Press Releases - Senator Elizabeth Warren

June 5, 2020

Warren, Brown, Menendez Urge Senate Leadership to Include Additional Protections to Help Homeowners Survive the COVID-19 Crisis

Letter to Senate Leadership Washington, DC — United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), and Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) wrote to Senate leadership about the information they received as part of their inquiry into mortgage servicers’ practices during the...

June 5, 2020

Warren, Harris, Scanlon, Vargas Demand Answers on ICE & CBP Involvement in Policing Ongoing Protests

Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, DC — United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) joined Senator Kamala D. Harris (D-Calif.) and Representatives Mary Gay Scanlon (D-Pa.) and Juan Vargas (D-Calif.), along with 95 of their colleagues, in a letter to Customs...

June 4, 2020

Senator Warren Joins Senator Markey and Colleagues to Announce Legislation to Prohibit Restart of U.S. Nuclear Weapons Testing

Bill Text Washington, DC – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren joined Senator Edward J. Markey to announce the Preserving Leadership Against Nuclear Explosives Testing (PLANET) Act, which would prevent the Trump administration from restarting explosive nuclear weapons testing by...

June 4, 2020

At HELP Hearing, Senator Warren Questions University Presidents on How to Safely Reopen Campuses & Address Risks to Low Wage & Hourly Workers

Senator Warren Also Criticizes the American Council on Education’s Call for COVID-19 Liability Protections — Says Universities are Already Protected When They Appropriately Prioritize the Health & Safety of Students & Staff Video of Hearing Exchange (YouTube) Washington, D.C. –...

June 4, 2020

At Banking Hearing, Warren Pushes Back on GOP Proposal to Shield Businesses from COVID-19 Liability

Video of Hearing Exchange (YouTube) Washington, D.C. – In a Senate Banking Committee hearing today, United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) pushed back on Republican proposals to shield companies from all liability for workers or customers getting sick at their...

June 3, 2020

Warren, Colleagues Urge Defense Department to Refrain from Using U.S. Military to Suppress Nationwide Protests

Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren joined Senators Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Bob Casey (D-Pa.), and Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) with 15 of their colleagues to send a letter to...

June 3, 2020

Warren, Schatz Release GAO Report Detailing the “Mar-a-Lago Crowd” of Trump Cronies’ Undue Influence Over Dept. of Veterans Affairs

GAO Report (PDF) Washington, D.C. – United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) today released the results of a Government Accountability Office (GAO) investigation revealing the undue influence of unqualified, unaccountable private citizens-with no official government role or...

June 2, 2020

Warren Calls on DOJ IG to Investigate Role of Attorney General Barr in “Sickening and Appalling” Attack on Peaceful Protestors at the White House

Text of Letter to DOJ IG (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) formally requested that the Department of Justice (DOJ) Inspector General (IG) investigate the role of Attorney General William Barr and DOJ law enforcement personnel...

June 2, 2020

Warren Calls for an Independent Watchdog Investigation of Role of Military in “Sickening and Appalling” Attack on Peaceful Protestors at the White House

Text of Letter to DoD IG (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) formally requested the Department of Defense (DoD) Inspector General to conduct an immediate investigation of the role of DoD civilian and military officials in...

June 1, 2020

Warren, Booker Call for Universal COVID-19 Testing of All Incarcerated Individuals and Staff at Federal Prisons

Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, D.C. – United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Cory Booker (D-N.J.) sent a letter to the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) urging the BOP to immediately conduct universal COVID-19 diagnostic testing of all incarcerated...

May 29, 2020

Warren, Democratic Senators Request Information About the Distribution of Coronavirus Relief Funds to Tribal Governments

Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, DC — United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) joined Senator Tom Udall (D-N.M.), Vice Chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, in a letter to Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin, requesting that...

May 29, 2020

Warren Joins 22 Colleagues in Urging Senate Leadership to Increase Funding for Nonprofit Museums and Library Services in the Next COVID-19 Package

Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) joined 22 of her Senate colleagues to urge Senate leadership to provide emergency assistance to nonprofit museums in response to the Coronavirus pandemic. The senators asked...