In the wake of a U.S.-backed bombing last week that killed dozens of children on a school bus in north Yemen, Sen. Elizabeth Warren is demanding answers about how U.S. military advisers support and oversee the Saudi and UAE bombing campaign in Yemen.Warren sent a letter on Tuesday to Gen. Joseph Votel, head of U.S. Central Command and top commander for U.S. forces in the Middle East, requesting that he clarify past congressional testimony about the U.S. role in the Yemen war. Warren’s letter referenced an article by The Intercept about an airstrike in May, based on a U.S. intelligence report that recounts in detail, minute by minute, how the strike unfolded and American munitions were used.“This report appeared to indicate that one or more U.S. representatives were present in the Saudi command center at the time the strike was approved and executed,” Warren wrote. “The reported presence of U.S. advisors in a command center responsible for actively approving and directing such airstrike… Continue Reading
Six
US senators are asking the Department of Homeland Security to take immediate
steps to ensure private-prison operators aren't using forced labor at immigrant
detention centers, after allegations that detainees feel coerced to work for $1
per day or less to get sufficient food and basic services.… Continue Reading
Members of Massachusetts' congressional delegation met with Webster and Dudley officials Thursday to discuss tornado recovery and relief efforts in wake of the "high-end EF1" that touched down earlier this week. U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, joined U.S. Reps. Richard Neal, D-Springfield, and Jim McGovern, D-Worcester, for an afternoon roundtable discussion with local lawmakers, fire and police officials at Webster Town Hall. The lawmakers, following the closed door meeting, told reporters that they are committed to helping local officials get the federal support and funds needed to help the towns recover from the tornado. Warren said although lawmakers are committed to working with federal officials to help Webster and Dudley access support, they are also focused on what the rebuilding process could mean for the towns. "We're obviously talking about assessment of the damage and what we can do to make sure that federal funds are available, but also starting the conversati… Continue Reading
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Senator Warren's Op-Ed: Companies Shouldn't Be Accountable Only to ShareholdersRead
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| One-PagerWashington, DC - United States Senator Elizabeth Warren
(D-Mass.) today introduced the Accountable Capitalism Act to help eliminate
skewed market incentives and return to the era when American corporations and
American workers did well together. The legislation aims to reverse the harmful
trends over the last thirty years that have led… Continue Reading
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of letter to GAO (pdf)Washington, DC - United States Senator Elizabeth Warren
(D-Mass.) and Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Military Construction,
Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies, Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) today
asked the Inspector General of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the
U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) to investigate whether unqualified,
unaccountable private citizens with no official g… Continue Reading
United States Senator Elizabeth Warren
(D-Mass.) sent
a ten-page letter to Secretary of Commerce, Wilbur Ross, seeking
information on how and why Rusal America Corporation, a subsidiary of United
Company RUSAL PLC (UC Rusal) - a sanctioned Russian company controlled by Oleg
Deripaska, a sanctioned Russian oligarch and a "close Putin confidant,'' -
received an exemption from President Trump's aluminum tariffs. One day after
she sent the letter with the findings of her investigation, the Co… Continue Reading
Corporate profits are booming, but average wages haven't budged over the
past year. The U.S. economy has run this way for decades, partly because of a
fundamental change in business practices dating back to the 1980s. On Wednesday
I'm introducing legislation to fix it.
American corporations exist only because the American people grant them
charters. Those charters confer valuable privileges-such as limited legal
liability for their owners-that enable businesses to turn a profit. What do
Americans get in return? What are the obligations of corporate citizenship in
the U.S.?
Read the full op-ed on the Wall Street Journal website here.… Continue Reading
Your lawyer can’t take money from your opponent to give you bad legal advice. If you’re on Medicare, your doctor can’t take kickbacks from drug manufacturers for prescribing their drugs. But, under current law, your broker-dealer can receive monetary rewards and other perks for recommending certain investment products, even if those products aren’t in your best interest.Each year, Americans lose billions of dollars because of brokers who are looking out for their own financial interests instead of their clients’. The Securities and Exchange Commission recently proposed a new set of rules, supposedly to address this problem — but the SEC has fallen far short of giving American families the protection they need and deserve.… Continue Reading
Medicare State Health Insurance Assistance Programs (SHIPs) are
important programs operating in all 50 states that help beneficiaries enroll in
the Medicare plans that are right for them, resolve billing issues, and
navigate the Medicare system. Across the country, seniors and SHIP counselors
are fighting to preserve this program, and I am committed to working to strengthen
SHIP in the federal budget. … We are
now in the middle of a new budget fight, and President Trump has once again
pr… Continue Reading
