Press Releases - Senator Elizabeth Warren

April 21, 2020

Sens. Warren, Brown, Banking Committee Colleagues Urge Major Mortgage Servicers to Immediately Notify Eligible Homeowners of Protections Available Through CARES Act

Text of Letters to Mortgage Servicers (PDF) Boston, MA — 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, and Senator Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio),...

April 21, 2020

As Workplace Infections and Deaths Rise, Warren Joins Baldwin, Duckworth, Murray to Introduce Senate Bill to Protect Workers from COVID-19

Bill Text (PDF) Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) today joined U.S Senate Employment and Workplace Safety Subcommittee Ranking Member Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) and U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Ranking...

April 21, 2020

Warren, Brown Proposal to Provide Immediate Relief for Consumers Amid COVID-19

Washington, D.C. – Today, 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, and Senator Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate...

April 20, 2020

Sen. Warren and 100+ Colleagues Call on Congressional Leaders to Ensure Immigrant Families Can Access Critical Services During COVID-19 Pandemic

Text of Letter (PDF) Boston, MA – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) today joined Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawai’i) and Representative Judy Chu (D-Calif.), along with 27 senators and 76 members of the House of Representatives, in writing to...

April 20, 2020

Mass. Congressional Delegation Urge Trump Administration to Fully Fund COVID-19 Response in Commonwealth

Text of Letter (PDF) Boston, MA – 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...

April 18, 2020

Warren, Colleagues Urge Fed to Reconsider Arbitrary Population Requirements That Lock Most Cities and Counties Out of CARES Act Budget Help

Under Fed’s Arbitrary Thresholds, No City or County in Massachusetts Will Qualify for Direct Assistance Text of Letter (PDF) United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Subcommittee on Consumer...

April 17, 2020

TRANSCRIPT: Warren Remarks on Press Call About Her Bill to Require Release of COVID Demographic Data — Including Race and Ethnicity

Boston, MA – Today, United States Senator Elizabeth Warren joined Chair of the Congressional Black Caucus Health Braintrust Representative Robin Kelly (D-IL-02), Representative Ayanna Pressley (D-MA-07), and Representative Barbara Lee (D-CA-13) for a press call on their Equitable Data Collection...

April 17, 2020

Senators Warren, Markey, Shaheen, Feinstein, and Hassan Call on Trump Admin. to Reduce Barriers to Lifesaving Opioid Treatment Medication During Coronavirus Health Emergency

Text of Letter (PDF) Boston, MA – United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), and Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.) are calling on the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and...

April 17, 2020

Senators Warren, Markey, Blumenthal, Harris Reveal, After Bailout, Airlines Sitting on Customers’ Billions but Refuse to Give Cash Refunds During Coronavirus Pandemic

Airlines’ Responses to Cash Refund Letter (PDF) Boston, MA – Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), and Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) today released their findings from an investigation into the consumer refund policies of the airline...

April 16, 2020

Massachusetts Lawmakers Announce Over $1 Million in Federal Funding to Address Environmental and Economic Challenges on Cape Cod

Boston, MA — United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Edward J. Markey (D-MA), and Congressman William Keating (D-MA-09) announced today that the Economic Development Administration awarded the Cape Cod Commission with $1,050,000 in funding to support the Resiliency Initiative...

April 16, 2020

Warren to Fed, Treasury: Your New $1.45 Trillion Dollar Bailout Loan Program for Businesses Fails to Protect Workers, Taxpayers and the Economy

Warren Criticizes Powell and Mnuchin for Failure to Protect Workers and Unwillingness to Impose Strong Anti-Corruption and Transparency Rules Letter on Main Street Lending Facility (PDF) | Letter on Large Corporate Bailout Facilities (PDF) Washington, D.C. – United States Senator...

April 16, 2020

Warren Joins Blumenthal On Legislation To Reimburse Americans For Costly Travel Home Due To COVID-19

Text of Bill (PDF) Boston, MA – Today, United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) joined Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) to announce legislation to compensate Americans who incurred high international travel costs when returning home due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The...