a consideration for firing an employee".
The increases came after United came under fire after it called security officers to forcibly remove passenger David Dao from an overbooked flight in order to seat crew members for another flight.
But he said the company had not considered sacking anybody over it.
Mr Dao's lawyers have taken steps ahead of impending legal action against the airline and the city of Chicago, which operates O'Hare Airport.
Mr Munoz declined to address that or other possible changes until the airline finishes a review by April 30.
Munoz has already stopped at the Chinese consulate in Chicago to try to smooth over the situation, with the company concerned the incident would affect bookings from Chinese customers.
Munoz said he has received "a lot of support" from United's high-end customers, although "obviously a lot of people have ideas and thoughts about how we can make things better".
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