WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen issued the following press release:

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ranking Member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, alongside Senators Jack Reed (D-R.I.), Mark Warner (D-Va.), Catherine Cortez-Masto (D-Nev.), Tina Smith (D-Minn.), Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.), Andy Kim (D-N.J.), Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), and Angela Alsobrooks (D-Md.) in writting to Bill Pulte, Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), about his unlawful attempt to gut the agency's independent watchdog responsible for investigating mortgage fraud and Pulte's own misconduct. The senators called on Pulte to reverse cours...