Press Releases

Remarks to the Education Writers Association Conference on Higher Education at Northeastern University

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United States Senators Elizabeth Warren and Edward J. Markey, and Congressman Richard E. Neal today announced that the Department of Education's Office of Innovation and Improvement has awarded Springfield Public Schools (SPS) a $3,850,000 Magnet School Assistance Program grant. Senator...

United States Senators Elizabeth Warren and Edward J. Markey, and Congressman Richard E. Neal today announced that the Department of Education's Office of Innovation and Improvement has awarded Springfield Public Schools (SPS) a $3,850,000 Magnet School Assistance Program grant. Senator...

United States Senators Elizabeth Warren and Edward J. Markey and Congressman Jim McGovern today applauded Mount Wachusett Community College (MWCC) for securing a major grant from the Department of Labor. MWCC, located in Gardner, will oversee the $15.9 million grant...

In remarks to the Financial Services Roundtable today, Senator Elizabeth Warren called on executives from some of the largest financial institutions to speak out against a voluntary default on the United States' debt and to support additional measures to address...

Democratic lawmakers in the House and Senate today expressed deep concern over financial arrangements between colleges and banks that could steer financially-strapped students into fee-laden debit cards that increase the costs of college. In letters sent to some of the...

With winter on the horizon and as Congress debates a spending plan for the remainder of the year, Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) joined with 32 of their colleagues in a bipartisan letter to Senate leadership...

United States Senator Elizabeth Warren today applauded a policy change announced by the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) allowing more individuals to qualify for FHA loan modifications. In July, Warren authored an amendment to compel this change, and earlier this month...

United States Senator Elizabeth Warren and Senator Edward J. Markey today announced that the United States Department of Labor (DOL) has awarded the Massachusetts Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development (LWD) a major $11.67 million from its Workforce Innovation...

United States Senator Elizabeth Warren, Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's (CFPB) Office of Servicemember Affairs Holly Petraeus, and U.S. Representative and House Armed Services Committee member Niki Tsongas today held roundtable discussions with servicemembers, veterans, and their families...

At a Senate Banking subcommittee hearing Wednesday, United States Senator Elizabeth Warren raised concerns with Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Craig Fugate about the implementation of new flood insurance rules.

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Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Mike Crapo (R-ID) have introduced a bipartisan amendment directing the U.S. Department of Energy to quantify the cost savings from operational energy efficiency technologies in an effort to increase public and private use ofthese technologies,...