Letters - Senator Elizabeth Warren

August 8, 2019

Senator Warren Presses Capital One for Information about its Massive Data Breach and Accountability for Security Failures

Text of the Letter (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), member of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, sent a letter to Capital One Financial Corporation Chairman and Chief Executive Office Richard Fairbank regarding the massive...

August 2, 2019

Warren, Daines, Lee Seek Answers from Defense Dept. on Efforts to Address Gambling Addiction Among Servicemembers

Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Steve Daines (R-Mont.), along with Representative Susie Lee (D-Nev.), sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) requesting information on the DOD’s efforts to...

July 31, 2019

Senator Warren Requests Homeland Security Watchdog Investigate Unwarranted Detention of American Citizens by Immigration Authorities

Text of the Letter (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Inspector General (IG) requesting an investigation into the unwarranted detention of American citizens by immigration authorities,...

July 30, 2019

Warren Joins Markey, Colleagues in Renewed Call for FCC to Protect Community Television Channels

Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senator Warren (D-Mass.) joined Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) in urging the Federal Communication Commission (FCC) to protect public, educational, or governmental (PEG) stations as it proposes changes to the rules...

July 29, 2019

Warren, Brown Demand Action Following IG Report Finding Blankenstein ‘May Have Abused His Authority’

Inspector General Report Text (PDF) | Fed. Letter Text (PDF) | HUD Letter Text (PDF) | CFPB Letter Text (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ranking Member of the Banking Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and...

July 26, 2019

Warren, Shaheen, Murray Question Secretary of Veterans Affairs Over Contraceptive Access Among Veterans

Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), and Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-Wash.) sent a letter to Secretary of Veterans Affairs Robert Wilkie...

July 25, 2019

Senator Warren Investigates Allegations that Private Prison Contractors Withhold Basic Necessities, Use Threat of Solitary Confinement to Coerce Detainees into “Voluntary” Work Programs

Text of the Letter to DHS IG (PDF) | Text of the Letter to SEC (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) today sent a letter to Jennifer Costello, Acting Inspector General (IG) of the Department of...

July 24, 2019

Warren Seeks Answers from Pharmaceutical Giant Pfizer on Appointment of Former FDA Commissioner Gottlieb to Board of Directors

Letter to Pfizer (PDF) | Response from Dr. Gottlieb (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) today sent a letter to pharmaceutical company Pfizer to request information regarding the decision to name Dr. Scott Gottlieb, former Commissioner...

July 19, 2019

Warren, Ocasio-Cortez Demand Answers After Private Equity Firm Breaks Promise of Severance Pay to Laid Off Shopko Employees

Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) today sent a letter to private equity firm Sun Capital expressing alarm about reports that the firm, after years of looting the...

July 15, 2019

Senator Warren Sends Letter to Acting Secretary of Defense Mark Esper – Former Top Lobbyist for Raytheon – Raising New and Ongoing Ethics Concerns Ahead of Hearing to be Secretary of Defense

Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Acting Secretary of Defense Mark Esper regarding his nomination to be...

July 15, 2019

Senator Warren Requests Information on Top Commerce Department Officials’ Conflicts of Interest and Decisions about Steel Tariff Exemptions

Text of the letter (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Commerce Designated Agency Ethics Official (DAEO) David Maggi regarding potentially serious conflicts of interest for the two most...

July 12, 2019

Senator Warren Investigates Reports that ICE has Secretly Transferred Migrants to Three New For-Profit Detention Facilities

A deadly riot had taken place at one of the facilities in response to inadequate medical care, rotten food, and staff mistreatment Text of the letter (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) yesterday sent a letter...