Letters - Senator Elizabeth Warren

November 19, 2019

Senators Warren, Brown, and Sanders Investigate “Inherent” Conflicts of Interest of Private Equity-Owned Institutional Review Boards

Text of Letter to WCG Clinical (PDF) | Text of Letter to Advarra (PDF) Washington, D.C. – United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) sent letters to two major private equity-owned commercial institutional review...

November 19, 2019

Senators Warren, Brown and Rep. Pocan Investigate Role of Private Equity in Declining Quality of Nursing Home Care

Text of Letters (PDF) Washington, D.C. – United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Ranking Member of the Senate Banking Committee, along with Representative Mark Pocan (D-Wis.), sent letters to four private equity firms — Carlyle Group,...

November 18, 2019

Warren, Colleagues Criticize Ernst & Young for Misleading “Sham Study” on Private Equity Impact on U.S. Economy

Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, D.C. – United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisc.), and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), along with Representatives Mark Pocan (D-Wisc.), and Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.), sent a letter to Ernst & Young (EY), sharply criticizing...

November 15, 2019

Senators Warren and Brown Raise Alarm about IRS’s Ongoing Failure to Fix the Free File Program

Text of the Letter (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), a member of the Senate Finance Committee, sent a follow-up letter to Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner Charles P. Rettig after new...

November 14, 2019

Senator Warren and Majority Whip Clyburn Question DeVos Over Resignation of Top Student Loan Advisor

Warren-Clyburn Bill Would Cancel Student Loan Debt for Millions of Americans and End the Student Debt Crisis Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, D.C. – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and House Majority Whip James E. Clyburn (D-S.C.) sent a...

November 13, 2019

Warren Leads Colleagues in Requesting Update on VA and DoD Efforts to Protect Veterans and Servicemembers from Foreign Online Disinformation

Letter to VA (PDF) | Letter to DoD (PDF) Washington, D.C. – United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Mark Warner (D-Va.), Vice Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Edward...

November 5, 2019

Senators Warren and Murray Raise New Questions About FDA Proposal to Weaken Approval Pathway for Certain Medical Devices

Text of the Letter (PDF) | August 2019 FDA Response (PDF) Boston, MA – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee and U.S. Senate HELP Committee Ranking Member Patty...

November 1, 2019

Warren Demands Answers About Ongoing Misuse of Solitary Confinement at ICE Detention Facilities

Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, D.C. – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties (CRCL) requesting information regarding CRCL’s oversight of U.S. Immigrations...

October 30, 2019

Senators Warren, Murray, and Smith Raise Further Questions About the FDA’s Oversight of Digital Health Devices

Text of the Letter (PDF) | Text of FDA Response (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, U.S. Senate HELP Committee Ranking Member Patty Murray...

October 24, 2019

Warren, Murray, and Wyden Demand Update from Trump Administration on the Recovery of $341,000 in Taxpayer Funds Spent on Lavish Travel by Former-HHS Secretary Tom Price

Text of the Letter (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, U.S. Senate HELP Committee Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-Wash.), and U.S. Senate Finance Committee...

October 23, 2019

Warren Calls on DoD and State to Respond to Reports that American Military Weapons Have Been Transferred to Suspected Terrorists and Separatist Militias in Yemen

Warren questions whether it is in U.S. national security interest to continue selling military hardware to Saudi Arabia and UAE Text of the Letter (PDF) Washington, D.C. – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Armed...

October 22, 2019

Senator Warren Questions Secretary Mnuchin About Volatility in Overnight Lending Market

Warren Also Raises Concerns Big Banks are Citing Repo Market Fluctuations to Pressure Fed to Roll Back Post-Crisis Reforms Text of the Letter (PDF) Washington, D.C. – On Friday, United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), sent a letter to Treasury...