Press Releases - Senator Elizabeth Warren

November 8, 2019

Warren, Cassidy Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Protect Student Veterans’ Housing Benefits During Natural Disasters

Text of Bill (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), member of the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee, and Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-La.), member of the Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs today introduced legislation to protect student veterans from...

November 7, 2019

Senators Warren and Duckworth Introduce Bill to Increase Veterans’ Access to Contraceptives

Text of Bill (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), member of the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), and Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), Combat Veteran and SASC member, introduced the Access to Contraception Expansion for Veterans...

November 6, 2019

Senator Warren Reintroduces the Medical Innovation Act

Text of the Bill (PDF) | Section by Section (PDF) | One Pager (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) today announced the reintroduction of the Medical Innovation Act. The bill, along with companion legislation reintroduced today...

November 5, 2019

Warren, Murkowski, McSally, Tester, Harris, Sullivan, Gillibrand and Hassan Introduce Bipartisan Resolution to Honor Women Veterans

Text of the Resolution (PDF)Boston, MARanking Member of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee, Kamala Harris (D-Calif.), Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), SASC and Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee member, , and Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.) “Women veterans are tough, smart, and have made incredible...

November 5, 2019

Senators Warren and Murray Raise New Questions About FDA Proposal to Weaken Approval Pathway for Certain Medical Devices

Text of the Letter (PDF) | August 2019 FDA Response (PDF) Boston, MA – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee and U.S. Senate HELP Committee Ranking Member Patty...

November 4, 2019

Senator Warren Cosponsors Resolution Recognizing November 2019 as Native American Heritage Month

Text of the Resolution (PDF) Boston, MA – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) today released the following statement as she once again cosponsored a resolution to recognize November as Native American Heritage Month, a time for celebrating the heritages...

November 4, 2019

Senator Warren Statement on Holtec Exemption from Emergency Planning Requirements at the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station

Boston, MA – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) released the following statement today following news federal regulators at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) plan to exempt Holtec International from emergency planning regulations as the firm works to decommission the Pilgrim...

November 4, 2019

Senators Warren and Markey Commend Early Release of Home Heating Funding for Massachusetts Residents but Express Concern Over Reduction in Funding from Previous Years

Washington, DC – Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today announced the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) released early $114 million of Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) funding to Massachusetts. This funding, which...

November 4, 2019

Senator Warren Joins Senate Colleagues in New Push to Renew Funding for Minority-Serving Institutions of Higher Education

Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) joined Senators Doug Jones (D-Ala.), Jon Tester (D-Mont.), and 35 of their colleagues in a new push to pass funding for Historically Black Colleges and...

November 1, 2019

Warren Demands Answers About Ongoing Misuse of Solitary Confinement at ICE Detention Facilities

Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, D.C. – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties (CRCL) requesting information regarding CRCL’s oversight of U.S. Immigrations...

October 30, 2019

Commerce Department Watchdog Report Requested by Senator Warren Reveals Significant Problems with Trump Administration Steel and Aluminum Tariff Exemption Process

Report Suggests Process is Neither Transparent nor Objective; Finds “Appearance that Department officials may not be impartial.” Memo (PDF) Washington, D.C. – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass) released the following statement regarding a new Department of Commerce Inspector General...

October 30, 2019

Mass. Lawmakers Announce Over $6 Million in Community Planning and Development Grants to Massachusetts

Boston, MA – United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Edward J. Markey (D-MA), along with Representatives James P. McGovern (D-MA-02), Seth Moulton (D-MA-06) and Lori Trahan (D-MA-03), today announced that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)...