Press Releases - Senator Elizabeth Warren

April 28, 2020

Warren, Markey, Trahan Call on CMS to Increase Oversight of Life Care Centers of America, Other Nursing Homes to Protect Workers and Residents

Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, DC – Yesterday, United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Edward J. Markey (D-MA) and Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03), wrote to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) requesting that additional oversight measures...

April 28, 2020

Sens. Warren and King Seek Strong Funding for Pandemic Threat Detection Programs Under USAID

Text of the Letter (PDF) Washington, D.C. – United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Angus King (I-Maine) sent a letter to Senate appropriators urging them to include robust funding in the fiscal year 2021 appropriations bill for programs within...

April 28, 2020

Warren and Colleagues Urge Administration to Allow Eligible Immigrants to Complete Naturalization Process

Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) joined Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) along with Senators Cory Booker (D-N.J.) and Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) and a group of 11 colleagues in a letter to the U.S....

April 28, 2020

Warren, Khanna Lead Letter to Congressional Leadership to Include Essential Workers Bill of Rights in Next Relief Package

Read the letter here Read the Essential Worker Bill of Rights here Washington, DC — Today, United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Representative Ro Khanna (CA-17), and over 50 additional members sent their proposal for an Essential Workers Bill of...

April 28, 2020

Warren, Ocasio-Cortez to Introduce Pandemic Anti-Monopoly Act

Read one-pager here Washington, DC – Today, Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY- 14) announced plans to introduce the Pandemic Anti-Monopoly Act to impose a moratorium on risky mergers and acquisitions — and stop large corporations from...

April 27, 2020

Warren, Hirono, Harris, Colleagues Blast Defense Secretary Esper Over DoD’s Failure to Adequately Respond to COVID-19 Pandemic

“Immediate and aggressive guidance – from the top – is necessary to protect the health, morale, and readiness of servicemembers and their families … You can and must do better” Text of the Letter (PDF) Washington, D.C. – United States...

April 27, 2020

Senator Warren Joins Colleagues to Urge the Trump Administration to Deliver Critical COVID-19 Relief to Minority and Underserved Businesses

Washington, DC — Today, United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) joined Senator Mark R. Warner (D-Va.), along with Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), Senator Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Ranking Member of the Banking Committee, and fellow Committee members Senators Jack...

April 27, 2020

Senators Warren and Schatz Urge Credit Reporting Agencies to Protect Consumers During the Economic Crisis Triggered by COVID-19

Letter to Experian (PDF) | Letter to TransUnion (PDF) | Letter to Equifax (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Brian Schatz (D-Hawai’i) sent a letter to three major credit reporting agencies (CRAs) — Experian, TransUnion,...

April 27, 2020

Warren and Blumenthal to Medical Equipment Wholesalers: Explain Your Role in the Jared Kushner-Led “Project Air Bridge” that Failed to to Provide Critical Supplies for States’ COVID-19 Responses

Senators’ letter cites multiple reports of seizures of supplies by federal officials and political favoritism, cronyism, and price-gouging via third-party sellers Letters to Project Air Bridge Companies (PDFs) Washington, DC – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Senator Richard...

April 27, 2020

Warren Joins Bennet, Menendez, Colleagues to Call on DeVos to Reverse Course and Allow DACA Students to Access Emergency Financial Aid Secured in CARES Act

Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, DC – Today, United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) joined Senator Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) and Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), along with a group of 25 colleagues, in calling on Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos...

April 24, 2020

Warren and Velázquez: SBA and Treasury Inspector Generals Must Investigate Waste, Fraud and Abuse in Small Business Loan Program

Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Chairwoman of the House Committee on Small Business, Representative Nydia Velázquez (D-NY-07) wrote to the Small Business Administration (SBA) and Treasury Department Inspector Generals (IG) requesting...

April 24, 2020

Warren Joins Menendez in Urging White House Coronavirus Taskforce to Ensure Persons with Limited English Proficiency and Disabilities Have Accessible COVID-19 Information

Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, D.C. – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) joined Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) in a letter to Vice President Mike Pence, calling on the White House Coronavirus Task Force to ensure persons with limited English...