Letters - Senator Elizabeth Warren

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...

May 23, 2019

Senator Warren, Rep. Ocasio-Cortez Question Secretary Mnuchin’s Involvement in Predatory Practices that Led to Sears Bankruptcy, Loss of Tens of Thousands of Jobs

Text of the Letter (PDF) | Explainer Video (YouTube) Washington, DC – Today, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and U.S. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, questioning his involvement in dubious financial engineering and other...

May 22, 2019

Warren Demands Answers from U.S. Customs and Border Protection Following Recent Deaths of Children Detained at Border

Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) yesterday sent a letter to John P. Sanders, Acting Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), regarding reports over the past week that two children died...

May 16, 2019

Senators Warren and Murray Lead Colleagues Expressing Support for Agreement That Will Help Military Borrowers Receive the Zero Interest Student Loan Benefit They Are Owed

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

May 16, 2019

Senators Warren and Brown Lead Colleagues Questioning Student Loan Companies on their Non-Cooperation with Federal and State Regulators

Letter to Navient (PDF) | Letter to Nelnet (PDF) | Letter to The Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency (PDF) Washington, DC — United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Ranking Member Sherrod...

May 15, 2019

Senators Warren and Menendez, Congresswoman Velázquez Lead Senate and House Colleagues Urging FEMA to Take Rapid and Robust Action to Help Rebuild Key Puerto Rico Hospital

Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, DC — United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) and Congresswoman Nydia Velázquez (D-N.Y.) today sent a letter to Acting Administrator Peter Gaynor of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) requesting information...