Press Releases - Senator Elizabeth Warren

April 16, 2020

Mass. Lawmakers Urge VA to Allow its Health Providers to Recommend Medical Marijuana to Veteran Patients During Coronavirus Pandemic

Text of Letter (PDF) Boston, MA – United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Edward J. Markey (D-MA), along with Representatives Katherine Clark (D-MA-05), James P. McGovern (D-MA-02), Seth Moulton (D-MA-06), Ayanna Pressley (D-MA-07), and Joseph P. Kennedy III (D-MA-04),...

April 16, 2020

Warren, Brown Call On Banks To End The Seizure Of Stimulus Checks

Text of Letter (PDF) Boston, MA — United States Senator 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...

April 16, 2020

Warren, Blumenthal, Carper to Top White House Ethics Official: Ensure COVID-19 Decisions Serve the American Public, Not President Trump’s & Jared Kushner’s Financial Interests

Text of Letter (PDF) Boston, MA — United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), and Tom Carper (D-Del.) sent a letter to the White House Designated Agency Ethics Official (DAEO) raising ethics concerns about the fact that President...

April 15, 2020

Amid COVID-19 Pandemic, Warren, Durbin, and Colleagues Press President Trump to Automatically Extend Work Authorizations for DACA & TPS Recipients

Text of Letter (PDF) Boston, MA – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) today joined Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Border Security and Immigration, along with 36 senators in a...

April 15, 2020

Massachusetts Airports Awarded Over $171 Million in CARES Act Funding

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 (D-MA-04), Katherine Clark (D-MA-05),...

April 15, 2020

Warren, Baldwin, Murray, Colleagues Press President Trump For Answers On Mismanagement Of The Strategic National Stockpile

Text of Letter (PDF) Boston, MA – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) joined Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) and Patty Murray (D-Wash.) today, along with 16 Senate colleagues, to call on President Trump to provide answers on his administration’s...

April 15, 2020

Senators Warren and Smith Unveil Their Plan for a $50 Billion Child Care Bailout

Read Medium Post Here Washington, D.C. — United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Tina Smith (D-Minn.) published a Medium post today about their plan for a $50 billion child care bailout — the latest estimates that the child care...

April 14, 2020

Senator Warren Introducing Bicameral Legislation to Require Federal Government to Collect and Report Coronavirus Demographic Data — Including Race and Ethnicity

Bill Text | Bill One-Pager Washington, DC – Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) is introducing the bicameral Equitable Data Collection and Disclosure on COVID-19 Act. The legislation is co-sponsored by Senators Kamala Harris (D-CA), Cory Booker (D-NJ), Edward J. Markey (D-MA),...

April 14, 2020

Warren, Murray, Baldwin Urge FDA to Improve Access to Medication Abortion Drug Mifepristone Amid COVID-19 Pandemic

Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, D.C. – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, along with HELP Committee Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-Wash.) and HELP Committee member Senator Tammy...

April 13, 2020

Sen. Warren Joins Sen. Booker & Rep. Jayapal to Unveil Bold Legislation to Move Immigrants Out of Detention and Halt Immigration Enforcement During Coronavirus Emergency

Bill Text (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) joined Senator Cory Booker (D-N.J.) and Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) today to unveil new legislation, called the Federal Immigrant Release for Safety and Security Together (FIRST) Act, that...

April 13, 2020

Senators Warren and Markey Call on Trump Administration to Ensure Taxpayers Quickly Receive Stimulus Checks Regardless of Banking Status

Text of Letter (PDF) Boston, MA – United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today urged the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to do everything it can to ensure American do not have to endure long...

April 13, 2020

Warren & 33 Democratic Senators Press Trump Administration to Ensure Workers Receive Unemployment Benefits

Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, D.C. – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) today joined Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), and 31 Democratic colleagues to press the Department of Labor to...