Press Releases - Senator Elizabeth Warren

July 23, 2020

In Response to Senator Warren’s Request, DOJ Inspector General will Investigate the Role of Attorney General Barr & DOJ Law Enforcement at Protests in Washington, DC and Portland, Oregon

Text of Letter to DOJ IG (PDF) DOD IG’s Response (PDF) Washington, DC – In response to a June 2, 2020 request from United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), the Department of Justice (DOJ) Inspector General (IG) announced today that...

July 23, 2020

Warren, Colleagues Question the Trump Administration’s Efforts to Understand and Inform Americans About the Chronic Health Effects of COVID-19

Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Health, Education, and Pensions (HELP) Committee and the Special Committee on Aging, sent a letter with her Senate HELP Committee colleagues Tammy...

July 23, 2020

Warren Delivers Floor Speech Calling on Congress to Extend and Expand Eviction Moratorium Ahead of Friday Expiration

Watch her remarks here Washington, DC – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) delivered a speech on the Senate floor urging her colleagues to act now to extend and expand eviction protections. Amid deepening economic hardship, the federal moratorium on...

July 23, 2020

TRANSCRIPT: Senator Warren Joins Massachusetts Educators to Discuss Principles that Teachers are Fighting For in Order to Safely Reopen Massachusetts Schools

Video of the discussion is here. Washington, D.C. – Today, United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass) joined the Massachusetts Teachers Association (MTA), American Federation of Teachers (AFT) Massachusetts, and the Boston Teachers Union (BTU) for a virtual discussion on the...

July 23, 2020

Warren, Murray, Lawmakers Urge HHS to Address the Needs of Pregnant People during the COVID-19 Pandemic, Combat Maternal Mortality Crisis

Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), a member of the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and HELP Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-Wash.), along with Senators Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.),...

July 23, 2020

Senators Warren, Hassan, Durbin, and Brown Lead Colleagues in Opposing COVID-19 Bailout for Predatory For-Profit Colleges

Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Health, Education, and Pensions (HELP) Committee,along with Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.), Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), and Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), led a group of their...

July 22, 2020

TRANSCRIPT: Warren Remarks at Senate Democrats’ Press Conference Calling For Expanded Eviction Protections Ahead of Friday Expiration

Watch the press conference here Washington, DC – Today, United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ranking Member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Protection, joined Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and...

July 22, 2020

Senator Warren Requests Information on CDC’s Legal Authority to Stem the Surge in COVID-19 Cases in States and Localities

Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, sent a letter to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Robert Redfield...

July 22, 2020

Senator Warren Joins Colleagues in Urging the Trump Administration to Enforce Housing Eviction Bans During Coronavirus Pandemic

Washington, D.C. – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) joined Senators Jon Tester (D-Mont.) and Doug Jones (D-Ala.) in a letter to U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson, U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue, and...

July 21, 2020

At Banking Hearing on the 10th Anniversary of Dodd-Frank, Warren Calls for SEC Nominees to Improve Oversight of Private Equity and Protect Workers and the Economy

Video of Hearing Exchange (Youtube) Washington, DC – In a Senate Banking Committee hearing today, United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) questioned the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) nominees, Hester Peirce and Caroline Crenshaw, regarding the economic damage caused by...

July 21, 2020

At Aging Hearing, Warren Highlights the Critical Importance of Collecting Race and Ethnicity Data to Address Disproportionate Impact of COVID-19 on Seniors of Color

Video of Hearing Exchange (Youtube) Washington, DC – In a Special Committee on Aging hearing today, United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) questioned Eugene A. Woods, President and Chief Executive Officer of Atrium Health, a non-profit healthcare system that began...

July 21, 2020

In Case You Missed It: Senator Warren NYT Op-Ed: To Fight the Pandemic, Here’s My Must-Do List

Read the full op-ed here Washington, DC – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) published an op-ed in the New York Times about what the Senate must do to contain the coronavirus and provide the funding so that our economy,...