Press Releases - Senator Elizabeth Warren

October 30, 2020

Warren Calls on Former Energy Secretary Rick Perry to Resign from Board of Energy Transfer, a Fossil Fuel Company Whose Board He Rejoined Weeks After Leaving Office

Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass) sent a letter to former Energy Secretary Rick Perry questioning Perry’s decision to rejoin Energy Transfer’s board of directors just weeks after leaving the Energy Department and...

October 30, 2020

Warren and Booker Release Labor Department Response to Their Inquiries As Labor Denies Protections to Meatpacking Workers

DOL Response (PDF) | Letter to OSHA (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass) and Cory Booker (D-N.J.), released the following statement regarding the Department of Labor’s inadequate, half-page response to their inquiry about why the Occupational...

October 30, 2020

Warren, Carper, Baldwin, and Warner Form Corporate Governance Working Group to Fundamentally Reform the 21st Century American Economy

Washington, DC – Today, United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Tom Carper (D-Del.), Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) and Mark Warner (D-Va.) announced the formation of a working group to develop legislative proposals and conduct oversight focused on fundamentally reforming corporate governance....

October 30, 2020

Warren, Carper, Baldwin, and Warner Form Corporate Governance Working Group to Fundamentally Reform the 21st Century American Economy

October 29, 2020

Warren Releases New Report: Lawlessness and Disorder: The Corrupt Trump Administration Has Made A Mockery of the Hatch Act

Report (PDF) Boston, MA — United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) today released a new report, “Lawlessness and Disorder: The Corrupt Trump Administration Has Made A Mockery of the Hatch Act,” which reveals, in comprehensive fashion, the extent to which...

October 29, 2020

Warren, Baldwin, Smith Request Information on HHS and CDC Efforts to Understand and Respond to Alarming Excess Mortality Amid COVID-19 Pandemic

Text of Letter Washington, DC – United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisc.), and Tina Smith (D-Minn.), all members of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, sent a letter to the Department of Health and...

October 28, 2020

Massachusetts Congressional Delegation Asks Census Bureau to Clarify Its Use of College and University Directory Information in Final Census Count

Text of Letter (PDF) Boston, MA – United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Edward J. Markey (D-MA), along with Representatives Richard E. Neal (D-MA-01), James P. McGovern (D-MA-02), Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA-08), William Keating (D-MA-09), Joseph P. Kennedy III...

October 28, 2020

Warren and Smith Call on Agencies To Provide “Complete, Transparent, and Timely National Reporting of COVID-19 Cases” in K-12 Schools

Letter Follows DeVos Comments That She Does Not Believe Education Department is Responsible for Tracking School Reopening Plans or Positive Cases in Schools Senators Call DeVos Comments “A complete abdication of national leadership” Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, DC – United...

October 28, 2020

Warren Shares USPS Board of Governors’ Refusal to Disclose Their Personal Financial Ties Or Undo Louis DeJoy’s Postal Service Sabotage

USPS Board of Governors Response (PDF) | USPS Board of Governors Response (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass) today released the United States Postal Service Board of Governors’ response to her calls for the Board members...

October 27, 2020

Warren, Wyden, Brown, Markey, Schatz Push for Investigation of U.S. Customs and Border Patrol’s Warrantless Use of Phone Location Data in the U.S.

Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), and Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) requested an inspector general investigation into U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) warrantless...

October 27, 2020

Warren, Hassan, Murphy, Colleagues to Betsy DeVos: For-Profit College Executives and Shareholders Who Cheat Students Should Be Held Personally Accountable

Text of Letter Washington, DC – United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.), and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), all members of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, led a letter to Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos, calling...

October 27, 2020

Warren and Hirono Call for Armed Services Hearing on Military Role in COVID-19 Vaccine Development Project “Operation Warp Speed”

Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, DC — United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawaii), members of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), wrote to SASC Chairman Senator James M. Inhofe (R-Okla.) and SASC Ranking Member...