Press Releases - Senator Elizabeth Warren

May 23, 2019

Senator Warren, Rep. Ocasio-Cortez Question Secretary Mnuchin’s Involvement in Predatory Practices that Led to Sears Bankruptcy, Loss of Tens of Thousands of Jobs

Text of the Letter (PDF) | Explainer Video (YouTube) Washington, DC – Today, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and U.S. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, questioning his involvement in dubious financial engineering and other...

May 22, 2019

Warren, Espaillat, Colleagues Reintroduce Legislation to Provide Stable Housing for Survivors of Natural Disasters

Bill Text (PDF) | Section-by-Section Summary (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Representative Adriano Espaillat (D-N.Y.) today led 10 of their Senate and House colleagues in reintroducing legislation that enables survivors of major natural disasters...

May 22, 2019

Warren Demands Answers from U.S. Customs and Border Protection Following Recent Deaths of Children Detained at Border

Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) yesterday sent a letter to John P. Sanders, Acting Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), regarding reports over the past week that two children died...

May 21, 2019

Senator Warren Submits Questions for the Record Regarding Deutsche Bank Suspicious Activity Reports

Washington, DC – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) submitted questions for the record to federal regulators and law enforcement officials following their testimony at today’s Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee hearing, “Combatting Illicit Financing By Anonymous Shell...

May 21, 2019

Senator Warren, Rep. Kennedy Reintroduce Behavioral Health Coverage Transparency Act, Legislation to Prevent Discrimination Against Patients Seeking Mental Health and Addiction Care

Bill Text (PDF) | One Pager (PDF) | Op-Ed Washington, DC – Today, United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Representative Joe Kennedy III (D-Mass.) will lead their colleagues in the Senate and House in reintroducing their legislation, the Behavioral...

May 21, 2019

Sens. Warren, Portman Introduce Legislation to Improve Safety of American Students Abroad

Text of Bill (PDF) Washington, DC – U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Rob Portman (R-Ohio) today introduced bipartisan legislation – the American Students Abroad Act – to improve the sharing of information between the Department of State and the...

May 20, 2019

Senators Warren, Markey & Representatives Keating, Garamendi Introduce Legislation to Improve the Resilience and Capacity of Evacuation Routes

Bill Text (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), along with Representatives William Keating (D-Mass.), and John Garamendi (D-Calif.), today reintroduced the Enhancing the Strength and Capacity of America’s Primary Evacuation Routes...

May 17, 2019

Senators Warren and Ernst Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Improve Study of Blast Exposure Injuries in Servicemembers

Bill Text (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) yesterday introduced their bill, the Blast Pressure Exposure Study Improvement Act, to improve research on traumatic brain injury (TBI) among servicemembers and strengthen...

May 16, 2019

Senators Warren and Murray Lead Colleagues Expressing Support for Agreement That Will Help Military Borrowers Receive the Zero Interest Student Loan Benefit They Are Owed

Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, DC — United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and United States Senator Patty Murray (D-Wash.), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, led seventeen of their Senate colleagues today in...

May 16, 2019

Senators Warren and Brown Lead Colleagues Questioning Student Loan Companies on their Non-Cooperation with Federal and State Regulators

Letter to Navient (PDF) | Letter to Nelnet (PDF) | Letter to The Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency (PDF) Washington, DC — United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Ranking Member Sherrod...

May 16, 2019

Senator Warren Introduces New Legislation to Strengthen Ethics and Transparency at the Defense Department

Bill Text (PDF) | Fact Sheet (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, will introduce today The Department of Defense Ethics and Anti-Corruption Act, legislation to limit the influence of contractors on the...

May 15, 2019

Warren Joins Wyden, Bicameral Coalition to Introduce Bill to Require States to Secure Elections

Text of Bill (PDF) | One-Pager (PDF) Washington, DC — United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) joined Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), along with eleven Senate co-sponsors, today introducing an expanded version of the Protecting American Votes and Elections (PAVE) Act...