Press Releases - Senator Elizabeth Warren

August 6, 2020

Washington, DC – Senator Elizabeth Warren is continuing her oversight of the Trump Administration’s COVID-19 response. We’re seeing COVID-19 death tolls of more than 1,000 Americans per day, and unemployment rates are at the highest levels since the Great Depression....

August 5, 2020

Warren Joins Menendez, Colleagues in Urging Trump Admin to Address Reports of Retaliation among Workers of Color Who Report COVID-19 Workplace Concerns

Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, D.C. – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) joined Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), the highest-ranking Latino in Congress, and a group of 19 colleagues in sending a letter to the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL)...

August 5, 2020

Warren, Waters, Gillibrand Introduce Legislation Requiring the Fed to Close Racial Employment and Wage Gaps

Bill Text | One-Pager Washington, DC – Today, 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, Representative Maxine Waters (D-Calif.), Chairwoman of the House...

August 4, 2020

Massachusetts Lawmakers Urge USDA to Extend School Nutrition Waivers Through the End of the 2020-21 School Year

Text of Letter (PDF) 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 III...

August 4, 2020

Massachusetts Lawmakers Urge USDA to Extend School Nutrition Waivers Through the End of the 2020-21 School Year

August 4, 2020

Federal Bureau of Prisons Tells Lawmakers It Has Implemented Widespread COVID-19 Testing for Incarcerated Individuals at Federal Medical Center Devens

Letter from BOP (PDF) | Lawmakers’ Initial Request (PDF) Washington, D.C. – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), along with Senator Edward J. Markey (D-MA) and Congresswoman Lori Trahan (D-MA-04), are pleased that the Federal Bureau of Prisons’ (BOP) decided...

August 4, 2020

Warren, Maloney, Wyden, DeSaulnier Probe Data Broker’s Collection of Data on Black Lives Matter Demonstrators

Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, D.C. — United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), House Committee on Oversight and Reform Chairwoman Carolyn B. Maloney (D-N.Y.), Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), and Congressman Mark DeSaulnier (D-Calif.) sent a letter to data broker Mobilewalla...

August 4, 2020

Warren Calls on SEC to Investigate Potential Insider Trading Before Announcement of Trump Administration’s $765 Million COVID-19 Deal with Kodak

Letter to SEC (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), member of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, sent a letter urging U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Jay Clayton to investigate potential...

August 4, 2020

Massachusetts Congressional Delegation Requests Additional Funding for Massachusetts Hospitals in Next Relief Package

Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, D.C. – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) led the Massachusetts delegation, including Senator Edward J. Markey (D-MA) and Representatives James P. McGovern (D-MA-02), Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA-08), William Keating (D-MA-09), Joseph P. Kennedy III...

August 4, 2020

Massachusetts Congressional Delegation Requests Additional Funding for Massachusetts Hospitals in Next Relief Package

August 3, 2020

Senators Warren, Hirono, Murray, and Colleagues to McConnell: Immigrants Are Essential and Deserve Support in Coronavirus Relief Legislation

Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Health, Education, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, joined Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawai’i), Patty Murray (D-Wash.), and 24 of their colleagues in sending a...

July 31, 2020

Congressional Delegation Announces $2.95M in Grants To Massachusetts Fire Departments

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 III (D-MA-04), Katherine Clark (D-MA-05),...