Press Releases - Senator Elizabeth Warren

April 19, 2019

Mass. Congressional Delegation Announces Over $61 Million in AmeriCorps Funding for Commonwealth

Boston, MA – United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), along with U.S. Representatives Richard Neal (D-Mass.), Stephen F. Lynch (D-Mass.), William Keating (D-Mass.), Joseph P. Kennedy III (D-Mass.), Katherine Clark (D-Mass.), Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.), and...

April 18, 2019

Warren, Thompson Seek GAO Review of Federal Disaster Aid Programs’ Impact on Inequality

Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Representative Bennie G. Thompson (D-Miss.), Chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security, sent a letter to the Government Accountability Office (GAO) requesting that the GAO...

April 17, 2019

April 18, 2019 is Military Retiree Appreciation Day

Text of the Resolution (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Ted Cruz (R-Texas) released statements following the Senate passage by unanimous consent of their bipartisan resolution designating April 18, 2019 as “Military Retiree Appreciation Day”...

April 17, 2019

Warren, Colleagues Demand Answers From ICE Following Investigation of For-Profit Contractors Running Immigration Detention Facilities

Letter to ICE | Response Letters from GEO Group and CoreCivic | Response Letters from Nakamoto Group and DHS OIG Washington, DC – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), along with Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Edward J....

April 17, 2019

Senator Warren Questions OCC’s Refusal to Use Existing Authority to Oversee Wells Fargo CEO Hiring Process

Text of the letter (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) sent a letter to Joseph Otting, Comptroller of the Currency, requesting information about the role that the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) will...

April 17, 2019

Warren, Kaine, Colleagues Urge Congressional Negotiators to Ensure Education Department Faithfully Implements Temporary Expanded Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program

Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Tim Kaine (D-Va.) led 14 of their Senate colleagues in writing to Senate Appropriators to urge them to include language in the Fiscal Year 2020 (FY20)...

April 16, 2019

Senator Warren’s SASC Hearing Questions Reveal Unanimity of Military Leaders on Climate Change as a Threat to Readiness

Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), sent a letter to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Joseph F. Dunford, Jr., summarizing almost two...

April 15, 2019

Warren Joins Gillibrand, Kaine, Colleagues to Introduce New Legislation to Overhaul Flawed Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program

Bill Text (PDF) | Bill Summary (PDF) Washington, DC – U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) joined with Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), Tim Kaine (D-Va.) and a group of 12 other senators to introduce the What You Can Do for Your Country Act...

April 15, 2019

Department of the Interior Deputy Inspector General Opens Investigation to Address Conflicts of Interest Complaints Against Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt

Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) today received a follow-up letter from the Department of the Interior Deputy Inspector General Mary Kendall stating that the Office of Inspector General (OIG)...

April 15, 2019

Senator Warren Applauds Proposed Agreement to Get Military Student Loan Borrowers the Benefits They Are Owed

Washington, DC – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) today released the following statement regarding the announcement that the Department of Defense has proposed a new agreement with the Department of Education to automate for servicemembers a benefit that exempts...

April 15, 2019

Senator Warren, Armed Services Committee Ranking Member Reed Call on GAO to Review Threats to National Security from Climate Change Impacts on Pentagon Contractors and Defense Supply Chain

Text of the Letter (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, and Committee Ranking Member Jack Reed (D-R.I.) sent a letter to the Government Accountability Office (GAO) late last week...

April 12, 2019

Senators Warren and Collins Introduce Bipartisan Resolution to Designate April as National Donate Life Month

The 2018 Version of the Bipartisan Resolution Passed Unanimously in the U.S. Senate Last Year Resolution Text (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Susan Collins (R-Maine) yesterday introduced a resolution to designate April 2019...