Press Releases - Senator Elizabeth Warren

May 4, 2019

Warren, Udall, Harris & Blumenthal to DHS: Stop Unconstitutional Surveillance of Journalists, Activists, and Lawyers

Text of the Letter (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Tom Udall (D-N.M.), Kamala D. Harris (D-Calif.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) wrote to U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Acting Secretary Kevin K. McAleenan demanding answers...

May 3, 2019

Warren Leads Colleagues Calling for the FTC and IRS to Investigate and Oust Tax Preparation Companies Profiting by Misleading Low-Income Taxpayers

Text of Letter to FTC (PDF) | Text of Letter to IRS (PDF) Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) today sent letters to Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chairman Joseph Simons and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner Charles Rettig...

May 2, 2019

Sen. Warren Joins Sen. Markey in Introducing Legislation to Preserve and Extend New START, Prohibit Increases in U.S. Nuclear Forces

Text of Bill (PDF) Washington, DC – In an effort to preserve the last, major U.S.-Russia bilateral nuclear arms control treaty, United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) joined Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today in introducing new legislation to preserve...

May 2, 2019

Warren, Sanders, Velázquez, Gillibrand, Markey, Harris Reintroduce Comprehensive Debt-Relief Legislation for Puerto Rico, U.S. Territories

Bill Text (PDF) | Fact Sheet (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today reintroduced the U.S. Territorial Relief Act to provide a pathway to comprehensive debt relief for Puerto Rico and other disaster-ravaged...

May 1, 2019

Warren Leads Bipartisan Resolution to Honor the Nation’s First Responders

Resolution Text (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) along with Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR), Ron Johnson (R-WI), Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, Gary Peters (D-MI), Ranking Member of the Homeland Security...

May 1, 2019

Senator Warren Releases Her Investigation of the Pentagon’s Substandard Military Base Housing Program

Text of Letter to SASC Chair and Ranking Member (PDF) | Text of Letter to Armed Service Secretaries (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), today released the...

April 30, 2019

GAO Agrees to Investigate National Security Threats Posed by Climate Change to Defense Supply Chain

GAO Response (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Ranking Member of the Armed Services Committee, Jack Reed (D-R.I.) applauded the Government Accountability Office (GAO) for agreeing to their April 2019 request to investigate the impacts...

April 30, 2019

Senator Warren Calls for IG Investigation into Reports DHS Used Intelligence Firm’s Surveillance of Trump Administration Family Separation Policy Protests

Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) today sent a letter to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Inspector General (IG) requesting an investigation into the department’s use of information from a private intelligence...

April 26, 2019

Sen. Warren Questions Presumptive Federal Reserve Nominee Stephen Moore on Financial Ties with Well-Financed Special Interests

Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) today sent a letter to Stephen Moore, who President Donald Trump has said he intends to nominate to the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System....

April 26, 2019

Warren, Haaland Unveil Comprehensive Bill to Address Unsafe Military Housing

Watch Senator Warren Demand Profit Details from Companies Providing Substandard Military Family Housing Watch Senator Warren Question DOD Officials about the Lack of Oversight of Privatized Military Housing Watch Haaland Seek Answers to Military Housing Issues Flagged by Kirtland Air...

April 24, 2019

Senators Warren Leads Colleagues in Calling on CMS Administrator Seema Verma to Remove Regulations that Restrict Access to Hearing Health Services

Text of the letter (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Rand Paul (R-Ky.), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), and United States Representatives Tom Rice (R-S.C.), Mark Meadows (R-N.C.), Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), Brendan F. Boyle (D-Pa.),...

April 22, 2019

As a Long-Time Champion of Students, Senator Warren Leads the Fight to End the Student Debt Crisis and Truly Invest in Opportunities for Young People

Washington, DC – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) has spent over six years in the U.S. Senate fighting to invest far more in opportunities for America’s young people. Her work includes championing sweeping legislation to reduce interest rates and debt...