Press Releases - Senator Elizabeth Warren

November 17, 2020

Senator Warren to SEC Chairman Clayton: You Have Done Nothing to Protect the Economy from Climate Change Risks

Video of Exchange (Youtube) Washington, DC – In a Senate Banking Committee hearing today, United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) criticized Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Jay Clayton for refusing to enact strong climate disclosure rules and called for...

November 17, 2020

Senators Warren and Markey Joint Statement on the Nomination of Raúl M. Arias-Marxuach to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

Washington, DC – U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Ed Markey (D-Mass.) released a joint statement on a lame-duck nomination of Raúl M. Arias-Marxuach to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. “President Trump has announced his intent...

November 16, 2020

Senators Warren and Grassley Urge FDA to Initiate Overdue Rulemaking So That Hearing Aids Can Be Made Available Over-the-Counter

Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, and Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, urged the Food and Drug...

November 11, 2020

Elizabeth Warren Op-Ed: What a Biden-Harris administration should prioritize on its first day

(Washington Post) Today, United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) published an op-ed in The Washington Post reflecting on the 2020 election and laying out what Democrats must do next to deliver on campaign promises and improve the lives of the...

November 11, 2020

Warren to Business Roundtable: Show That Your Climate Commitments Are Not Empty Promises

Text of Letter Washington, DC – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, sent a letter to Doug McMillon and Mark Sutton, the Business Roundtable (BRT) chair and BRT...

November 11, 2020

Senator Warren and 36 Democratic Senators Urge Armed Services Leaders to Retain Bipartisan, Bicameral Measure to Rename Military Bases and Other Assets Honoring the Confederacy

“The Senate and House strongly supported the inclusion of this requirement by passing their bills with overwhelming, veto-proof, bipartisan majorities.” “Renaming these bases does not disrespect our military – it honors the sacrifices and contributions of our servicemembers in a...

November 10, 2020

Warren, Baldwin, Whitehouse, Hassan Lead Colleagues to Call on Trump’s Justice Department to Stop Plans to Make Purdue Pharma a Public Benefit Corporation

Text of Letter (PDF) WASHINGTON, D.C. – Following the proposed settlement agreement announced between the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Purdue Pharma (Purdue), U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) are today...

November 10, 2020

Warren and Smith Question FDA On Resuming Safety Inspections for Foreign Pharmaceuticals Entering the United States

Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, DC – Today, United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Tina Smith (D-Minn.), members of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, sent a letter to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)...

November 10, 2020

At Banking Hearing, Warren to Federal Reserve Vice Chairman: Do Your Job to Protect the American People — Not Big Bank Investors

Video of Exchange Part 1 (Youtube) Video of Exchange Part 2 (Youtube) Washington, DC – In a Senate Banking Committee hearing today, United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) criticized Republicans’ failure to pass a relief bill as unemployment benefits ran...

October 30, 2020

Warren and Porter Urge Investigation into Abuse of Contracting Law to Create Ethics Loophole for Vaccine Czar Dr. Moncef Slaoui

Text of Letter (PDF) Letter to Dr. Slaoui (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Congresswoman Katie Porter (D-Calif.) have requested an investigation of the Trump administration’s abuse of the federal contracting process to subvert ethics...

October 30, 2020

Warren, Blumenthal, Jayapal, and Porter Press Vaccine Czar Dr. Moncef Slaoui on His Still Unresolved Conflicts of Interest

Text of Letter (PDF) Warren-Porter Letter to GSA Watchdog (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), and Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.), and Congresswoman Katie Porter (D-Calif.) today pressed Dr. Moncef Slaoui, the top...

October 30, 2020

Senator Warren and Congresswoman Haaland Condemn Republican Appointees’ Censorship of Important New Report on the Pandemic’s Impact on Native Nations

Washington, DC – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Congresswoman Deb Haaland (D-N.M.) today released a joint statement condemning Republican appointees’ actions to block the publication of new information about the pandemic’s ongoing impacts on Native Nations, which were...