Press Releases - Senator Elizabeth Warren

December 17, 2019

Warren Joins Baldwin, Colleagues Call on Purdue Pharma to Cancel $1.3 Million Bonus for CEO

Text of the Letter (PDF) Washington, D.C. – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) joined Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) and 9 of their Senate colleagues in sending a letter to Purdue Pharma’s Board of Directors, calling on them to cancel...

December 17, 2019

Senators Warren and Markey, and Rep. Keating Urge Army Corps Leaders to Replace Cape Cod Canal Bridges

Text of the Letter (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), and Congressman William R. Keating (MA-09), today sent a letter to the two top officials in the U.S. Army Corps of...

December 16, 2019

Warren, DeLauro, Colleagues Reiterate Urgent Concerns With Border Protection Agency’s “Unconscionable” Failure to Provide Flu Vaccines for Migrants in Custody

2019-2020 Flu Season Already Underway Letter to CBP (PDF) | CBP Response to Senators (PDF) | CDC Response to Rep. DeLauro (PDF) | CDC Response to Senator Warren and Colleagues (PDF) Washington, D.C. – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), member...

December 16, 2019

Warren, Colleagues Examine Role of Private Equity Firm Blackstone in Deforestation of Amazon Rainforest

Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, D.C. – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), member of the Senate Banking Committee; Representative Mark Pocan (D-Wisc.); House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Raúl Grijalva (D-Ariz.); House Natural Resources Committee Vice Chair and National Parks,...

December 16, 2019

Senators Warren and Blumenthal Release Investigation Revealing Diabetes Patients’ Lack of Access to Lower-Priced Insulin

Report (PDF) Washington, D.C. – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) today released the findings of a months-long survey of nearly 400 pharmacies...

December 16, 2019

Lawmakers Request that Inspector General Review FEMA’s Faltering Efforts to Rebuild Vieques’ Closed Health Care Facility

Text of the Letter (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Representative Nydia Velázquez (D-N.Y.), Senator Robert Menendez (D-N.J.), House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Raúl Grijalva (D-Ariz.), House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Bennie G. Thompson (D-Miss.), and...

December 16, 2019

Warren and García Press Regulators For Evidence Supporting Their Approval of the BB&T-Suntrust Merger

Text of Letter to FDIC (PDF) | Text of Letter to Fed (PDF) Senator Warren’s QFRs for Fed Vice Chairman Randal Quarles (PDF) Senator Warren’s QFRs for FDIC Chairman Jelena McWilliams (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren...

December 13, 2019

Warren Joins Bipartisan, Bicameral Group of Lawmakers to File Amicus Brief Supporting the Indian Child Welfare Act

Amicus Brief and Full List of Signatories (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) joined Senate Committee on Indian Affairs (SCIA) Vice Chairman Tom Udall (D-N.M.) and SCIA Chairman John Hoeven (R-N.D.), along with a group of 25 senators and 52 representatives,...

December 13, 2019

In Bipartisan Letter, Senators Warren, Paul, and Wyden Ask Credit Reporting Agencies Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion for Transparency About Their Handling of FBI Requests for Consumer Financial Data

Text of Letters (PDF) Washington, D.C. – United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Rand Paul (R-Ky.), and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) yesterday sent letters to the Chief Executive Officers of the three major credit reporting agencies—Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion—regarding the companies’...

December 12, 2019

Senators Request Update from Federal Agencies on Progress Towards Issuing Long-Delayed Licensing of Marijuana Manufacturing for Research Purposes

Text of the Letter (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Kamala Harris (D-Calif.), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), Cory Booker (D-Conn.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), and Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.) sent a letter...

December 12, 2019

Senator Warren Cautions Department of Labor Against Proposing a Weak Conflict-of-Interest Rule That Would Put Americans’ Hard-Earned Retirement Savings in Jeopardy

Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, yesterday wrote to Department of Labor (DOL) Secretary Eugene Scalia in anticipation of DOL’s proposed replacement for the...

December 11, 2019

Senator Warren & Congresswoman Clarke Reintroduce the National Biomedical Research Act to Increase Funding for Medical Research

Bill Text (PDF) | Section-by-Section Summary (PDF) | Fact Sheet (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, and Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke (D-N.Y.), Vice Chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee,...