Press Releases - Senator Elizabeth Warren

November 22, 2023

Warren, Braun Urge Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Inspector General to Determine if Vertically-Integrated Health Care Companies Are Hiking Prescription Drug Costs, Evading Federal Regulations

Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Mike Braun (R-Ind.) sent a letter to Christi Grimm, Inspector General at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, urging her to determine if large...

November 20, 2023

Warren Joins Baldwin, Kaine, Van Hollen, Colleagues in Calling for Immediate Steps to Deliver Humanitarian Aid to Gaza and Protect Civilians

Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), Tim Kaine (D-Va.), and Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined their colleagues in urging President Biden to work with Israel and international partners to implement...

November 17, 2023

Warren, Banking Committee Democrats Call for Independent Investigation of FDIC Culture

Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) joined her Democratic colleagues in the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs sent a letter to Acting Inspector General Tyler Smith of the Federal...

November 17, 2023

Senator Warren, Representative Green, Lawmakers Urge President Biden to Present Presidential Medal of Freedom Posthumously to America’s Enslaved

Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Representative Al Green (D-Texas) sent a letter to President Joe Biden, urging that he recognize the profound and enduring contributions of our nation’s enslaved with a posthumous...

November 16, 2023

At Hearing, Senator Warren Highlights Dangers of Crypto Scams for Seniors, Need for Legislation

Video of Exchange (YouTube) Washington, D.C. — At a hearing of the Senate Special Committee on Aging, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) highlighted the prevalence and dangers of cryptocurrency scams – which stole a record $1 billion from seniors last...

November 16, 2023

Warren Joins Congresswoman Porter in Reintroducing Bill to Reduce Violence Against Individuals with Mental Illness and Disabilities

Bill text (PDF) Washington, D.C. — Today, Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Congresswoman Katie Porter (D-Calif.), Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.), Congressman Tony Cárdenas (D-Calif.), and Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon (D-Penn.), along with 23 Representatives reintroduced legislation to reduce violence against individuals...

November 16, 2023

Warren, Cortez Masto, Cassidy, Blackburn Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Increase Transparency Over Medicare Advantage Health Care Plans

Text of Bill (PDF) Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev), Bill Cassidy (R-La.), and Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) introduced bipartisan legislation to improve transparency of Medicare Advantage (MA) plans and ensure these plans are best...

November 16, 2023

Warren Joins Gillibrand, Colleagues Introduce Legislation to Strengthen Protections for Immigrant Children in Government Custody

Text of Bill (PDF) Washington, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) joined Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) and five of her Senate colleagues in introducing the Protection of Kids in Detention (PROKID) Act, legislation that would improve and enforce...

November 16, 2023

New Report from Senators Warren, Sanders, Blumenthal: CMS Proposal to Increase Nursing Home Staffing Would Result in Improved Quality of Care

Report: Residents at Risk: Quality of Care Problems in Understaffed Nursing Homes and the Need for a New Federal Nursing Home Staffing Standard (PDF) Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) released...

November 15, 2023

Warren, Banking Committee Colleagues Call on SEC to Require Disclosure of Corporate Lobbying Expenditures to Increase Transparency and Fight Dark Money

Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio.), Jon Tester (D-Mont.), Tina Smith (D-Minn.), and John Fetterman (D-Pa.) sent a letter to Gary Gensler, Chair of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission...

November 15, 2023

Warren, Senators Request Documents from Mark Zuckerberg After Newly Unsealed Court Filing from Massachusetts Attorney General Alleges Meta Hid Evidence of Social Media Harms to Kids

Newly unsealed disclosures from MA AG suggest Meta executives’ direct knowledge of the harms of its products & concealment from Congress and the public, supporting whistleblower Arturo Béjar’s testimony to the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology, and the Law...

November 15, 2023

Warren, Massachusetts Congressional Delegation Announce Commissioning of USS Massachusetts in Boston

Secretary of the Navy: “Considering the namesake of the ship and the unique roles that Massachusetts has in naval history, with seven previous ships bearing the Massachusetts name, this request is especially fitting… I am pleased to announce that we...