Press Releases - Senator Elizabeth Warren

March 6, 2019

Senator Warren and Colleagues Demand Answers on Shamefully Weak SEC Settlement with Corinthian College Executives

Text of the Letter (PDF) Washington, DC – Today, United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) led U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Ranking Member Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), and Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.)...

March 5, 2019

Senator Warren Discusses Importance of Vaccines to Preventing and Controlling Disease Outbreaks

Video (YouTube) Washington, DC – At a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee (HELP) hearing today, United States Senator Elizabeth Warren discussed the hepatitis A outbreak in Massachusetts and questioned health experts about the importance of vaccines and public...

March 5, 2019

Warren, Jayapal Release T-Mobile Responses to Their Inquiry About Trump International Hotel Patronage

Response Letters from T-Mobile (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Representative Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) today released T-Mobile’s responses to their February 6, 2019 letter inquiring about reports that T-Mobile executives started to regularly patronize President Trump’s hotel...

March 1, 2019

Warren, Blumenthal, Menendez, and Sanders Call on Congressional Leadership to Address Expiring Food and Nutrition Benefits for Puerto Rico in Final Disaster Relief Bill

Text of the Letter (PDF) Washington, DC – As negotiations continue on a supplemental disaster relief bill, United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Robert Menendez (D-N.J), and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) called on Congressional leadership to ensure...

February 28, 2019

Senators Warren and Rubio Reintroduce Bill to Protect Jobs for Workers Struggling with Student Loans

Bill Text (PDF) | One-Pager (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) today reintroduced the Protecting Job Opportunities for Borrowers (Protecting JOBs) Act (S.609), legislation that would help to ensure borrowers are not...

February 28, 2019

Warren Joins Whitehouse, Cotton, Moulton, and King in Reintroducing ALS Disability Insurance Access Act

Washington, DC – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) joined Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) and Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) and Representatives Seth Moulton (MA-06) and Peter King (NY-02) in reintroducing the ALS Disability Insurance Access Act. The bipartisan bill would eliminate...

February 28, 2019

Senators Warren and Blumenthal Investigate Interior Nominee and Former Lobbyist David Bernhardt’s Conflicts of Interest

Text of Letter to DEO (PDF) | Text of Letter to IG (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) today sent a letter to the Designated Agency Ethics Official, Scott de la Vega,...

February 28, 2019

Warren, Booker, Deutch Investigate Private Prisoner Transport Company Following Reports of Inhumane and Unsafe Conditions

Text of the Letter (PDF) Washington, DC - United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Cory Booker (D-N.J.) and Representative Ted Deutch (D-Fla.) sent a letter to Joel Brasfield, President of Prisoner Transportation Services, LLC (PTS), a private prisoner transport...

February 27, 2019

Western Massachusetts Communities to be Included in Health Study of Harmful Chemicals

Washington, DC – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) applauded an announcement by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) that Hampden County and the Barnes Air Reserve Base...

February 26, 2019

Warren, Colleagues Continue to Call for HELP Committee Hearings on Hurricanes’ Impact on Puerto Rico & U.S. Virgin Islands

Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), along with five of her colleagues on the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, sent a letter to HELP Committee Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) to...

February 26, 2019

Warren Joins Bipartisan Group to Improve VA Outreach to Native American Veterans

Bill Text (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) has cosponsored the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Tribal Advisory Committee Act, which Senators Jon Tester (D-Mont.), Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), Tom Udall (D-N.M.), and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) reintroduced...

February 22, 2019

Newly-Released GAO Report on Workplace Safety Among DOD Contractors Suggests Rampant Labor Law Violations

Text of Report (PDF) Washington, DC - The Government Accountability Office released a new report yesterday, as required by a 2018 defense bill provision secured by United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), indicating widespread, serious workplace safety violations among Department of Defense (DOD) contractors...