Press Releases - Senator Elizabeth Warren

March 6, 2020

Warren, Colleagues Reiterate Request for Update on VA Efforts to Protect Veterans from Foreign Disinformation Campaigns

Text of Letter (PDF) | Initial Response from VA (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, along with Senators Mark Warner (D-Va.), Vice Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, Tammy...

March 5, 2020

Warren and Massachusetts Delegation Members Call For Money From Columbia Gas Fine to Stay in Merrimack Valley

Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Edward J. Markey (D-MA), along with Representatives Lori Trahan (MA-03), Seth Moulton (MA-06), Joseph Kennedy, III (MA-04), Stephen Lynch (MA-08), Katherine Clark (MA-05), Richard Neal (MA-01),...

March 5, 2020

Warren, Colleagues Call on DHS to Halt Immigration Enforcement at Hospitals and Medical Facilities as Nation Braces for Coronavirus Outbreak

Agency Has Taken Similar Actions Following Hurricanes and Other Emergencies Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, D.C. – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), along with Senators Kamala Harris (D-Calif.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Ed Markey (D-Mass.), Mazie Hirono...

March 5, 2020

Massachusetts Awarded $500K in Initial Federal Funding to Combat Coronavirus Outbreak

Boston, MA – United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today announced that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has awarded $500,000 in initial funding to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to support efforts to...

March 4, 2020

Warren, Velázquez Sound Alarm Over Customs and Border Protection’s Deficient Medical Directive for Screening and Delivery of Medical Care to Migrants

Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, D.C. – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Representative Nydia M. Velázquez (D-N.Y.) sent a letter to Mark Morgan, Acting Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), calling on CBP to strengthen its...

March 4, 2020

Senators Warren, Markey Urge Department of Transportation to Suspend All Airline Ticket Cancellation and Change Fees During Coronavirus Outbreak

Text of the Letter (PDF) Washington, DC – Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today sent a letter to the Department of Transportation (DOT), urging the agency to require all airlines to suspend their ticket change and...

March 4, 2020

Warren, Carper Bill to Enhance Ethics Requirements for Presidential Candidates Becomes Law of the Land

Washington, DC — Today, United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Tom Carper (D-Del.) applauded the signing of the bipartisan Presidential Transition Enhancement Act, which includes major provisions of the Transition Team Ethics Improvement Act, into law. The Transition Team Ethics...

March 3, 2020

Senator Warren Questions Nation’s Largest Retail Banks on Plans for Assisting Americans Affected by Coronavirus-related Disruptions

Text of the Letters (PDF) Washington, DC — United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ranking Member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Financial Institutions, and Member of the Senate Committee on Health, Labor,...

March 3, 2020

Senators Warren, Merkley, and Harris Raise Concerns That DHS-Operated “Tent Courts” Violate Asylum Seekers’ Due Process Rights

Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, D.C. — United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), and Kamala D. Harris (D-Calif.) sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) raising...

March 3, 2020

Warren, Blumenthal, Cassidy Press Giant Health Systems Provider Ascension on Patient Data-Sharing with Google

Letter to Ascension (PDF) | Response Letter from Google (PDF) Washington, D.C. — United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), and Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-La.) sent a letter to Ascension, the second largest health systems provider in the...

March 3, 2020

Senators Warren and Casey Request Information on FDA and FTC Efforts to Protect the American Public from Coronavirus Scams

Text of Letter to FTC (PDF) | Text of Letter to FDA (PDF) Washington, D.C. — United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) and Senate Aging Committees, and Senator Bob...

March 2, 2020

Senator Warren, Colleagues Urge Defense Secretary Not to Strip Labor Rights from Civilian DoD Employees

Trump Memo Undermines Hardworking DoD Civil Servants Who Help Keep Country Safe Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, D.C. – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee and Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor...