Press Releases - Senator Elizabeth Warren

July 31, 2019

Senator Warren Requests Homeland Security Watchdog Investigate Unwarranted Detention of American Citizens by Immigration Authorities

Text of the Letter (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Inspector General (IG) requesting an investigation into the unwarranted detention of American citizens by immigration authorities,...

July 30, 2019

Warren Joins Markey, Colleagues in Renewed Call for FCC to Protect Community Television Channels

Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senator Warren (D-Mass.) joined Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) in urging the Federal Communication Commission (FCC) to protect public, educational, or governmental (PEG) stations as it proposes changes to the rules...

July 29, 2019

Warren, Brown Demand Action Following IG Report Finding Blankenstein ‘May Have Abused His Authority’

Inspector General Report Text (PDF) | Fed. Letter Text (PDF) | HUD Letter Text (PDF) | CFPB Letter Text (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ranking Member of the Banking Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and...

July 26, 2019

Warren, Shaheen, Murray Question Secretary of Veterans Affairs Over Contraceptive Access Among Veterans

Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), and Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-Wash.) sent a letter to Secretary of Veterans Affairs Robert Wilkie...

July 26, 2019

Senators Warren, Paul, & Rep. Rice Reintroduce Bipartisan, Bicameral Legislation to Ensure Better Access to Hearing Health Care Services

Bill Text (PDF) | One-Pager (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Rand Paul (R-Ky.) today announced they will introduce the Medicare Audiologist Access and Services Act of 2019, a bipartisan bill that ensures seniors...

July 26, 2019

Warren, Ocasio-Cortez, Colleagues Seek Defense Funding for Safe Cleanup of Toxic Military Waste on Puerto Rican Island of Vieques

Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), along with 15 of their colleagues, sent a letter to the Chairmen and Ranking Members of the Senate and House Armed Services Committees...

July 25, 2019

Senator Warren Investigates Allegations that Private Prison Contractors Withhold Basic Necessities, Use Threat of Solitary Confinement to Coerce Detainees into “Voluntary” Work Programs

Text of the Letter to DHS IG (PDF) | Text of the Letter to SEC (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) today sent a letter to Jennifer Costello, Acting Inspector General (IG) of the Department of...

July 24, 2019

Warren, Van Hollen, Pressley, García Introduce Legislation to Require the Fed to Act on Faster Payments

Text of Bill (PDF) | Fact Sheet (PDF) Washington, DC – Today, United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Representatives Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) and Jesús “Chuy” García (D-Ill.) introduced the Payment Modernization Act of 2019. Americans lose billions of...

July 24, 2019

Warren Seeks Answers from Pharmaceutical Giant Pfizer on Appointment of Former FDA Commissioner Gottlieb to Board of Directors

Letter to Pfizer (PDF) | Response from Dr. Gottlieb (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) today sent a letter to pharmaceutical company Pfizer to request information regarding the decision to name Dr. Scott Gottlieb, former Commissioner...

July 23, 2019

Senator Warren, House Majority Whip Clyburn Introduce Legislation to Cancel Student Loan Debt for Millions of Americans

Bill Text (PDF) | One-Pager (PDF) | Section-by-Section Summary (PDF) Washington, DC - United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, and House Majority Whip James E. Clyburn (D-S.C.), today introduced...

July 19, 2019

Senator Warren Submits a Statement for the Record Opposing Mark Esper’s Nomination for Secretary of Defense

Washington, DC – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) yesterday voted ‘no’ during an executive session to consider Mark Esper’s nomination to be Secretary of Defense. She also submitted a statement for the record to the Senate Armed Services Committee...

July 19, 2019

Warren, Ocasio-Cortez Demand Answers After Private Equity Firm Breaks Promise of Severance Pay to Laid Off Shopko Employees

Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) today sent a letter to private equity firm Sun Capital expressing alarm about reports that the firm, after years of looting the...