Press Releases - Senator Elizabeth Warren

May 7, 2019

Senator Warren Demands Detailed Plan for Federal Student Loan Program from New Chief of the Federal Student Aid Office

Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), a member of the United States Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP Committee), today sent a letter to General Mark Brown, regarding his recent appointment...

May 7, 2019

Warren, Warner, Cummings, Krishnamoorthi Reintroduce Legislation to Hold Equifax and other Credit Reporting Agencies Accountable for Data Breaches

Under This Legislation, Equifax Would Have Paid At Least $1.5 Billion in Penalties for 2017 Data Breach Lawmakers Unveil New Report Showing Equifax Still Failing Consumers Long After Data Breach and Write to Regulators Demanding Action Bill Text (PDF) |...

May 6, 2019

Warren, Cotton, Thune, Sinema, Colleagues Applaud Senate Passage of Bipartisan National POW/MIA Flag Act

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.) and Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) today applauded the unanimous Senate passage of the National POW/MIA...

May 6, 2019

Sen. Warren and Rep. Grijalva Introduce Bicameral Legislation to Address the Lack of Funding for Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention in Indian Country

Text of Bill (PDF) | Bill One-Pager (PDF) Washington, DC – Today, United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Representative Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) introduced the American Indian and Alaska Native Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (AI/AN CAPTA), legislation that would amend...

May 4, 2019

Warren, Udall, Harris & Blumenthal to DHS: Stop Unconstitutional Surveillance of Journalists, Activists, and Lawyers

Text of the Letter (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Tom Udall (D-N.M.), Kamala D. Harris (D-Calif.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) wrote to U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Acting Secretary Kevin K. McAleenan demanding answers...

May 3, 2019

Warren Leads Colleagues Calling for the FTC and IRS to Investigate and Oust Tax Preparation Companies Profiting by Misleading Low-Income Taxpayers

Text of Letter to FTC (PDF) | Text of Letter to IRS (PDF) Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) today sent letters to Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chairman Joseph Simons and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner Charles Rettig...

May 2, 2019

Sen. Warren Joins Sen. Markey in Introducing Legislation to Preserve and Extend New START, Prohibit Increases in U.S. Nuclear Forces

Text of Bill (PDF) Washington, DC – In an effort to preserve the last, major U.S.-Russia bilateral nuclear arms control treaty, United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) joined Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today in introducing new legislation to preserve...

May 2, 2019

Warren, Sanders, Velázquez, Gillibrand, Markey, Harris Reintroduce Comprehensive Debt-Relief Legislation for Puerto Rico, U.S. Territories

Bill Text (PDF) | Fact Sheet (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today reintroduced the U.S. Territorial Relief Act to provide a pathway to comprehensive debt relief for Puerto Rico and other disaster-ravaged...

May 1, 2019

Warren Leads Bipartisan Resolution to Honor the Nation’s First Responders

Resolution Text (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) along with Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR), Ron Johnson (R-WI), Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, Gary Peters (D-MI), Ranking Member of the Homeland Security...

May 1, 2019

Senator Warren Releases Her Investigation of the Pentagon’s Substandard Military Base Housing Program

Text of Letter to SASC Chair and Ranking Member (PDF) | Text of Letter to Armed Service Secretaries (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), today released the...

April 30, 2019

GAO Agrees to Investigate National Security Threats Posed by Climate Change to Defense Supply Chain

GAO Response (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Ranking Member of the Armed Services Committee, Jack Reed (D-R.I.) applauded the Government Accountability Office (GAO) for agreeing to their April 2019 request to investigate the impacts...

April 30, 2019

Senator Warren Calls for IG Investigation into Reports DHS Used Intelligence Firm’s Surveillance of Trump Administration Family Separation Policy Protests

Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) today sent a letter to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Inspector General (IG) requesting an investigation into the department’s use of information from a private intelligence...