Press Releases - Senator Elizabeth Warren

October 19, 2020

At Warren, Peters, and Murray Request, Independent Watchdog Agrees to Investigate Trump Administration Political Interference at FDA and CDC

Response from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) here Senators’ initial request to GAO here Washington, DC – At the request of United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, Senator...

October 19, 2020

Warren Urges More Rigorous Bank Merger Reviews as the Justice Department Looks to Update Its Guidelines

Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, DC — United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) sent a letter Friday, October 16th to Assistant Attorney General Makan Delrahim, head of the Department of Justice (DOJ) Antitrust Division, to raise concerns that in updating...

October 16, 2020

Senator Warren Joins Colleagues in Calling on Library of Congress to Recognize Armenian Genocide Despite Trump Administration’s Denial

Text of Letter (PDF) WASHINGTON – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) joined Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Senators Shelton Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Cory Booker (D-N.J), Chris...

October 15, 2020

Warren Joins Schatz, Colleagues to Condemn Amazon’s Anti-Union Practices and Investment in Employee Surveillance Technology

Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, DC — United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) joined Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai’i), along with Senators Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), to send a joint letter to Amazon calling for the company to...

October 15, 2020

Warren Calls for SEC, CFTC Insider Trading Investigation of Pandemic Profiteering Resulting from Trump Administration’s COVID-19 “Early Warning” to Republican Donors, Insiders, and Investors

Letter to SEC and CFTC (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) formally requested that the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) conduct an insider trading investigation after reports that in February,...

October 15, 2020

Following “Prime Days,” Massachusetts Lawmakers Question Amazon About High Rate of Serious Injuries among Warehouse Workers

Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, DC — United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Congressman Joseph P. Kennedy (D-MA-04) expressed concern that, as evidence mounts of unsafe working conditions for Amazon warehouse workers, the company...

October 14, 2020

Warren, Haaland Introduce Legislation to Expand Tribal Broadband Application Deadline

Text of Bill (PDF) | One Pager (PDF) Washington, DC – Today, Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Congresswoman Deb Haaland (D-N.M.) introduced a bill to expand the Federal Communication Commission’s (FCC’s) 2.5 GHz Rural Tribal Priority Window. This bill will...

October 14, 2020

ICYMI: Senator Warren Boston Globe Op-Ed: The Affordable Care Act and coverage for Massachusetts residents is at risk

Read full op-ed here Washington, DC – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) along with Amy Rosenthal, executive director of Health Care for All, and Kate Walsh, president and CEO of Boston Medical Center, published an op-ed in The Boston...

October 14, 2020

Warren to Walt Disney Company: Explain Why You Have Prioritized Risky Stock Buybacks, Dividend Payments, and High Executive Pay Over Your Own Workers

Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, DC — United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) sent a letter to the Executive Chairman of The Walt Disney Company to obtain information on the company’s announced layoffs of 28,000 workers and the company’s recent...

October 12, 2020

ICYMI: Senator Warren Rolling Stone Op-Ed: How to Honor RBG’s Legacy – and the Dangers of Confirming Amy Coney Barrett

Read full op-ed here Washington, DC – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) published an op-ed in Rolling Stone honoring Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and discussing the threat to health care for tens of millions of Americans if Republicans ram...

October 9, 2020

Warren, Smith Question Top Retail Testing Providers Companies on Lack of Pediatric Testing at Their COVID-19 Testing Sites

October 9, 2020

Warren, Murray, Peters Call for GAO to Investigate Trump Administration Interference in FDA and CDC Coronavirus Decisions That Have Undermined Public Trust

Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, DC — United States Senator Elizabeth Warren, a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Ranking Member of the HELP Committee, and Senator Gary Peters (D-MI), Ranking...