Letters - Senator Elizabeth Warren

June 19, 2019

Senator Warren and Colleagues to Congressional Budget Negotiators: Make Child Care, Affordable Housing, and Addressing the Climate Crisis Top Priorities

Text of the Letter (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Bob Casey (D-Pa.), Tina Smith (D-Minn.), Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Edward J. Markey...

June 13, 2019

Warren, Carper Demand Answers on Freddie Mac-Guaranteed $800 Million Loan to Kushner Companies

Text of the Letter (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Tom Carper (D-Del.) today sent a letter to Freddie Mac Chief Executive Donald Layton seeking information about an $800 million Freddie Mac-guaranteed loan given to...

June 12, 2019

Senator Warren Asks Regulators About Discrimination Built into Automated Lending Decisions

Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), a member of the United States Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, sent a letter to Chairman Jerome Powell at the Board of Governors of the...

June 12, 2019

Warren, Lieu Call for Investigation into State Dept. Official’s Efforts to Fast Track Saudi Arms Deal Benefitting Former Client Raytheon

Lawmakers’ Letter Comes After Trump Administration’s Questionable Use of Emergency Authority to Avoid Congressional Review of Arms Sales Text of the Letter (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, and...

June 11, 2019

Warren Calls on Assistant Attorney General Delrahim to Recuse Himself from DOJ Antitrust Probes of Google & Apple

Letter to AAG Delrahim (PDF) | Letter to DOJ Ethics Official (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) today sent letters to Assistant Attorney General Makan Delrahim and Department of Justice (DOJ) ethics officials regarding Delrahim’s prior...

June 6, 2019

Warren, Blumenthal, Senate Colleagues Call For Review of Conduct by DOJ Attorneys

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June 6, 2019

Senator Warren, Representative Jayapal Investigate Former White House Chief of Staff General John Kelly’s “Cynical” and “Unethical” Decision to Join the Board of Directors of Federal Contractor Running the Nation’s Largest Detention Center for Migrant Children

Text of the letter (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Representative Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) today sent a letter to Caliburn International Corp. Chief Executive Officer Jim Van Dusen expressing concerns and posing questions about the appointment...

June 4, 2019

Senator Warren, Reps. Pressley and Porter Investigate Reports that Education Department Seeks to Develop Income Share Agreements in Risky New Student Debt Experiments

Text of the letter to Education Department (PDF) | Text of the letters to Colleges (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), member of the Senate HELP and Banking Committees, and Representatives Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) and Katie...

May 31, 2019

Warren Opens Investigation into Private Detention Accreditation System After Widespread Reports of Substandard Conditions & Safety Concerns in Multiple Facilities

“Perverse incentives, conflicts of interest and a failure to adequately oversee conditions at private detention facilities have put detainees in danger.” Letter to DHS | Letter to BOP | Letter to ACA | Letter to Private Detention Operators Washington, DC...

May 31, 2019

Senator Warren, Rep. Ocasio-Cortez Press Investor Eddie Lampert on Reports He Seeks to Renege on $43 Million in Severance Payments to Laid-Off Sears Workers

Text of the letter (PDF) | Lampert’s response to January 2019 letter (PDF) Washington, DC – Yesterday, United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) sent a letter to Eddie Lampert, ex-CEO and Chairman of Sears...

May 28, 2019

Warren, Loebsack Question Private Firms’ Predatory Management of Manufactured Housing Communities

Text of Letters (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Representative Dave Loebsack (D-Iowa) today sent letters to the investment firms behind some of the country’s largest manufactured housing communities (MHC) to request information about their...

May 23, 2019

Senator Warren Leads Colleagues Questioning Intuit’s Deceptive Practices That Led Low- and Middle-Income Taxpayers to Pay Unnecessary Fees

Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) led her colleagues in sending a letter to Intuit Chief Executive Officer Sasan Goodarzi asking him to respond to reports that Intuit is deceiving American taxpayers about...