Press Releases - Senator Elizabeth Warren

August 4, 2020

Warren Calls on SEC to Investigate Potential Insider Trading Before Announcement of Trump Administration’s $765 Million COVID-19 Deal with Kodak

Letter to SEC (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), member of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, sent a letter urging U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Jay Clayton to investigate potential...

August 4, 2020

Massachusetts Congressional Delegation Requests Additional Funding for Massachusetts Hospitals in Next Relief Package

Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, D.C. – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) led the Massachusetts delegation, including Senator Edward J. Markey (D-MA) and Representatives James P. McGovern (D-MA-02), Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA-08), William Keating (D-MA-09), Joseph P. Kennedy III...

August 4, 2020

Massachusetts Congressional Delegation Requests Additional Funding for Massachusetts Hospitals in Next Relief Package

August 3, 2020

Senators Warren, Hirono, Murray, and Colleagues to McConnell: Immigrants Are Essential and Deserve Support in Coronavirus Relief Legislation

Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Health, Education, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, joined Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawai’i), Patty Murray (D-Wash.), and 24 of their colleagues in sending a...

July 31, 2020

Congressional Delegation Announces $2.95M in Grants To Massachusetts Fire Departments

Washington, D.C. – 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 (D-MA-04), Katherine Clark (D-MA-05),...

July 31, 2020

Warren Joins Van Hollen, Bipartisan Group of Senators to Push Provisions to Require Maximum Telework for Federal Workers in Next Relief Package

Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) joined Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and a bipartisan group of senators in a letter urging Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Minority Leader Chuck Schumer to include...

July 31, 2020

Senators Warren, Casey, Colleagues Urge Inclusion of Home and Community-Based Services Funding for Seniors and People with Disabilities in Future COVID-19 Legislation

Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Bob Casey (D-Pa.) sent a letter to Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) urging him to include key provisions related to Medicaid home and community-based services (HCBS)...

July 31, 2020

Warren, Brown Criticize Fed Vice Chair Quarles’ “Outrageous and Irresponsible” Lobbying for Regulatory Favors for Big Banks in COVID-19 Relief Package

Text of letter to Quarles (PDF) Text of letter to Powell (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs’ Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Financial Institutions,...

July 31, 2020

Senators Warren, Brown, and Harris Call On CFPB To Protect Borrowers from Discrimination

Report (PDF) Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Banking Committee, Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), and Kamala D. Harris (D-Calif.), today sent a letter to Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)...

July 30, 2020

Warren, Schatz to Wells Fargo: New Reports Show Mistreatment of Customers During Pandemic-Induced Financial Crisis, Highlighting Broken Culture at the Bank

Text of Letter Washington, DC – United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Banking Committee, and Brian Schatz (D-Hawai’i.), sent a letter to Charles W. Schaft, Chief Executive Officer and President of Wells Fargo, following reports...

July 30, 2020

Warren Investigates Report that “No Fault” Attendance Policies at Large Corporations Punish Workers for Taking Legally-Protected Leave

Letter to Walmart | Letter to FedEx | Letter to 3M | Letter to Kroger | Letter to Conagra Washington, DC – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ranking Member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Subcommittee on...

July 29, 2020

Warren to CFPB Director Kraninger: You Should Resign For Helping Mortgage Servicers and Credit Reporting Companies Cheat Consumers During the Pandemic

Video of Hearing Exchange (Youtube) Washington, DC – In a Senate Banking Committee hearing today, United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) said Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Director Kathy Kraninger should resign for failing to protect consumers during the coronavirus...