Press Releases - Senator Elizabeth Warren

October 8, 2020

Senators Warren and Markey, and Reps. Pressley and Lynch Demand Answers from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on West Roxbury Stop

Text of the Letter (PDF) Washington, DC – Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), and Representatives Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) and Stephen Lynch (MA-05), today wrote to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) demanding answers to questions...

October 8, 2020

ICYMI: Elizabeth Warren The Cut Op-Ed: We Know Exactly How Amy Coney Barrett Feels About Abortion. Don’t let Republicans Pretend otherwise

Read the full op-ed here Washington, DC – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) published an op-ed in The Cut on how Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee was picked to overturn Roe v. Wade and turn back the clock on...

October 7, 2020

As Fed Allows Banks to Pay Out Billions in Dividends, Senator Warren Asks the Largest Financial Institutions How They Are Assessing and Mitigating Risks Resulting from the COVID-19 Induced Recession

Letters to Banks (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs’ Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Financial Institutions sent letters to the largest banks — those...

October 6, 2020

Warren Joins Tester, Colleagues in Urging VA Take a “Proactive Role” in Ensuring Quality Care at State Veterans Homes

Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, D.C. — United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) joined Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee Ranking Member Jon Tester (D-Mont.), along with Senators Brian Schatz (D-Hawai’i), Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), and Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawai’i), in calling...

October 6, 2020

Warren, Feinstein, Capito, Clark, Stivers Call Out DEA’s “Foot-Dragging” on Critical Regulations to Combat the Opioid Crisis

Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, DC – A bipartisan group of lawmakers including United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), Ranking Member of the Senate...

October 5, 2020

Senate Democrats Release New Report Detailing How Supreme Court Nominee Could Escalate Corporate Takeover of Our Judiciary

Read full report here (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Jack Reed (D-R.I.), and Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) released a new report detailing how President Donald Trump’s nominee...

October 5, 2020

Warren, Durbin to Federal Prisons Authorities: Take Urgent Action to Contain Further Spread of COVID-19 in Federal Prisons

Letter on Failure to Contain COVID-19 (PDF) | Letter on Solitary Confinement (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) are urging the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Federal Bureau of...

October 2, 2020

Senator Warren Statement on President Trump’s Positive COVID-19 Diagnosis

Washington, DC – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) released the following statement on President Donald Trump’s and First Lady Melania Trump’s positive COVID-19 diagnosis: “The COVID-19 pandemic has inflicted pain on millions of families across the country. My thoughts are...

October 1, 2020

At Warren and Schatz Request, Independent Watchdog Agrees to Review of Systemic Racism Against Employees and Veterans in the Department of Veterans Affairs

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.) and Brian Schatz (D-Hawai’i), Ranking Member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Military...

October 1, 2020

Warren, Barragán, Booker Introduce Legislation to Require Weekly COVID-19 Testing, Data Collection, and Robust COVID-19 Prevention Standards in Federal Prisons

One Pager | Bill Text Washington, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Congresswoman Nannette Diaz Barragán (D-Calif.), and Senator Cory Booker (D-N.J.), a member of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, introduced a bill to address the shortcomings...

October 1, 2020

ICYMI: Warren Publishes Op-Ed: Opioid epidemic did not pause for COVID-19

Op-Ed in the Dorchester Reporter Washington, DC — United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) today published an op-ed in the Dorchester Reporter pushing for Congress to pass the Comprehensive Addiction Resources Emergency (CARE) Act to end the opioid crisis...

October 1, 2020

Warren Releases Troubling New Details on Wells Fargo Putting Borrowers Into Forbearance Without Their Consent During COVID-19 Pandemic

Text of Letter | Wells Fargo Documents Washington, DC – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Banking Committee, obtained and released new details and documents on Wells Fargo’s dangerous practice of entering borrowers into forbearance...