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July 24, 2025

Warren asks Social Security's inspector general to evaluate customer service amid agency overhaul

Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren is asking the Social Security Administration’s inspector general to audit the agency’s customer service amid concerns that the Trump administration-spurred reorganization has hurt the agency’s ability to assist the public. Warren wants to know whether telephone and in-person wait times and other key metrics have worsened and how Commissioner Frank Bisignano is calculating the data, according to a letter the Democratic senator sent to the inspector general tod… Continue Reading

July 14, 2025

Sens. Warren and Wyden demand info on SSA reassignments

SSA workers say the recent decision to involuntarily reassign 1,000 field office employees to man the 1-800 number flies in the face of leadership’s rosy pronouncements and further degrades service. A pair of Democratic senators on Monday fired a bevy of questions to Social Security Commissioner Frank Bisignano about the agency’s decision last week to reassign 1,000 field office employees to help answer calls to the agency’s 1-800 number, despite purported gains in customer service metrics. Bi… Continue Reading

July 03, 2025

ABC News: 175+ Democrats supporting NAACP suit against dismantling Department of Education

More than 175 Democratic members of Congress are filing an amicus brief on Thursday opposing the Trump administration's overhaul of the U.S. Department of Education. “The law couldn't be clearer: the president does not have the authority to unilaterally abolish the Department of Education,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren wrote in a statement first obtained by ABC News, adding, “Donald Trump is not a king, and he cannot single-handedly cut off access to education for students across this country.” Warre… Continue Reading

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August 08, 2025

Warren, Kelly, Padilla, Correa, Goldman Lead Push for Homeland Security Department to Investigate Arrests, Detention, and Deportation of U.S. Citizens

— U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), and Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.), along with Representatives Lou Correa (D-Calif.) and Dan Goldman (D-N.Y.) led 48 Congressional Democrats in writing to the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG), Office of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, and Office of the Immigration Detention Ombudsman, urging them to launch an investigation into the Department’s stops, arrests, detentions, and deportations of U.S… Continue Reading

August 07, 2025

Wyden and Warren Launch Major Investigation Into UnitedHealth Nursing Home Practices

Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, launched an investigation of UnitedHealth Group’s (UHG) cost-cutting tactics in nursing homes after reports that these business practices have resulted in harm to the health and safety of vulnerable seniors and people with disabilities. The investigation follows reports that residents in UHG-contracted nursing homes have experienced delays in hospitalization that may be attributable to in… Continue Reading

August 07, 2025

ED Secretary McMahon Reveals Massive Backlog of Unresolved Complaints From Students and Borrowers, Warren Presses for More Answers on Trump’s Attacks on Public Education

Today, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) publicly released Secretary of Education Linda McMahon’s response to the senator’s 60+ questions, sent in advance of the June meeting between McMahon and Warren, regarding the Department of Education’s (ED)’s relentless war on students. Calling McMahon’s response “severely lacking,” Senator Warren pressed for additional information from Secretary McMahon and announced that she would refer certain matters where the Department has proved uncooperative… Continue Reading

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Op-eds

May 29, 2025

Fox News: Sens Warren, Sheehy: Pentagon wastes billions with devastating repair rules. We’re working together to stop it

Our defense industrial base is stumbling. For years, the U.S. Department of Defense - under both Republicans and Democrats - failed to address one of the most fundamental issues within our military industrial complex, perverse incentives for contractors. But with the recently announced Army Transformation Initiative, Secretary of the Army Dan Driscoll and General Randy George are taking a major step to stand up for soldiers and strengthen our military readiness. Driscoll's plan will help end one… Continue Reading

April 09, 2025

Financial Times: Elizabeth Warren: It falls to Congress to unravel Trump’s reckless tariffs

Since President Donald Trump announced his massive tariffs, the stock market has experienced its biggest decline since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. Economic experts are warning that a recession is likely. Consumer confidence has tumbled to levels not seen since the height of the pandemic. Some big companies and local businesses are already handing out pink slips. Tens of millions of Americans are anxiously wondering what will happen to their jobs, their retirement savings and their future… Continue Reading

January 28, 2025

SEN. ELIZABETH WARREN: Trump, Musk and I agree on something important. And I've got 30 ways to get it done

Here's something President Donald Trump, Elon Musk, and I agree on: the federal government throws away trillions of dollars on wasteful spending. I have spent years trying to squeeze government waste out of our budget, and I'm ready to work with Musk to make government more efficient and save taxpayers money. But here’s the thing: we need to focus in the right place. Instead of cutting help for people who rely on Medicare, Social Security and the VA, let’s focus on the billionaires and billionai… Continue Reading

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