Press Releases - Senator Elizabeth Warren

November 11, 2020

Senator Warren and 36 Democratic Senators Urge Armed Services Leaders to Retain Bipartisan, Bicameral Measure to Rename Military Bases and Other Assets Honoring the Confederacy

“The Senate and House strongly supported the inclusion of this requirement by passing their bills with overwhelming, veto-proof, bipartisan majorities.” “Renaming these bases does not disrespect our military – it honors the sacrifices and contributions of our servicemembers in a...

November 10, 2020

Warren, Baldwin, Whitehouse, Hassan Lead Colleagues to Call on Trump’s Justice Department to Stop Plans to Make Purdue Pharma a Public Benefit Corporation

Text of Letter (PDF) WASHINGTON, D.C. – Following the proposed settlement agreement announced between the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Purdue Pharma (Purdue), U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) are today...

November 10, 2020

Warren and Smith Question FDA On Resuming Safety Inspections for Foreign Pharmaceuticals Entering the United States

Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, DC – Today, United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Tina Smith (D-Minn.), members of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, sent a letter to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)...

November 10, 2020

At Banking Hearing, Warren to Federal Reserve Vice Chairman: Do Your Job to Protect the American People — Not Big Bank Investors

Video of Exchange Part 1 (Youtube) Video of Exchange Part 2 (Youtube) Washington, DC – In a Senate Banking Committee hearing today, United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) criticized Republicans’ failure to pass a relief bill as unemployment benefits ran...

October 30, 2020

Warren and Porter Urge Investigation into Abuse of Contracting Law to Create Ethics Loophole for Vaccine Czar Dr. Moncef Slaoui

Text of Letter (PDF) Letter to Dr. Slaoui (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Congresswoman Katie Porter (D-Calif.) have requested an investigation of the Trump administration’s abuse of the federal contracting process to subvert ethics...

October 30, 2020

Warren, Blumenthal, Jayapal, and Porter Press Vaccine Czar Dr. Moncef Slaoui on His Still Unresolved Conflicts of Interest

Text of Letter (PDF) Warren-Porter Letter to GSA Watchdog (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), and Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.), and Congresswoman Katie Porter (D-Calif.) today pressed Dr. Moncef Slaoui, the top...

October 30, 2020

Senator Warren and Congresswoman Haaland Condemn Republican Appointees’ Censorship of Important New Report on the Pandemic’s Impact on Native Nations

Washington, DC – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Congresswoman Deb Haaland (D-N.M.) today released a joint statement condemning Republican appointees’ actions to block the publication of new information about the pandemic’s ongoing impacts on Native Nations, which were...

October 30, 2020

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 Letter (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass) sent a letter to former Energy Secretary Rick Perry questioning Perry’s decision to rejoin Energy Transfer’s board of directors just weeks after leaving the Energy Department and...

October 30, 2020

Warren and Booker Release Labor Department Response to Their Inquiries As Labor Denies Protections to Meatpacking Workers

DOL Response (PDF) | Letter to OSHA (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass) and Cory Booker (D-N.J.), released the following statement regarding the Department of Labor’s inadequate, half-page response to their inquiry about why the Occupational...

October 30, 2020

Warren, Carper, Baldwin, and Warner Form Corporate Governance Working Group to Fundamentally Reform the 21st Century American Economy

Washington, DC – Today, United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Tom Carper (D-Del.), Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) and Mark Warner (D-Va.) announced the formation of a working group to develop legislative proposals and conduct oversight focused on fundamentally reforming corporate governance....

October 30, 2020

Warren, Carper, Baldwin, and Warner Form Corporate Governance Working Group to Fundamentally Reform the 21st Century American Economy

October 29, 2020

Warren Releases New Report: Lawlessness and Disorder: The Corrupt Trump Administration Has Made A Mockery of the Hatch Act

Report (PDF) Boston, MA — United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) today released a new report, “Lawlessness and Disorder: The Corrupt Trump Administration Has Made A Mockery of the Hatch Act,” which reveals, in comprehensive fashion, the extent to which...