Press Releases - Senator Elizabeth Warren

May 7, 2020

Senator Warren to Secretary Mnuchin: No Bailouts for the Oil and Gas Industry

Fossil Fuel Industry Already Receives Billions in Taxpayer Subsidies Annually Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, D.C. – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Banking Committee, sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin expressing serious...

May 7, 2020

Warren, Sanders, Booker, Brown & Colleagues Call for More Information from Jeff Bezos on Amazon’s Firing of Whistleblowers

“In order to understand how the termination of employees that raised concerns about health and safety conditions did not constitute retaliation for whistleblowing, we are requesting information about Amazon’s policies regarding grounds for employee discipline and termination.” Text of Letter...

May 6, 2020

Warren, Markey, Keating, Kennedy, Colleagues Seek Federal Investigation of Violent Incident at Bristol County Jail

Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, D.C. – United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Edward J. Markey (D-MA), along with Representatives William Keating (D-MA-09) and Joseph P. Kennedy III (D-MA-04), led their colleagues in writing to the Department of Homeland...

May 6, 2020

Senators Warren and Van Hollen Urge HHS to Fully Utilize Public Health Service Commissioned Corps to Respond to COVID-19 Pandemic

Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, DC — United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, and Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) sent a letter to the Surgeon General and the...

May 6, 2020

Warren, Klobuchar Lead Colleagues in Letter to Federal Trade Commission Calling for Protections Against Scams Targeting Small Businesses

Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, DC — United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) led a group of their colleagues in expressing concern to Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chairman Joseph Simons about the recent increase in scams...

May 5, 2020

Warren Grills Trump Nominee for Special Inspector General for Pandemic Recovery in Banking Committee Hearing

“(T)he CARES Act should have slapped iron-clad rules on companies getting a bailout, but the Republicans refused. Now the primary tool that we have to stop corporations from using this bailout to enrich themselves is rigorous oversight.” Video (YouTube) Washington,...

May 5, 2020

Massachusetts Awarded Nearly $4 Million in Emergency Food and Shelter Assistance Under CARES Act

Washington, DC – 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),...

May 5, 2020

Lawmakers Press Pompeo & Mnuchin to Confirm that U.S. Policy Does Not Preclude Shipments of Medical Equipment to Cuba to Combat COVID-19

Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) joined Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and Rep. Jim McGovern (D-Mass.) in a letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin to ensure that...

May 5, 2020

Warren Joins Daines and Senate Colleagues in Reintroducing Resolution Designating May 5th as the National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Native Women and Girls

Resolution Text (PDF) Washington, D.C. — United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) today joined Senator Steve Daines (R-Mont.), along with Senators Jon Tester (D-Mont.), John Hoeven (R-N.D.), Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), James Lankford (R-Okla.), Tom Udall (D-N.M.), Mike...

May 5, 2020

Warren, Tester, Markey, Casey Seek Government Accountability Office Audit of VA Oversight of Care Quality at State Veterans Homes

Senators Also Seek Update on VA’s Progress to Improve Monitoring of these State-Run Facilities and Transparency of SVH Inspections Oversight Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, D.C. – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee Ranking Member Jon...

May 5, 2020

Trump COVID-19 Watch

Washington, DC – Elizabeth Warren is continuing her oversight of the Trump Administration’s COVID-19 response. Government delivers best when its actions are fair, transparent and accountable. But President Donald Trump’s approach to this crisis doesn’t reflect those values. Monday April...

May 4, 2020

Warren, Durbin, Takano, Brown, Jayapal Unveil Plan to Grant Full Student Loan Discharges to Defrauded Student Borrowers in Next COVID-19 Relief Package

Bill One-Pager (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), U.S. Representative Mark Takano (D-Calif.), Senator Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), and U.S. Representative Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) today announced a plan that will grant...