January 30, 2026

Warren Statement on SEC Chair Atkins Installing a New PCAOB Board of Trump Loyalists

Washington, D.C. – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ranking Member of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, released the following statement after SEC Chair Paul Atkins announced a new board of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB):

“Trump's SEC Chair Paul Atkins has already weakened the rules that protect the investments and retirement accounts of Americans. Now he's appointed a new group of industry players and Trump loyalists to a board created to keep auditors honest after the Enron scandal. Congress will be watching to see if Atkins's handpicked board does its job – or protects the interests of Trump's Wall Street friends.”

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