Press Releases - Senator Elizabeth Warren

January 17, 2020

Sen. Warren Calls on Former Energy Secretary Rick Perry to Resign from Board of Energy Transfer, a Fossil Fuel Company Whose Board He Rejoined Weeks After Leaving Office

Text of the Letter to Energy Transfer (PDF) Text of the Letter to Former Energy Secretary (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) sent letters to Energy Transfer, the company responsible for the Dakota Access Pipeline and...

January 17, 2020

After Years of Pressure, Senator Warren Applauds Treasury Department and IRS Decision to Expand Tax Exemptions for Cancelled Student Loans

Washington, DC – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) released the statement below following the U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) and the Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) decision to expand tax exemptions for student loan borrowers who attended failing colleges...

January 17, 2020

Warren Leads Colleagues Investigating the Revolving Door Between Federal Agencies and the Private Detention Industry

Text of the Letter (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) led a letter to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) questioning their anti-corruption policies and practices after a series of...

January 17, 2020

Mass. Congressional Delegation Announces Over $76.5 Million in Federal Grants to Combat Homelessness

List of Grants (PDF) Boston, MA – 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), Joseph P. Kennedy III (D-MA-04), Katherine Clark (D-MA-05), Seth Moulton (D-MA-06)...

January 16, 2020

Lawmakers Urge Internet Governing Body to Block Private Equity Firm Ethos Capital from Taking Over the .ORG Internet Domain Name Registry

Text of the Letter (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), and Representatives Anna G. Eshoo (D-Calif.) and Mark Pocan (D-Wis.) sent a letter to the leadership...

January 16, 2020

Lawmakers Question Education Department and Accreditor About Fake Universities Used to Entrap Foreign-National Students

Text of the Letter to Education Department (PDF) | Text of the Letter to Accreditor (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee; House Education and...

January 15, 2020

Warren, Markey Press OCC for Solutions Following Closure of TD Bank in Springfield, Massachusetts

Text of Letter (PDF) Springfield, MA – United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Edward J. Markey (D-MA) wrote to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) to request that the agency meet with community leaders to find...

January 14, 2020

Warren, Van Hollen Seek Insider Trading Probe Following Report that President Trump Informed Mar-a-Lago Guests in Advance of Iran Attack that Killed Major General Qasem Soleimani

Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, D.C. – United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ranking Member of the Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Protection; and Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Ranking Member of the Banking, Housing,...

January 14, 2020

Senator Warren and Reps. Velázquez and Thompson Urge President to Fully Fund Emergency Response in Puerto Rico

Text of the Letter (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ranking Member of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Protection; House Small Business Committee Chair Nydia Velázquez (D-N.Y.);...

January 9, 2020

Senators Warren and Brown Raise Alarms Over IRS’s Decision to Allow Private Debt Collectors Direct Access to Taxpayer Bank Accounts

“Taxpayers should not have to risk their financial security in order to pay their tax debts” Text of the Letter (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ranking Member of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs...

January 8, 2020

Senators Introduce Anti-War Crimes Resolution That Denounces Trump Threats to Attack Iranian Cultural Sites

Resolution Text (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, joined Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), and Chris Van Hollen...

January 8, 2020

Warren Demands Answers on Reports of Iranians and Iranian Americans Held Up at Border Crossings

Text of the Letter (PDF) Washington, D.C. – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren sent a letter to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Acting Commissioner Mark Morgan requesting information regarding recent reports that dozens of Iranian Americans and others of...