Press Releases - Senator Elizabeth Warren

April 30, 2020

Warren, Pressley, Colleagues Call on Trump Administration to Fill Gaps in COVID-19 Demographic Data and Mobilize Resources to Affected Communities

Read letter to Vice President Pence and the Task Force here Read letter to the CDC here Washington, DC – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA.) and Representative Ayanna Pressley (D-MA.) led their colleagues in letters to Vice President Mike...

April 29, 2020

In Bipartisan Letter, Lawmakers Seek Emergency Funding for Behavioral Health Organizations in Next Coronavirus Stimulus Package

Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Congressman Joe Kennedy III (D-MA-04), along with Senators Edward J. Markey (D-MA), Chris Murphy (D-CT) and Debbie Stabenow (D-MI); and Representatives Doris Matsui (D-CA-06), Paul Tonko...

April 29, 2020

Warren Sounds Alarm Over Lack of Climate Risk Reporting Requirements in SEC’s New Proposed Disclosure Rule

Public Disclosure of Climate-related Risks Would Reduce Chances of Environmental and Financial Catastrophe Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, D.C. – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Banking Committee and Securities, Insurance, and Investment Subcommittee, yesterday...

April 29, 2020

Senators Warren and Markey, and Reps. Moulton and Keating Demand Immediate Guidance for Fisheries Disaster Assistance Funding During Coronavirus Emergency

Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, DC – Today, Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), and Representatives William Keating (MA-09) and Seth Moulton (MA-06) called for the Department of Commerce to immediately issue guidance for how the...

April 29, 2020

Warren, Hirono, Harris, Murphy to USDA: College Students Need Access to SNAP During Pandemic

Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) joined Senators Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawai’i), Kamala Harris (D-Calif.), and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) to urge the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to immediately reconsider its blanket denial...

April 29, 2020

Backed by Large Group of Senate Colleagues, Warren and Smith Press to Include $50 Billion Child Care Bailout in Next Coronavirus Relief Package

Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Tina Smith (D-Minn.) led 29 of their Senate colleagues in calling on Senate leadership to include their plan for a $50 billion child care bailout in...

April 29, 2020

Senators Warren, Casey, Gillibrand, Brown, Hassan, Duckworth, and Colleagues Urge House and Senate Leadership to Prioritize the Needs of People with Disabilities in the Next COVID-19 Package

Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) and Senate Aging Committees, along with Senators Bob Casey (D-Pa.), a member of the HELP Committee...

April 29, 2020

Massachusetts Medicare Providers Awarded Additional $163 Million in CARES Act Relief

Washington, D.C. – 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), Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA-08), William Keating (D-MA-09), Joseph P. Kennedy (D-MA-04), Katherine Clark (D-MA-05), Seth...

April 28, 2020

Warren, Murray, Peters, Colleagues Demand Answers From Trump Administration on Efforts to Protect Federal Workers During Coronavirus Pandemic

Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, D.C. – United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, along with Senator Patty Murray (D-Wash.), Ranking Member of the Senate HELP Committee, and Senator...

April 28, 2020

Warren, Markey, Trahan Call on CMS to Increase Oversight of Life Care Centers of America, Other Nursing Homes to Protect Workers and Residents

Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, DC – Yesterday, United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Edward J. Markey (D-MA) and Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03), wrote to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) requesting that additional oversight measures...

April 28, 2020

Sens. Warren and King Seek Strong Funding for Pandemic Threat Detection Programs Under USAID

Text of the Letter (PDF) Washington, D.C. – United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Angus King (I-Maine) sent a letter to Senate appropriators urging them to include robust funding in the fiscal year 2021 appropriations bill for programs within...

April 28, 2020

Warren and Colleagues Urge Administration to Allow Eligible Immigrants to Complete Naturalization Process

Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) joined Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) along with Senators Cory Booker (D-N.J.) and Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) and a group of 11 colleagues in a letter to the U.S....