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
CHAIRWOMAN COLLINS: Senator Warren, I don't know whether
you heard my opening remarks, but I do want you to know that I know I speak for
every member of this committee in expressing our condolences to you. You've
been touched very personally by this virus, so welcome. SENATOR WARREN: Thank you so much, I appreciate it, Madam
Chair. You reached out to me personally right after my brother died, and he
died in a congregate setting facility, in a rehab, so thank you, I appreciate
it. And I ver… Continue Reading
United States Senators Elizabeth
Warren (D-MA) and Edward J. Markey (D-MA), along with Representatives Richard
E. Neal (D-MA-01), James P. McGovern (D-MA-02), Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA-08),
William Keating (D-MA-09), Joseph P. Kennedy III (D-MA-04), Katherine Clark
(D-MA-05), Seth Moulton (D-MA-06), Ayanna Pressley (D-MA-07) and Lori Trahan
(D-MA-04), announced that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
(HUD) has awarded Massachusetts public housing authorities a total of
$4,8… Continue Reading
United States Senator Elizabeth Warren
(D-Mass.) joined Congresswoman Deb Haaland (D-N.M.) in filing a bicameral,
bipartisan amicus brief opposing the U.S. Department of the Interior's
unprecedented action to remove the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe's reservation land
from trust status. The brief, signed by 25 members of Congress, was filed in
the Federal District Court for the District of Columbia.Fourteen days after the United States declared a national emergency over the
COVID-19 pandemic, th… Continue Reading
The coronavirus pandemic is causing a crisis for the nation's child care
providers and working families. Following the advice of public health experts
and government officials, businesses have shuttered and families across the
country are staying home to stay safe and to mitigate the spread of the virus.
But this has pushed child care providers to the absolute brink: forced to
either close their doors to stop the spread of the virus, or stay open around
the clock to provide emergency care … Continue Reading
Congress has passed three coronavirus packages aimed at providing immediate
relief to families, workers, hospitals and small businesses, but with more than
12,000 dead and 10 million out of work, the scale of this tragedy demands we do
much more — much faster.Communities across the
country are entering a critical stage. Illnesses are mounting
and our health system is stretched to the brink. Early data shows people of
color are infected and dying at disproportionately high rates. Unemployment is approaching
Depression-era levels. No clear end is in sight for social distancing.
The next round of policymaking must squarely address
these hard realities — not with a few new nibbles, but with the kind of broad,
direct action needed to save lives and save our economy.Containing the health crisis
must be our first priority. I have outlined
immediate steps to
accomplish a federal surge in testing capacity. In addition to using the powers
under the recently invoked Defense Producti… Continue Reading
The coronavirus outbreak is not only a public health emergency and an
economic crisis - it also threatens our elections. Elections are foundational
to our democracy. But as federal, state, tribal, and local governments issue
stay-at-home orders and encourage residents to practice social distancing to
combat the virus, large-scale, in-person voting on Election Day could present
serious risks to public health. While many states have taken steps to postpone
primary elections or adopted polici… Continue Reading
