Press Releases - Senator Elizabeth Warren

March 11, 2020

Warren, DeLauro, Pocan, Lee Call on NLRB to Scrap New Policy Allowing Board Members to Flout Federal Ethics Law

Lawmakers Concerned New Guidance May Enable Corruption and Political Influence at Agency Letter to NLRB (PDF) | NLRB Report (PDF) Washington, D.C. – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), along with Representatives Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.), Chair of the House Appropriations...

March 11, 2020

Mass. Congressional Delegation Urges White House to Support Commonwealth’s Coronavirus Efforts

Text of Letter (PDF) Boston, MA – United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Edward J. Markey (D-MA), along with Representatives James P. McGovern (D-MA-02), Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA-08), William Keating (D-MA-09), Joseph P. Kennedy III (D-MA-04), Katherine Clark (D-MA-05),...

March 11, 2020

Senators Warren and Murray Urge NIH and FDA to Incorporate the Needs of Pregnant People and Other Underrepresented Populations as Companies Develop Vaccines and Therapeutics for COVID-19

Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, D.C. — United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and HELP Committee Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-Wash.) sent a letter to the National Institutes...

March 10, 2020

Warren, Markey Press Pence for Answers Following Trump’s Rambling Coronavirus Press Conference at CDC

Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, D.C. – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) and Senate Aging Committees, and Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), sent a letter to Vice President...

March 10, 2020

Warren and Colleagues Question Bureau of Prisons and Private Prison Contractors About Plans to Prepare for and Manage Coronavirus at Federal Prisons

Text of Letter to BOP (PDF) | Text of Letter to GEO Group (PDF) | Text of Letter to CoreCivic (PDF) | Text of Letter to Management and Training Corporation (PDF) Washington, D.C. — United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.),...

March 9, 2020

Warren, Brown, Markey, & Blumenthal Urge Vice President Pence & Coronavirus Task Force to Account for the Needs of Frontline Workers

Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, along with Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), and Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), sent a letter to Vice...

March 9, 2020

Senators Warren and Casey Issue Statement after FDA and FTC Sent Warning Letters to Companies Marketing Fraudulent Coronavirus “Cures” to a Nervous Public

Washington, D.C. — United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) and Senate Aging Committees, and Senator Bob Casey (D-Pa.), a member of the HELP Committee and Ranking Member of the Aging...

March 6, 2020

Warren, Colleagues Reiterate Request for Update on VA Efforts to Protect Veterans from Foreign Disinformation Campaigns

Text of Letter (PDF) | Initial Response from VA (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, along with Senators Mark Warner (D-Va.), Vice Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, Tammy...

March 5, 2020

Warren and Massachusetts Delegation Members Call For Money From Columbia Gas Fine to Stay in Merrimack Valley

Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Edward J. Markey (D-MA), along with Representatives Lori Trahan (MA-03), Seth Moulton (MA-06), Joseph Kennedy, III (MA-04), Stephen Lynch (MA-08), Katherine Clark (MA-05), Richard Neal (MA-01),...

March 5, 2020

Warren, Colleagues Call on DHS to Halt Immigration Enforcement at Hospitals and Medical Facilities as Nation Braces for Coronavirus Outbreak

Agency Has Taken Similar Actions Following Hurricanes and Other Emergencies Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, D.C. – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), along with Senators Kamala Harris (D-Calif.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Ed Markey (D-Mass.), Mazie Hirono...

March 5, 2020

Massachusetts Awarded $500K in Initial Federal Funding to Combat Coronavirus Outbreak

Boston, MA – United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today announced that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has awarded $500,000 in initial funding to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to support efforts to...

March 4, 2020

Warren, Velázquez Sound Alarm Over Customs and Border Protection’s Deficient Medical Directive for Screening and Delivery of Medical Care to Migrants

Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, D.C. – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Representative Nydia M. Velázquez (D-N.Y.) sent a letter to Mark Morgan, Acting Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), calling on CBP to strengthen its...