A pair of Democratic lawmakers are demanding a review of the Education Department's ethics program, according to a letter obtained by The Hill on Thursday.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren Elizabeth WarrenDimon: Wealth tax 'almost impossible to do' CNN's Don Lemon: 'Blow up the entire system' remark taken out of context Democrats shoot down talk of expanding Supreme Court MORE (D-Mass.) and Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi Subramanian (Raja) Raja KrishnamoorthiCDC causes new storm by pulling coronavirus guidance Democratic chairman says White House blocked Navarro from testifying Democrats urge CDC to update guidance to encourage colleges, universities go tobacco-free MORE (D-Ill.) sent the demands after an ABC News report revealed that a top Education official who was hired from the for-profit college industry helped roll back regulations put in place to protect students from being defrauded by predatory colleges.

"A May 2018 report by ABC News revealed that Mr. (Robert) Eitel played a more central role than previously indicated in the Department’s decision to delay the enforcement of borrower defense and gainful employment, and raised questions about whether key Department officials have provided full and complete information to Congress," Warren and Krishnamoorthi wrote in a letter to the department's inspector general.

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Under the department's ethics laws, Eitel is not allowed to work on a "particular matter involving specific parties that are directly and substantially related to former employers."

ABC's report noted that Eitel was hired by the Trump administration last year following a four-year career as a for-profit college executive.

After he started at the department, Eitel helped the administration suspend an Obama-era policy known as "borrower defense to repayment." The rule made it easier for students to file for debt relief after taking out large loan payment based on fraudulent claims by for-profit colleges.

Eitel reportedly handed out "borrower defense" talking points to aides, edited background documents and signed off on the delay notice, according to documents obtained by ABC.

The regulations were not implemented, however, and Education Secretary Betsy DeVos Elizabeth (Betsy) Dee DeVosSpecial counsel investigating DeVos for potential Hatch Act violation: report NEA president says Azar and DeVos should resign over school reopening guidance The Hill's 12:30 Report - Presented by Facebook - You might want to download TikTok now MORE has tasked the department with writing a "new regulation that will treat students, institutions, and taxpayers fairly."

Agency ethics officials contend that Eitel's role in the policy is not a violation of ethics laws, provided he did not participate in the adjudication of claims filed against any of his past employers.

But the Democratic lawmakers disagree.

"We are deeply troubled that Mr. Eitel's questionable compliance with federal ethics rules, including his apparently misleading testimony to Congress, signal a critical breakdown in federal ethics at the Department of Education, which requires urgent attention and remedy," Warren and Krishnamoorthi wrote.

Warren and Krishnamoorthi went on to question Eitel's potential involvement in another Obama-era regulation that penalized institutions with unreasonably high debt-to-earnings ratios, known as the "gainful employment" rule.

In the letter, the two ask the inspector general to investigate Eitel's involvement in both rules.

"The members of Congress asked the Department IG to examine the entire federal ethics program at the Department to prevent other instances of staff with conflicts of interest influencing policy that impacts millions of students and borrowers — and to also inspect closely Mr. Eitel's involvement in the gainful employment and borrower defense rules given the new evidence," they wrote.