Letters - Senator Elizabeth Warren

February 26, 2020

Senators Warren, Whitehouse, Booker, Van Hollen Call On BlackRock CEO Larry Fink to Endorse the Climate Risk Disclosure Act in Light of His Public Climate Commitments

Warren-led Bill Would Require Public Companies to Disclose Climate-Related Risks, Accelerate Transition from Fossil Fuels Text of the Letter (PDF) Washington, D.C. – United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Cory A. Booker (D-N.J.), and Chris Van Hollen...

February 21, 2020

Warren, Haaland Urge DoD to Model New Military Housing Quality Database After CFPB Consumer Complaint Database

Requires DoD to Establish New Resource for Servicemembers to Submit Complaints and Review Military Housing Quality CFPB Database Has Successfully Resolved Nearly 1.5 Million Complaints, Helping Consumers, Agency and Public Over Past Decade Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, D.C....

February 21, 2020

Warren, Markey Urge Inclusion of Taxpayer Advocate on IRS’s Taxpayer First Act Implementation Team

Text of the Letter (PDF) Washington, D.C. — United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ranking Member of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Protections, and Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) sent a...

February 20, 2020

Warren, Markey, Whitehouse, Reed Urge Correction of Cost-of-Living Pay Disparities for Federal Employees Living in Southern Massachusetts and Rhode Island

Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, D.C. – United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) and Jack Reed (D-R.I.) sent a letter to Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Director Dale Cabaniss urging the agency to...

February 16, 2020

Senators Warren and Markey Raise Concerns, Questions about CBP SWAT Teams’ Deployment to Major Cities, Including Boston, MA

Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) yesterday sent a letter to the heads of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), and U.S. Immigration...

February 14, 2020

Warren Joins Shaheen, Gillibrand Calling on EPA to Deliver on Promises Made in PFAS Action Plan

Text of the Letter (PDF) Washington, D.C. – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) joined Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), along with a group of 29 senators, in a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator...

February 14, 2020

Warren, McGovern, Mass. Lawmakers Demand HUD Take Action to Protect Public Housing Residents From Radon

Lawmakers Question Why HUD Refuses to Provide Appropriate Resources for Housing Authorities To Test For Radon Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and House Rules Committee Chairman James P. McGovern (D-MA-02), along with...

February 13, 2020

Warren, Senate Democrats Press Lenders for Answers Following Reports of Higher Interest Rates for Students of Minority-Serving Institutions

Letter to Upstart (PDF) | Letter to Lenders (PDF) | Letter to Service Providers (PDF) Washington, DC — Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Financial...

February 13, 2020

Warren, Murray, Senate Colleagues Urge National Security Advisor to Appoint a Senior Global Health Security Expert as U.S. and Global Threat from Coronavirus Grows

Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and HELP Committee Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-Wash.), led 25 of their Senate colleagues in...

February 12, 2020

Warren Raises Concerns to Fed Chair Regarding Significant Changes That May Weaken the Fed’s Bank Supervision Process, Harming Consumers and the Economy

Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, D.C. — United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, sent a letter to Federal Reserve (Fed) Chairman Jerome Powell regarding potential changes to the...

February 12, 2020

Warren, Ernst, Pascrell, Bacon Seek Update on DoD Efforts to Protect Servicemembers from Traumatic Brain Injuries

Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, D.C. — United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), members of the Senate Armed Services Committee, and Representatives Bill Pascrell (D-N.J.) and Don Bacon (R-NE), Co-Chairs of the Congressional Brain Injury Task Force,...

February 11, 2020

Warren, Colleagues Seek Probe into Whether Trump Administration’s Delay of Puerto Rico Disaster Recovery Funds Violated Same Law as Delay of Ukraine Security Aid

Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, D.C. — United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), along with Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Representatives Joaquín Castro (D-Texas), Darren Soto (D-Fla.), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez...