Letters - Senator Elizabeth Warren

September 7, 2018

Warren Calls on Veterans Affairs Secretary to Provide Long-Overdue Update of Criminal Investigation into Death of Veteran at Bedford VA

Text of letter (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) today pressed Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Robert Wilkie, for an update on the status of the criminal investigation into the alleged misconduct that contributed to the death of...

August 29, 2018

Warren Calls for Commerce Dept. Inspector General Investigation into Exemptions for President Trump’s Aluminum and Steel Tariffs

Text of letter (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) today called on the Department of Commerce Inspector General (IG) to open an investigation into the Department’s implementation of the exemption process for President Trump’s steel and...

August 22, 2018

Warren, Colleagues Question Labor Secretary Acosta on Program Removing Wage Theft Penalties

Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), along with Senators Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisc.), today sent a letter to Alex Acosta, Secretary of the U.S....

August 17, 2018

Warren, Smith Raise Questions about Accuracy of Secretary Azar’s Testimony Blaming PBMs for High Drug Prices

Text of Letter (PDF) Responses from PBMs and Distributors (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Tina Smith (D-Minn.) today questioned Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar about his potentially misleading statements during Senate testimony...

August 17, 2018

Warren, Smith Raise Questions about Accuracy of Secretary Azar’s Testimony Blaming PBMs for High Drug Prices

August 14, 2018

Warren Presses CENTCOM Commander on U.S. Involvement in Yemen

Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) today sent a letter to General Joseph L. Votel, Commander of the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM), asking for clarification of his testimony regarding U.S. support for military...

August 10, 2018

Warren, Schatz Call for Investigation into Trump “Mar-a-Lago Cronies'” Secret Influence over the Department of Veterans Affairs

Text of letter to VA Inspector General (pdf) Text of letter to GAO (pdf) Washington, DC – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies, Senator Brian Schatz...

August 7, 2018

Mass. Congressional Delegation Urges CMS to Halt Proposal to Restrict Union Dues Payments

Text of the letter (PDF) Washington, DC – The Massachusetts congressional delegation, including United States Senators Elizabeth Warren and Edward J. Markey, and Representatives Richard Neal, James McGovern, Michael Capuano, Stephen F. Lynch, Niki Tsongas, William Keating, Joseph P. Kennedy III,...

August 2, 2018

Senators Request Investigation into Reports of Air Force One Tours for Trump Mar-A-Lago Club Members

Text of letter (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Tom Carper (D-Del.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) asked the Air Force and Department of Defense Inspectors General to investigate when and how individuals are...

August 1, 2018

Warren Urges Banking Committee Chair Crapo to Delay Confirmation Vote Until CFPB Nominee Provides Documents and Information Wrongfully Withheld from Members of Congress

Text of letter (PDF) Text of Nominee’s Responses (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) today sent a letter to the Chairman of the Senate Banking Committee, Mike Crapo, urging him to delay a Committee vote on the nomination...

July 27, 2018

Warren Presses FDA to Address Gaps in Animal Antibiotic Policy

Text of letter (PDF) Washington, D.C. – Today, United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) called on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to improve oversight of medically-important antibiotics in food animals. In a letter to FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb,...

July 26, 2018

Lawmakers Urge DEA to Update “Partial Filling” Regulations for Controlled Substances

Text of letter (PDF) Washington, DC – Today, United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), and Representatives Katherine Clark (D-Mass.) and Steve Stivers (R-Ohio) pressed the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to...