WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen issued the following press release:

WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), joined by Senators Jack Reed (D-R.I.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), and Angela Alsobrooks (D-Md.), called on Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh to publicly disclose his conversations with President Donald Trump, pushing Warsh to demonstrate the Federal Reserve's independence from the White House after he repeatedly declined to clarify his contacts with the President.

The Senators begin, "We write to ask for public disclosure of your conversations with President Trump. Recent press reports indicate that you have spoken with the President "repeatedly" since your confirmation in May. It is critical that th...