Letters - Senator Elizabeth Warren

January 23, 2020

Senators Warren and Markey, and Rep. Pressley Demand Answers from Trump Admin on Removal of Student Shahab Dehghani, Pattern of Targeting Iranian Students

Text of the Letter (PDF) Washington, DC – Massachusetts Senators Elizabeth Warren and Edward J. Markey, and Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) today demanded Customs and Border Protection (CBP) provide answers on a pattern of targeting Iranian students for inspection and...

January 22, 2020

Warren Questions “Too Big to Fail” Banks on Plans to Address Climate Change Risks Faced by Financial Industry

Text of Letters (PDF) Washington, D.C. – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) wrote to the eight global systemically important banks (G-SIBs) under U.S. jurisdiction — JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup, Bank of America, Goldman Sachs, Wells Fargo, Bank of New York...

January 17, 2020

Warren Seeks Clarification from Amtrak on Reports of Impending Changes to Fare Policies That Could Impact Massachusetts Passengers

Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, D.C. – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) wrote to Amtrak seeking clarification about potential changes in Amtrak’s pricing and fare policies that would impact rail passengers in Massachusetts and throughout New England and the Northeast...

January 17, 2020

Sen. Warren Calls on Former Energy Secretary Rick Perry to Resign from Board of Energy Transfer, a Fossil Fuel Company Whose Board He Rejoined Weeks After Leaving Office

Text of the Letter to Energy Transfer (PDF) Text of the Letter to Former Energy Secretary (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) sent letters to Energy Transfer, the company responsible for the Dakota Access Pipeline and...

January 17, 2020

Warren joins Murray, Colleagues in Denouncing NLRB Proposal to Strip Students Employed by Private Universities of Workplace Rights

Text of the Letter (PDF) Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, joined HELP Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-Wash.), and 12 Democratic senators in opposing the National Labor...

January 16, 2020

Lawmakers Urge Internet Governing Body to Block Private Equity Firm Ethos Capital from Taking Over the .ORG Internet Domain Name Registry

Text of the Letter (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), and Representatives Anna G. Eshoo (D-Calif.) and Mark Pocan (D-Wis.) sent a letter to the leadership...

January 16, 2020

Lawmakers Question Education Department and Accreditor About Fake Universities Used to Entrap Foreign-National Students

Text of the Letter to Education Department (PDF) | Text of the Letter to Accreditor (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee; House Education and...

January 15, 2020

Warren, Markey Press OCC for Solutions Following Closure of TD Bank in Springfield, Massachusetts

Text of Letter (PDF) Springfield, MA – United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Edward J. Markey (D-MA) wrote to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) to request that the agency meet with community leaders to find...

January 14, 2020

Senator Warren and Reps. Velázquez and Thompson Urge President to Fully Fund Emergency Response in Puerto Rico

Text of the Letter (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ranking Member of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Protection; House Small Business Committee Chair Nydia Velázquez (D-N.Y.);...

January 9, 2020

Senators Warren and Brown Raise Alarms Over IRS’s Decision to Allow Private Debt Collectors Direct Access to Taxpayer Bank Accounts

“Taxpayers should not have to risk their financial security in order to pay their tax debts” Text of the Letter (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ranking Member of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs...

January 8, 2020

Warren Demands Answers on Reports of Iranians and Iranian Americans Held Up at Border Crossings

Text of the Letter (PDF) Washington, D.C. – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren sent a letter to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Acting Commissioner Mark Morgan requesting information regarding recent reports that dozens of Iranian Americans and others of...

December 23, 2019

Massachusetts Lawmakers Question Amazon About High Rate of Serious Injuries at the Company’s Fall River Facility

Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Edward J. Markey (D-MA), and Representative Joseph P. Kennedy III (D-MA-04), on Friday wrote to Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos asking about newly-reported data showing that the rate...