Press Releases - Senator Elizabeth Warren

March 25, 2021

Warren Joins Merkley, Daines in Senate Introduction of Bipartisan Legislation to Ensure that Legal Cannabis Businesses Aren’t Shut Out of Critical Financial Services

Bill Text (PDF) Washington, D.C. – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) joined Senators Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) and Steve Daines (R-Mont.) today to introduce the bipartisan Secure and Fair Enforcement (SAFE) Banking Act, which would ensure that legal cannabis businesses...

March 25, 2021

At Hearing, Warren Makes Push for Big, Profitable Companies to Pay Their Fair Share in Taxes

Video of Hearing Exchange (Youtube) Washington, DC – In a Senate Finance Committee hearing today, United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) made the case for the need to tax America’s largest and most profitable companies by highlighting corporations’ ability to...

March 25, 2021

Warren Statement on Baker Decision to Follow the Law and Allocate Federal Funding to Communities Hard Hit by COVID-19

Washington, D.C. – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) released the following statement after Governor Baker heeded the calls from the delegation to follow the intent of the federal law and allocate some of the $4.5 billion federal funding he was...

March 24, 2021

Warren to Yellen at Hearing: How Will You Evaluate and Manage Risks Posed by BlackRock and Other Financial Giants?

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.) called for companies such as BlackRock, the world’s largest asset management firm, to be designated...

March 24, 2021

At Banking and Housing Hearing, Secretary Yellen Confirms Governors Have Authority to Allocate American Rescue Plan Funds to Communities Hard Hit By COVID-19, Treasury Will Issue Further Guidance”

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.) asked Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen for clarification regarding statutory language in the American Rescue Plan...

March 23, 2021

Warren Applauds Secretary Austin’s Decision to Suspend Dozens of Pentagon Advisory Boards and Calls for Stronger Ethics Standards

Text of the Letter (PDF) Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), sent a letter to Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin praising his decision to suspend dozens of Defense Department...

March 19, 2021

Senators Warren and Markey Reconvene Bipartisan Advisory Committee on Massachusetts Judicial Nominations to Accept Additional Applications for the US District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Washington, DC – In the wake of Judge William G. Young announcing his intention to retire from regular active service as a United States District Court Judge, United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today announced they...

March 18, 2021

Senator Warren at Banking and Housing Hearing: Federal Reserve Must Fulfill Mandate to Ensure Safety of Too-Big-To-Fail Banks By Addressing the Risks Climate Change Poses to the Economy

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.) highlighted the risks climate change poses to the economy and why the Federal Reserve and...

March 18, 2021

Warren, Booker, Durbin, Colleagues Call on DOJ Inspector General to Conduct Comprehensive Review of Bureau of Prison COVID-19 Deaths

Text of the Letter (PDF) Washington, D.C. – United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), and Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General (OIG) urging them to conduct a...

March 18, 2021

Warren, Andy Levin, Markey, and Ocasio-Cortez Unveil the BUILD GREEN Infrastructure and Jobs Act to Jumpstart the Transition to Electric Transportation and Modernize Infrastructure

Bill Text (PDF) | Bill Summary (PDF) Data For Progress Analysis (PDF) | Data For Progress Survey (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Congressman Andrew Levin (D-Mich.), along with Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), and...

March 17, 2021

Warren, Clark, and MA Delegation Push Commonwealth for Answers on MBTA Cuts

Text of Letter (PDF) Boston, MA – Today, United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Assistant Speaker Katherine Clark (D- Mass.), and the Massachusetts Delegation, including Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), and Representatives Richard E. Neal (D-Mass.), James P. McGovern (D-Mass.),Stephen...

March 17, 2021

At Senate Finance Committee Hearing, Senator Warren Calls Out Genesis’ Corporate Greed While Leaving Its Workers and Residents Without Adequate PPE and COVID-19 Safety Supplies

Video of Hearing Exchange (Youtube) Washington, DC – In a Senate Finance Committee hearing today, United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) highlighted new details she revealed earlier today about Genesis Healthcare, a for-profit nursing home chain, for its failed response...