Press Releases - Senator Elizabeth Warren

April 24, 2020

Sen. Warren and Homeland Security Committee Chairman Thompson Call for Watchdog Investigation into Border Wall Cronyism

Text of Letter to DOD IG on BFBC (PDF) Text of Letter to DOD IG on FSG (PDF) | Text of DOD IG Response on FSG (PDF) Washington, DC — United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), member of the Senate...

April 24, 2020

Warren Joins Bipartisan Group of Colleagues in Call for Relief for Rural Broadcasters, Local Newspapers During Coronavirus Pandemic

Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren joined Senators Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and Steve Daines (R-Minn.), along with 73 senators, in calling for the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Acting Director Russell Vought...

April 24, 2020

Warren Joins Whitehouse and Doggett to Unveil Bill to Repeal GOP Tax Giveaway to Million-Dollar-Plus Earners in Coronavirus Relief Legislation

Washington, DC – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) joined Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) and Congressman Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas) to unveil bicameral legislation that would repeal a massive tax giveaway for a small group of wealthy taxpayers that Republicans included...

April 24, 2020

Mass. Lawmakers Seek Federal Assistance for Cranberry Growers Amid Coronavirus Pandemic

Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, D.C. – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Representative William Keating (D-MA-09), along with Senator Edward J. Markey (D-MA) and Representatives Richard E. Neal (D-MA-01), James P. McGovern (D-MA-02), Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA-08), Joseph...

April 23, 2020

Senators Warren, Markey, and Booker and Rep. Pressley Demand Answers from Trump Administration about Non-Military Deferred Action During Coronavirus Emergency

Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, DC – Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), and Cory Booker (D-N.J.) and Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) today demanded that the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) provide answers about whether it...

April 23, 2020

Warren Joins Tester in Call to Administration to Fully Utilize Defense Production Act & Protect Veterans from COVID-19

Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) joined Ranking Member of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee Jon Tester (D-Mont.), along with 14 colleagues, to call on the Administration and its Coronavirus Task Force to...

April 23, 2020

Senators Markey and Warren Call on Trump Admin. to Meet Massachusetts’ Needs and Ensure Equity, Transparency in Hospital and Health Care Provider Relief Funds

Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today called on the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to meet Massachusetts’ needs in subsequent disbursements from the Provider Relief...

April 23, 2020

Warren Joins Rosen, Wyden in Calling on Congressional Leaders to Ensure State-Legal Cannabis Small Businesses Can Access Emergency SBA Loan and Grant Programs

Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, DC — United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) joined Senators Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.) and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), along with 7 of their Senate colleagues, in a letter to Congressional leadership calling for forthcoming COVID-19 relief...

April 23, 2020

Warren and Levin Lay Out Plan for a National COVID-19 Contact Tracing Program

Lawmakers Propose “Coronavirus Containment Corps” to Track Virus and Bolster Public Health Workforce White Paper (PDF) Washington, D.C. – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Congressman Andy Levin (D-Mich.) today released a white paper outlining their proposal for a...

April 23, 2020

Mass. Lawmakers Urge Trump Administration to Fully Fund COVID-19 Response for Tribal Nations in Massachusetts

Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, D.C. – United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Edward J. Markey (D-MA), along with Representatives William Keating (D-MA-09), Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA-08), Katherine Clark (D-MA-05), Lori Trahan (D-MA-03), Joseph P. Kennedy III (D-MA-04), James...

April 22, 2020

Warren Joins Jones to Urge Senate Leadership to Include Paycheck Security Proposal in Next COVID-19 Relief Package

Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) joined Senators Doug Jones (D-Ala.), Mark Warner (D-Va.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) to urge Senate leadership to include the Paycheck Security...

April 22, 2020

Warren Leads 9 Democratic Senators Calling for Broad Investigations of the Trump Administration’s COVID-19 Response

Text of Letter to HHS & FEMA OIG (PDF) Text of Letter to Pandemic Response Accountability Committee (PDF) Washington, DC — United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and nine of her Senate colleagues today called for investigations into the Trump...