Business Insider: Elizabeth Warren lays out 3 things on the line for student-loan borrowers ahead of Trump's Education Department pick facing Congress

Two Democratic lawmakers want President Donald Trump's education secretary nominee to come prepared with ideas to protect student-loan borrowers ahead of her appearance in Congress this week.

Linda McMahon, Trump's pick to lead the Department of Education, is scheduled to have her confirmation hearing on Thursday. In their first preview of how they plan to approach the hearing, Democratic Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Andy Kim sent a letter to McMahon on Tuesday — exclusively viewed by Business Insider — outlining specific issues they want McMahon to speak to.

Those include protections and programs for student-loan borrowers, reports on Trump's plan to eliminate the Education Department, and oversight of the student-loan industry.

"The next Secretary of Education must fight for the best interests of students and families, not greedy and predatory for-profit colleges and inept loan servicers, and must reject extreme policies and efforts to eliminate the Department," Warren and Kim wrote in their letter.

While McMahon has not yet commented on any plans for student-loan borrowers, Trump has previously been critical of his predecessor's debt relief efforts and broad student-loan forgiveness.

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