Press Releases - Senator Elizabeth Warren

June 26, 2018

Warren, Smith Seek Answers from Secretary Azar on Flawed Trump Drug Pricing Plan

List of Questions (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Tina Smith (D-Minn.) today submitted sixty-nine written questions for the record (QFRs) for Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alexander Azar following up on their exchanges...

June 22, 2018

Senators Introduce Bill to Strengthen Oversight of Antibiotic Use in Animals

Bill Text (PDF) | One-Pager (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) today unveiled the Strengthening Antibiotic Oversight Act. The legislation would help prevent antibiotic resistance by...

June 22, 2018

Warren, Boozman Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Protect Student Veterans

Bill Text | Fact Sheet Washington, DC – United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and John Boozman (R-Ark.) introduced the Servicemembers Improved Transition through Reforms for Ensuring Progress (SIT-REP) Act to ensure that student veterans are not forced to endure...

June 21, 2018

Warren Calls on Chamber of Commerce to Withdraw Endorsement of CFPB Nominee in Light of Nominee’s Likely Role in Trump Administration Child Separations

Text of letter (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) today sent a letter to Chamber of Commerce President Tom Donohue urging him to reverse the Chamber’s support for Kathy Kraninger’s nomination to be Director of the...

June 21, 2018

Warren, Markey Press FEMA on Providing Stable Housing for Hurricane Maria Victims and Reconsidering Denied Applications

Letter to FEMA (PDF) Letter to HUD (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senators Elizabeth Warren and Edward J. Markey today sent a letter to Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Brock Long, requesting that FEMA establish the Disaster Housing...

June 19, 2018

Warren, Brown Call for CFPB Director Nominee to Turn Over Documents on Involvement in Trump Administration’s Separation of Children from Their Families

Text of letter (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ranking Member of the Senate Banking, Housing, & Urban Affairs Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Protection and Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Ranking Member of the Senate Banking,...

June 18, 2018

Warren, Harris, Takano, Adams, Espaillat, Colleagues Press Education Secretary for Action on Student Loan Borrowers of Color

Text of the letter (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Kamala D. Harris (D-Calif.), along with Representatives Mark Takano (D-Calif.), Alma Adams (D-N.C.), and Adriano Espaillat (D-N.Y.) today sent a bicameral letter signed by 19...

June 15, 2018

Warren Bipartisan Bill to Combat Opioid Crisis with E-Prescriptions Passes Senate Finance Committee

Washington, DC – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) applauded the Senate Finance Committee’s passage of her bipartisan bill to combat opioid addiction by requiring electronic prescriptions for controlled substances, including opioids, under Medicare. The bill was included in the Helping to End Addiction and...

June 15, 2018

Warren, Grassley Renew Call for Inclusion of Medical Device Identifiers on Medicare Claim Forms

Text of the letter (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) sent a letter to Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Scott Gottlieb to reiterate the importance of including medical device identifiers on...

June 14, 2018

Lawmakers Introduce Bill to Establish Puerto Rico Hurricanes Commission

Bill Text (PDF) Washington, DC – Today, United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) and Representatives Nydia M. Velázquez (D-N.Y.) and Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-Miss.), the Ranking Democrat on the House Homeland Security Committee, introduced...

June 14, 2018

Warren, Rubio Introduce Bill to Protect Jobs for Workers who Fall Behind on Student Loan Payments

Bill Text (PDF) | One-Pager (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) today introduced the Protecting Job Opportunities for Borrowers (Protecting JOBs) Act, legislation that would help ensure borrowers are not inhibited from working...

June 14, 2018

Warren, Reed Offer Amendment to Strengthen Oversight, Restore Accountability & Keep Congress in Loop on New Warhead Development

Video of Floor Speech (YouTube) Washington, DC – In an effort to ensure that Congress continues to have an oversight role in authorizing the development of new, modified, nuclear weapons, United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), a member of the...