Press Releases - Senator Elizabeth Warren

November 20, 2019

Bipartisan Inquiry from Senators Warren, Blumenthal and Cassidy Asks Google to Explain How and Why It Secretly Collected Health Data on Millions of Americans Without Their Consent

Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, DC – Following alarming reports of Google’s efforts to obtain the health records of millions of Americans without their awareness or consent, United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Richard Blumenthal (D-C.T.), and Bill Cassidy (R-L.A.)...

November 20, 2019

Senators Warren and Markey Commend House Committee Passage of Pipeline Safety Legislation That Includes “Leonel Rondon Pipeline Safety Act”

Washington, DC – Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) commended the House Energy and Commerce Committee for inclusion and passage of their legislation, the Leonel Rondon Pipeline Safety Act, in SAFER Pipelines Act. The Senators and Congresswoman Lori Trahan...

November 19, 2019

Senators Warren, Brown, and Sanders Investigate “Inherent” Conflicts of Interest of Private Equity-Owned Institutional Review Boards

Text of Letter to WCG Clinical (PDF) | Text of Letter to Advarra (PDF) Washington, D.C. – United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) sent letters to two major private equity-owned commercial institutional review...

November 19, 2019

Senators Warren, Brown and Rep. Pocan Investigate Role of Private Equity in Declining Quality of Nursing Home Care

Text of Letters (PDF) Washington, D.C. – United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Ranking Member of the Senate Banking Committee, along with Representative Mark Pocan (D-Wis.), sent letters to four private equity firms — Carlyle Group,...

November 18, 2019

Warren, Colleagues Criticize Ernst & Young for Misleading “Sham Study” on Private Equity Impact on U.S. Economy

Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, D.C. – United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisc.), and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), along with Representatives Mark Pocan (D-Wisc.), and Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.), sent a letter to Ernst & Young (EY), sharply criticizing...

November 18, 2019

Senator Warren Introduces Senate Companion Bill to Ensure Our Nation’s Public Housing is Healthy and Safe

Approximately 10,000 housing units are lost every year Bill Text (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) today announced she will introduce the Senate companion to the Public Housing Emergency Response Act. First introduced in the House of Representatives by Representative Nydia M....

November 15, 2019

Bipartisan Resolution to Honor Women Veterans Passes Senate Unanimously

Resolution Text (PDF) Washington, D.C. – United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), Martha McSally (R-Ariz.), SASC member and 26-year veteran of the U.S. Air Force, Jon Tester (D-Mont.), Ranking...

November 15, 2019

Warren, Blunt Rochester, Colleagues Question HHS and CMS on Efforts to Reduce Maternal Mortality

Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, D.C. – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Representative Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) led eight of their Senate and House colleagues in requesting information from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)...

November 15, 2019

Senators Warren and Brown Raise Alarm about IRS’s Ongoing Failure to Fix the Free File Program

Text of the Letter (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), a member of the Senate Finance Committee, sent a follow-up letter to Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner Charles P. Rettig after new...

November 14, 2019

Senator Warren and Majority Whip Clyburn Question DeVos Over Resignation of Top Student Loan Advisor

Warren-Clyburn Bill Would Cancel Student Loan Debt for Millions of Americans and End the Student Debt Crisis Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, D.C. – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and House Majority Whip James E. Clyburn (D-S.C.) sent a...

November 13, 2019

Warren Leads Colleagues in Requesting Update on VA and DoD Efforts to Protect Veterans and Servicemembers from Foreign Online Disinformation

Letter to VA (PDF) | Letter to DoD (PDF) Washington, D.C. – United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Mark Warner (D-Va.), Vice Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Edward...

November 8, 2019

National POW/MIA Flag Act Signed into Law

Text of the Bill (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), John Thune (R-S.D.), Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.), Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.) Pat Toomey (R-Pa.), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), and Jack Reed (D-R.I.), today applauded the passage...