Letters - Senator Elizabeth Warren

March 16, 2022

Warren, Durbin, Leahy, Padilla, Merkley Encourage Biden Administration’s Efforts To Aid Families Separated Under Trump’s Cruel “Zero-Tolerance” Policy

Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, D.C. – United States Senator Elizbeth Warren (D-Mass.); Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee; Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee; Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Chair...

March 16, 2022

Warren, Klobuchar, Porter, Schakowsky, Colleagues Call Out Drug Manufacturers For Providing Misleading Information on High Drug Prices

Letter Responding to PhRMA (PDF) Response Letter from PhRMA (PDF) Washington, D.C. – United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) and Representatives Katie Porter (D-Calif.) and Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.), along with Senators Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.), Ron Wyden...

March 8, 2022

Warren, Porter Release FINRA Response On Troubling Allegations of Wells Fargo Misbehavior and FINRA’s Arbitration Process

FINRA response failed to answer important questions about the case or FINRA’s and Well Fargo’s activities FINRA discloses independent investigation, promises “enhanced oversight” of decisions to remove arbitrators FINRA Response (PDF) | Text of Letter to FINRA (PDF) Washington, DC...

March 2, 2022

Warren, Sanders, Padilla, Murphy, Lawson, Hayes, Torres, Colleagues Urge USDA to Issue Clearer Guidance that Informs Students of Their SNAP Benefits

Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, D.C. — United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), and Representatives Al Lawson (D-Fla.), Jahana Hayes (D-Conn.), and Norma J. Torres (D-Calif.), along with Senators Patrick...

March 2, 2022

Senators Warren, Warner, Brown, Reed Express Concerns to Treasury Regarding Potential Use of Cryptocurrency to Evade Sanctions

Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, D.C. — United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Mark Warner (D-Va.), Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Chairman Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), and Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Jack Reed (D-R.I.) led...

March 2, 2022

Warren, Klobuchar, Porter, Schakowsky, Colleagues Call Out Drug Manufacturers For Squeezing American Families With Rapid and Widespread Price Hikes on Prescription Drugs

Two new analyses show manufacturers’ schemes to expand profit margins by raising prices on popular drugs in January as negotiations over drug pricing legislation stalled; Big Pharma had aggressively lobbied against provisions to lower drug prices for Americans “The large,...

February 18, 2022

Warren, Colleagues Call on Leadership to Include Trade Provisions in China Competitiveness Bill that Level the Playing Field for American Workers

Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, D.C. – United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Bob Casey (D-Pa.), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) sent a letter to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Speaker of the House...

February 11, 2022

Warren and Smith Ask Regulators To Deny Special Regulatory Favors for Credit Suisse

Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, D.C. — United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Tina Smith (D-Minn.), both members of the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, sent a letter to Ali Khawar, the Acting Assistant Secretary...

February 10, 2022

Warren Urges SEC to Act Quickly to Issue Strong Climate Risk Disclosure Rule

Warren Slams Delays as Unwarranted and Unacceptable, Inconsistent with Chairman Gensler’s Commitment to Develop Rules by End of 2021 “Having the Commissioners litigate against themselves and issue a watered-down proposal is at odds with that responsibility, and I urge you...

February 8, 2022

Sen. Warren, Rep. Lee, Colleagues Urge Defense Department to Address Climate Crisis Risks in Upcoming National Defense Strategy

Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, D.C. — United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), and Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-Calif.), a member of the House Committee on Appropriations, urged Department of Defense (DoD)...

February 1, 2022

Warren Urges Department of Defense to Submit Complete Annual Report on Weapons Testing

Text of Letter to DOD (PDF) | Text of Letter to DOT&E Washington, D.C. — United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), sent a letter to Nickolas Guertin, Director, Operational Test and...

January 31, 2022

Warren Leads Colleagues in Calling on Senate Majority Leader Schumer to Support Additional Assistance to Low-Income and Developing Countries

Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, D.C. — United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Bob Casey (D-Penn.), and Tammy...