Press Releases - Senator Elizabeth Warren

July 1, 2020

Warren Leads Colleagues Demanding Answers From HHS About the Department’s Handling of the Personal Health Information of Millions of Americans

Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), along with Representatives Carolyn B. Maloney (D-N.Y.), Andy Levin (D-Mich.), and Anna G. Eshoo (D-Calif.), led their colleagues in a letter to the...

July 1, 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. Senator Warren...

June 30, 2020

Dr. Fauci to Senator Warren: U.S. Could See 100,000 COVID-19 Cases a Day

Video of Exchange (YouTube) Washington, DC – During the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee hearing, Dr. Anthony Fauci confirmed to United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) that the numbers show the United States is going in the...

June 30, 2020

Warren, Rubio Introduce Legislation to Study the Effects of America’s Overreliance on Foreign Countries and Foreign Direct Investment in its Pharmaceutical Supply Chain

Bill Text | One-Pager Washington, DC – United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) are introducing legislation to direct the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Secretary of the Treasury – acting through the Committee on Foreign...

June 30, 2020

Warren Delivers Floor Speech on Her Amendment to Rename All Bases and Other Military Assets Honoring the Confederacy

Video(YouTube) Washington, DC – Today, United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) spoke on the Senate floor about her bipartisan amendment in the annual defense bill to rename all bases and other military assets honoring the Confederacy. On June 9th, Senator...

June 29, 2020

Warren on Supreme Court Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Ruling

Washington, DC – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) tweeted the following about the Supreme Court’s ruling on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB): Let’s not lose sight of the bigger picture: after years of industry attacks and GOP opposition,...

June 29, 2020

Senator Warren, Reps. Chuy García and Lee Introduce Legislation to Extend Nation-wide Moratorium on Evictions

Bill Text (PDF) | Bill Summary (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ranking Member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Protection, Congressman Jesús G. “Chuy” García (D-Ill.), a...

June 26, 2020

Warren, Markey, Pressley Request Independent Investigation Into the Outbreak of COVID-19 at Chelsea Soldiers’ Home

Text of Letter (PDF) Boston, MA – United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Edward J. Markey (D-MA), along with Representative Ayanna Pressley (D-MA-07), today wrote to Governor Charlie Baker requesting an independent investigation into the outbreak of the coronavirus...

June 25, 2020

Warren Questions Fed Chair on Impact of its Policy Decisions on Racial Inequality

Questions for the Record (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) sent questions for the record (QFRs) to Chairman of the Federal Reserve Jerome Powell following up on their Senate Banking Committee hearing exchange about racial disparities...

June 25, 2020

Warren to Private Equity Industry Lobbyists: Don’t Exploit the COVID-19 Pandemic to Line the Pockets of the Wealthy at the Expense of Struggling Workers and Communities

Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ranking Member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Protection, sent a letter to the head of the American Investment...

June 25, 2020

Senators Warren and Brown Call for Capital One & Major Debt Collectors to Immediately Suspend Lawsuits and Wage Garnishment Practices During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Text of Letter to Capital One (PDF) | Text of Letter to Encore Capital (PDF) | Text of Letter to PRA Group (PDF) | Text of Letter to Alorica Inc. (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senators Elizabeth Warren...

June 24, 2020

Senator Warren Releases Statement on the Independent Investigation Regarding the COVID-19 Outbreak at the Soldiers’ Home in Holyoke

Boston, MA – Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren releases the following statement on the independent investigation regarding the COVID-19 outbreak at the Soldiers’ Home in Holyoke. “The investigation into the COVID-19 outbreak at the Holyoke Soldiers’ Home reveals that veterans...