Press Releases - Senator Elizabeth Warren

May 31, 2018

Warren Joins Heinrich in Effort to Help Native American Veterans Find a Home in Indian Country

Text of the Letter (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) joined Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and ten other senators in calling on Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to improve its program that assists Native American veterans...

May 30, 2018

Warren, Sanders, Gillibrand Urge NLRB Not to Circumvent Ethics Restrictions through Rulemaking on Joint-Employer Standard

Text of the letter (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), along with Senators Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), sent a letter to John Ring, Chairman of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), to express...

May 25, 2018

Warren Applauds Department of Education Advisory Panel for Setting Up Committee to Examine For-Profit Conversions

Washington, DC – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) released the below statement following the National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity’s (NACIQI) announcement that it will set up a subcommittee to examine for-profit college conversions: “Sham for-profit colleges are champing at...

May 24, 2018

Warren Joins Murray, Senators in Denouncing Move by Secretary DeVos to End Investigations and Office Responsible for Protecting Students from Predatory Colleges

Text of the letter (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) today joined Senator Patty Murray (D-Wash.), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), and 27 of her colleagues in sending...

May 24, 2018

Senators Press DeVos for Answers Following Decision to Restore Recognition of For-Profit Accreditor ACICS

Text of the Letter (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), along with Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Patty Murray (D-Wash.), Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), and Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.), today sent a letter to Education Secretary...

May 18, 2018

Warren, Murray Demand Answers on Departure of Top White House Global Health Security Official

Text of letter (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Patty Murray (D-Wash.) today sent a letter to National Security Advisor (NSA) John Bolton expressing concern...

May 18, 2018

Peters, Warren, Brown Lead Colleagues in Call to Protect CFPB Public Consumer Complaint Database

Text of the letter (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senators Gary Peters (D-Mich.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), and Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) led 32 of their colleagues in urging the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to preserve public access to the...

May 18, 2018

Warren and Ernst Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Improve Servicemember Blast Exposure Injury Prevention

Bill Text | One Pager Washington, DC – United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) today introduced the bipartisan Blast Exposure and Brain Injury Prevention Act of 2018. The legislation would improve research on traumatic brain injury...

May 17, 2018

Warren Delivers Floor Speech Opposing Gina Haspel for CIA Director

Video (YouTube) Washington, DC – In a floor speech delivered today on the Senate floor, United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) voiced her strong opposition to the nomination of Gina Haspel to be Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). ...

May 16, 2018

Senator Warren Delivers Floor Speech on Vote to Save Net Neutrality

Video (YouTube) Washington, DC – In a speech delivered today on the Senate floor, United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) spoke in favor of a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution to restore net neutrality protections. In her remarks, Senator Warren...

May 16, 2018

Kennedy Joins Warren on Legislation to Compensate Investors Cheated by Brokers and Dealers

Bill Text | One-Pager Washington, DC – United States Senator John Kennedy (R-La.) today co-sponsored Senator Elizabeth Warren’s (D-Mass.) legislation, the Compensation for Cheated Investors Act (S. 2499), which would direct the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) to use its...

May 15, 2018

Warren, Daines Unveil Bipartisan Bill to Address Gambling Addiction Among Servicemembers

Fact Sheet (PDF) Bill Text (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Steve Daines (R-Mont.) today introduced the bipartisan Gambling Addiction Prevention (GAP) Act. The legislation would require the Department of Defense (DOD) to begin tracking...