Press Releases - Senator Elizabeth Warren

February 21, 2020

Warren, Haaland Urge DoD to Model New Military Housing Quality Database After CFPB Consumer Complaint Database

Requires DoD to Establish New Resource for Servicemembers to Submit Complaints and Review Military Housing Quality CFPB Database Has Successfully Resolved Nearly 1.5 Million Complaints, Helping Consumers, Agency and Public Over Past Decade Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, D.C....

February 21, 2020

Warren, Markey Urge Inclusion of Taxpayer Advocate on IRS’s Taxpayer First Act Implementation Team

Text of the Letter (PDF) Washington, D.C. — United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ranking Member of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Protections, and Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) sent a...

February 20, 2020

Warren, Markey, Whitehouse, Reed Urge Correction of Cost-of-Living Pay Disparities for Federal Employees Living in Southern Massachusetts and Rhode Island

Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, D.C. – United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) and Jack Reed (D-R.I.) sent a letter to Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Director Dale Cabaniss urging the agency to...

February 19, 2020

Markey, Warren, Senators Introduce Legislation to Counteract Trump Exit from Iran Deal

Bill Text (PDF) Washington, D.C. – Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) have introduced S.3314, the Iran Diplomacy Act, which calls upon the United...

February 18, 2020

Senator Warren’s Ongoing Oversight of the U.S. Response to the 2019 Novel Coronavirus Outbreak

Washington, D.C. — United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, has spent over seven years in the U.S. Senate fighting to keep families across the Commonwealth and the country...

February 16, 2020

Senators Warren and Markey Raise Concerns, Questions about CBP SWAT Teams’ Deployment to Major Cities, Including Boston, MA

Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) yesterday sent a letter to the heads of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), and U.S. Immigration...

February 14, 2020

Warren Joins Shaheen, Gillibrand Calling on EPA to Deliver on Promises Made in PFAS Action Plan

Text of the Letter (PDF) Washington, D.C. – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) joined Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), along with a group of 29 senators, in a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator...

February 14, 2020

Warren, McGovern, Mass. Lawmakers Demand HUD Take Action to Protect Public Housing Residents From Radon

Lawmakers Question Why HUD Refuses to Provide Appropriate Resources for Housing Authorities To Test For Radon Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and House Rules Committee Chairman James P. McGovern (D-MA-02), along with...

February 14, 2020

Warren, Colleagues Call for Attorney General Barr’s Resignation After “Corrupt” Intervention in Roger Stone Case

Text of Letter (PDF) | Bill Text (PDF) Washington, D.C. – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), along with Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Patty Murray (D-Wash.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.),...

February 14, 2020

Senators Warren and Markey and Rep. Keating Sound Alarm Over Lack of Federal Funding for Cape Cod Canal Bridges

Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, D.C. – United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), along with Congressman William Keating (D-Mass.), called on the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) to recommit to an earlier recommendation to...

February 14, 2020

Warren, Markey, Neal, McGovern Announce $10.2 Million of Federal Investment in Western Massachusetts Broadband Infrastructure

Washington, D.C. –United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), along with Representatives Richard E. Neal (D-Mass.) and James McGovern (D-Mass.) today announced the release of $10.2 million in federal funding to expand broadband access in Western...

February 13, 2020

Warren, Senate Democrats Press Lenders for Answers Following Reports of Higher Interest Rates for Students of Minority-Serving Institutions

Letter to Upstart (PDF) | Letter to Lenders (PDF) | Letter to Service Providers (PDF) Washington, DC — Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Financial...