Press Releases - Senator Elizabeth Warren

April 27, 2021

Warren, Durbin and Colleagues Urge President Biden To Issue Updated Presidential Determination With An Increased Refugee Admissions Target

Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) joined Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and 32 other Senate colleagues in a letter to President Joe Biden asking him to issue an updated presidential determination...

April 27, 2021

Warren, Jones and Colleagues Reintroduce Universal Child Care and Early Learning Act and Call for President Biden to Invest $700 Billion in Child Care

Bill Text (PDF) | One-Pager (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Congressman Mondaire Jones (D-NY-17) today reintroduced the Universal Child Care and Early Learning Act, a comprehensive and bicameral bill that will ensure that every...

April 26, 2021

Warren, Baldwin, Duckworth And Colleagues Urge Biden Admin to Issue Delayed OSHA Emergency Temporary Standard for Workers

Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisc.) and Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) led a group of colleagues in urging the Biden administration to issue the delayed Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)...

April 26, 2021

Warren Reintroduces Legislation to Extend Tribal Broadband Application Deadline

Bill Text (PDF) | Bill One-Pager (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) reintroduced the Extending Tribal Broadband Priority Act of 2021, legislation to expand the Federal Communication Commission’s (FCC’s) 2.5 GHz Rural Tribal Priority Window. Originally...

April 23, 2021

Elizabeth Warren Statement on Recognizing the Armenian Genocide

Washington, DC – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) released the following statement following reports that the Biden Administration plans to formally recognize the Armenian Genocide. “I commend President Biden’s decision to formally recognize the Armenian Genocide. Calling this atrocity...

April 23, 2021

Warren, Smith, Padilla, Clark, Colleagues Urge Biden Administration to Invest $700 Billion in Universal Child Care in the American Families Plan

Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Tina Smith (D-Minn.), and Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), and Assistant Speaker Katherine Clark (D-Mass.), along with Senators Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Bernard Sanders (I-Vt.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.),...

April 23, 2021

Warren and Colleagues Reintroduce Historic Legislation to Confront America’s Housing Crisis

Bicameral Legislation Would Produce Nearly 3 Million New Housing Units, Reduce Rents by 10% with No Deficit Impact; Bill Marks Important Step to Address the Racial Wealth Gap and Reduce Exclusionary Zoning Laws Read Letter of Support from the...

April 23, 2021

Warren Statement: Independent Watchdog Reveals Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program Is Failing Servicemembers and DoD Civil Servants

“Out of 5,496 DoD borrowers who submitted a Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program application, only 287 were approved” FY2020 NDAA Amendment (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Armed Services (SASC) Committee,...

April 22, 2021

Warren, Smith Reintroduce Bill to Boost U.S. Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Capacity and End Over-Reliance on Foreign Countries for Critical Drugs

Bill Text | One-Pager Washington, DC – United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Tina Smith (D-Minn.) are reintroducing the Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Defense and Enhancement Act — comprehensive legislation that takes bold steps to reinvigorate the United States’ manufacturing...

April 22, 2021

Warren, Rubio Reintroduce Bill to Assess Effects of America’s Overreliance on Foreign Countries in Pharmaceutical Supply Chain

Legislation would require a report within one year of passage Bill Text | One-Pager Washington, DC – United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) are reintroducing the U.S. Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Review Act to direct the Federal...

April 22, 2021

At Hearing, Warren Makes the Case for Using Federal Purchasing to Bolster Our Clean Energy Economy, Create Jobs, and Help Meet the Goal of Cutting US Emissions in Half by 2030

Video of Hearing Exchange (Youtube) Washington, DC – In a Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee hearing today, United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) made the case for using the government’s purse strings to help jumpstart the green economy...

April 21, 2021

Warren, Waters, Gillibrand Reintroduce Their Bill Requiring the Fed to Close Racial Employment and Wage Gaps

Bill Text | One-Pager Washington, DC – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Protection, Representative Maxine Waters (D-Calif.), Chairwoman of the House Financial...