Press Releases - Senator Elizabeth Warren

July 8, 2022

Warren, Menendez, Reed, Colleagues Demand Answers from Big Banks on Widespread Fraud on Zelle Instant Payment Application

New Information From Zelle Reveals Consumers Lost an Estimated $440 Million through Fraud and Scams in 2021 Nearly 18 Million Americans Were Defrauded Through Scams Involving Zelle and Other Instant Payment Applications in 2020 Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, D.C....

July 7, 2022

Warren Announces Two Key Data Brokers’ Commitment to Permanently Stop Selling Location Data of People Seeking Abortion Services

Warren Led Thirteen Senate Colleagues in Letter Calling on Brokers to Completely and Permanently Ban Selling Location Data of People Who Visit Abortion Clinics Response from SafeGraph (PDF) | Response from Placer.ai (PDF) Washington, D.C. – United States Senator Elizabeth...

July 7, 2022

Senators Warren, Markey and Massachusetts Delegation Announce Over $62 Million in Funding for Boston Logan Airport

Funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill will support various airport improvement projects and produce over 1,000 jobs for Massachusetts Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA.) and Edward J. Markey (D-MA) and Representatives Richard E. Neal (D-MA-01), James P....

July 6, 2022

Senators Warren, Sanders, Markey, and Gillibrand Urge Administration to Deschedule Cannabis and Pardon Nonviolent Cannabis Offenders

Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) led Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), Ed Markey (D-Mass.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) to send a letter to President Biden, Attorney General...

June 30, 2022

New Investigation from Senators Warren and Grassley Reveals that Dominant Hearing Aid Manufacturers Mounted “Astroturf” Campaigns to Undermine Safe, Effective, and Affordable Over-the-Counter Hearing Aids

At Least 40% of Public Comments on Hearing Aid Proposed Rule Reflected Form Letters Rather than Independent Views of Commenters; Senators Call on FDA to Review Report’s Findings and Finalize A Rule that Promotes Competition and Lowers Prices, While Meeting...

June 29, 2022

Senators Warren, Whitehouse, Merkley, Blumenthal, Hirono, and Luján Urge HHS Secretary Becerra to Expand Voting Registration Access on HealthCare.gov

Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Mazie Hirono (D-Hawai’i), and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) sent a letter to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier...

June 28, 2022

Senators Warren and King and Representatives Doggett, Castro, Porter, and Jacobs Lead 100 Lawmakers Urging HHS to Exercise Authority to Lower Drug Prices Immediately

Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), and U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas), Chair of the House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee, along with Senator Angus King (I-Maine), Representatives Joaquin Castro (D-Texas), Sara Jacobs...

June 25, 2022

Senators Elizabeth Warren and Tina Smith In New York Times Op-Ed: The Fight Has Just Begun

Senators Elizabeth Warren and Tina Smith In New York Times Op-Ed: The Fight Has Just Begun “We must restore our democracy so that a radical minority can no longer drown out the will of the people. This will be a...

June 24, 2022

Senator Warren Statement on Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization

Washington, D.C. – Today, United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) released the following statement regarding the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization: “Six radical Supreme Court Justices have overturned nearly 50 years of precedent, stripping away the...

June 24, 2022

Warren, Grassley, Pascrell, Doggett, Fitzpatrick Lead Bipartisan Call on National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics to Support Inclusion of Device Identifier Information on Medicare Claims Forms

NCVHS Should Recommend Including the Device Identifier Portion of a Medical Device’s Unique Device Identifier to HHS Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and U.S. Representatives Bill Pascrell (D-N.J.), Lloyd...

June 23, 2022

Warren, Maloney, Bonamici, Menendez Introduce Legislation to Stop Anti-Abortion Disinformation by Crisis Pregnancy Centers

Text of Bill (pdf) Washington, D.C. – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Congresswomen Carolyn B. Maloney (D-N.Y.) and Suzanne Bonamici (D-Ore.), and Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) today introduced the Stop Anti-Abortion Disinformation Act to crack down on false advertising...

June 23, 2022

Warren, Booker, Wyden Call on Mental Health Apps to Provide Answers on Data Privacy and Sharing Practices that May Put Patients’ Data at Risk of Exploitation

Mental Health Apps Reportedly Collect, Mine, and Disseminate Private Client Information to Big Tech Companies and Data Brokers Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) sent letters to...