Press Releases - Senator Elizabeth Warren

June 27, 2019

Warren Demands Answers Following Reports that Military Housing Contractor Balfour Beatty Falsified Maintenance Logs to Boost Income

Air Force Unit Tasked with Oversight Reportedly Blocked Attempts to Hold Contractor Accountable Sen. Warren’s Legislation Would Impose Greater Transparency and Accountability for Private Military Housing Contractors Letter to Balfour Beatty | Letter to Air Force Asst. Secretary | Letter to Air Force IG ...

June 26, 2019

Senator Warren Joins Senator Schatz and Other Senators Calling for an Investigation of Federal Contractors in Charge of Migrant Children

Letters to GAO and HHS (PDF) WASHINGTON – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) today joined Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai‘i) and seven other senators calling for the federal government to investigate federal contractors in charge of migrant children detained after...

June 26, 2019

Warren, Colleagues Criticize DOL Proposal to Narrow Definition of “Joint-Employer” Under Fair Labor Standards Act

Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), along with Senators Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Richard J. Durbin (D-Ill.), Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-Wash.), Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chris Van Hollen...

June 25, 2019

Sens. Warren, Sanders, Booker Urge FCC and DOJ to Review Sinclair Broadcast Group’s $10.6 Billion Acquisition of 21 Regional Sports Networks

Text of Letter (PDF) 2016 Remarks on Competition in the American Economy Washington, DC – United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), and Cory Booker (D-N.J.) sent a letter to Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chair Ajit Pai and...

June 25, 2019

Sen. Warren, Reps. Pressley and Porter Raise Concerns Over the Continued Employment of High-Level CFPB Staffer with History of Working for Anti-LGBTQ Hate Group

Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Representatives Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) and Katie Porter (D-Calif.) today sent a letter to Kathleen Kraninger, Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), urging the CFPB...

June 25, 2019

Senators Warren, Murray Question FDA Proposal to Weaken Approval Standards for Medical Devices

Text of the Letter (PDF) | July 2018 Letter from Gottlieb (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Patty Murray (D-Wash.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, sent a...

June 24, 2019

Warren Sends Letter to HUD and Federal Watchdog Expressing Concern Over Former CFPB Official Eric Blankenstein’s New Position at HUD

Text of the Letter to the CFPB Inspector General (PDF) | Text of Letter to HUD (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) sent separate letters to U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Ben...

June 21, 2019

Warren Questions ICE About Reports of Misuse of Solitary Confinement at Immigration Detention Facilities

Agency’s Practices Appear to Directly Violate Protocols Text of the Letter (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) today sent a letter to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) expressing concern and requesting information regarding the agency’s...

June 20, 2019

Warren Leads 42 Senators in Reintroducing Refund Equality Act to Provide Equal Tax Treatment for Married Same-Sex Couples

Bill Text (PDF) | Fact Sheet (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) today reintroduced the Refund Equality Act. This legislation would ensure that legally-married same-sex couples — who until the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2013 U.S. v. Windsor decision were...

June 19, 2019

Warren Calls on Department of Defense and OSHA to Implement Workplace Safety Recommendations

Text of letter to DOD (PDF) Text of letter to OSHA (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) earlier this week sent letters to Undersecretary of Defense Ellen Lord and Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor Loren...

June 19, 2019

Senator Warren and Colleagues to Congressional Budget Negotiators: Make Child Care, Affordable Housing, and Addressing the Climate Crisis Top Priorities

Text of the Letter (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Bob Casey (D-Pa.), Tina Smith (D-Minn.), Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Edward J. Markey...

June 19, 2019

Senator Warren Responds to the Trump Administration’s Inadequate Replacement for the Obama-era Clean Power Plan

Washington, DC – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) issued the following statement in response to the Environmental Protection Agency finalizing the so-called “Affordable Clean Energy” rule, an inadequate replacement for the Obama Administration’s 2015 Clean Power Plan. “The climate...