In a letter to the CEOs of Uber, Instacart, DoorDash, and Grubhub, Senator Elizabeth Warren called on the gig companies to do something they've fought for years: providing gig workers with "basic rights and protections" that might protect them during the COVID-19 pandemic.“Because these workers perform essential delivery work and are critical to serving customers who cannot leave home during the pandemic, you have a responsibility to protect their health and the public’s health. To do so, I urge… Continue Reading
Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Ed Markey want airline passengers to get more than just credit for canceled flights in the midst of the coronavirus outbreak.In a letter Tuesday to 11 major domestic airlines, the two Massachusetts Democrats and seven of their colleagues called on the companies to issue full cash refunds to customers who cancel their flights during the COVID-19 crisis, as well as Americans who have had flights canceled while stranded in countries that implemented travel restrictions in… Continue Reading
United States Senators Elizabeth Warren
(D-Mass.) and Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today announced that the U.S.
Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has awarded over $92 million
in federal grants to support cities and towns across Massachusetts as they
combat the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.The funding, which was awarded through HUD's Community Development Block
Grant (CDBG), Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG), and Housing Opportunities for
Persons With AIDS… Continue Reading
United States Senator Elizabeth Warren
(D-Mass.) today introduced the Senate companion to the Public Health Emergency
Shelter Act, legislation that would provide critical funding to states and
local governments responding to the needs of families and individuals
experiencing homelessness during the COVID-19 crisis. The legislation was first
introduced
in the House of Representatives by Congresswomen Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.)
and Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.)."Americans need access to stable hou… Continue Reading
Boston, MA - Massachusetts Senators Elizabeth Warren and Edward J. Markey released the following joint statement after the Department of the Interior
announced the disestablishment of the Mashpee Wampanoag reservation in
Massachusetts. “The
Mashpee Wampanoag have a right to their ancestral homeland no matter what
craven political games the Trump administration tries to play. Disestablishment
of the Mashpee Wampanoag reservation would re-open a shameful and painful
chapter of American hist… Continue Reading
Congress is close to finishing its third legislative package to assist in
the coronavirus response. It's imperative that as soon as this package is
complete, we immediately turn to dramatically increasing our coronavirus
testing capacity, which will help us address both the health and economic
impacts of this crisis.I've outlined some ideas to consider as we move toward this long overdue
goal.Widespread diagnostic testing is necessary to control coronavirus - as we've
seen, countries that instituted widespread testing early on have thus far stemmed the spread of COVID-19 and aided their
economies by getting healthy people back to work. South Korea, for example, developed an expansive testing
system. As a result, it has been able to track, isolate, and quarantine
infected people without shuttering its cities or forcing its citizens
to stay inside.It's no secret that the U.S. missed its chance to control COVID-19 through
early testing. The Trump Administration profoundly misha… Continue Reading
Congress is allocating billions of dollars to respond to coronavirus and a
growing economic crisis - and those dollars need to be directed right into
Americans' pockets.Right now, Americans are facing a public health crisis and an economic
crisis. Coronavirus carries special risks for older Americans and people with
underlying health conditions, who are following the advice of public health
experts by staying home and staying away from other people in order to reduce
their exposure to coro… Continue Reading
As Congress responds to the coronavirus emergency, the financial security of
workers and their families should be our first priority. That means making sure
that any federal bailout of giant corporations directly helps their employees,
fuels a grassroots recovery and ensures that those big companies make serious,
long-term reforms that reduce the odds they're back before taxpayers again
looking for another bailout.But the Trump administration's current proposals -- and the one released by
… Continue Reading
