The ranking member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs released the written responses that three Trump nominees gave to her questions for the record ahead of their confirmation hearings, arguing that the answers left key questions on oversight, policy judgment and independence unresolved. The responses cover John Crews, nominated to be a member of the National Credit Union Administration, Jeffrey Ledbetter, nominated to be inspector general for the Department of Housing and Urban Development, and Christopher Phelan, nominated to chair the Council of Economic Advisers. In Warren's account, Crews would not confirm that the law requires more than a single member to constitute a quorum at the National Credit Union Administration, did not provide views on the agency's Deregulation Project, and did not answer questions about the 2020 presidential election. Ledbetter, she said, failed to show that he understands the inspector general's role in overseeing HUD's compliance with statutory requirements, including fair housing and civil rights obligations, and likewise declined to answer election-related questions. Warren also said Phelan did not give direct factual answers on inflation, job growth and affordability, did not answer whether President Trump's war in Iran has increased gas prices, and refused to address a hypothetical in which a president asked him to falsely claim that a candidate had won an election.

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