Press Releases - Senator Elizabeth Warren

May 10, 2018

Warren Delivers Speech Opposing Judicial Nominees Michael Brennan and Thomas Farr

Video (YouTube) Washington, DC – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) today delivered a speech on the Senate floor opposing the nominations of Michael Brennan for the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals and Thomas Farr for the Eastern District Court of...

May 9, 2018

Warren and Perdue Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Improve Military Sexual Assault Treatment

Bill Text Fact Sheet Washington, DC – Today Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and David Perdue (R-Ga.), members of the Senate Armed Services Committee, introduced the bipartisan Sexual Trauma Response and Treatment (START) Act to help military sexual assault survivors access...

May 9, 2018

Warren, Colleagues Question Carl Icahn, Scott Pruitt on Renewable Fuel Standard Waiver for Icahn’s Refinery

Letter to Icahn (PDF) | Letter to EPA (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), and Tina Smith (D-Minn.) sent letters to...

May 8, 2018

Warren Statement on President Trump Withdrawing from the Iran Deal

Washington, DC – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) released the following statement on President Donald Trump’s decision to pull the United States out of the Iran Nuclear Deal: “America should be a country that keeps it promises. The Obama...

May 8, 2018

Warren Joins Markey, Colleagues in Questioning Termination of Temporary Protected Status for Haitians

Text of the letter (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) today joined Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and ten other Senators in calling on the Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)...

May 8, 2018

Warren, Daines, Shea-Porter, Kelly Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Streamline National Guard Promotion Process

Bill Text (PDF) Fact Sheet (PDF) Washington, DC – U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Steve Daines (R-Mont.) and U.S. Representatives Carol Shea-Porter (D-N.H.) and Trent Kelly (R-Miss.) today introduced the bipartisan National Guard Promotion Accountability Act to address delays...

May 7, 2018

Warren, Cassidy Express Interest in Timely Completion of FDA Report on Medical Device Servicing

Text of letter (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Bill Cassidy (R-La.) today sent a letter to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) about the regulation of entities that repair, refurbish, recondition, and remanufacture medical...

May 4, 2018

Sens. Warren, Markey, and Reps. Lynch, Moulton Announce Over $9 Million in Federal Ferry Grants

Washington, DC – United States Senators Elizabeth Warren and Edward J. Markey, along with Representatives Stephen F. Lynch and Seth Moulton, announced today that the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has awarded over $9 million in federal grants to support...

May 3, 2018

Warren Joins Cortez Masto, Colleagues in Urging Fed Inspector General to Investigate Mulvaney’s Close Ties with Payday Loan Industry

Text of the letter (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) yesterday joined Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) in sending a letter to Mark Bialek, Inspector General of the Federal Reserve System, urging him to investigate Mick...

May 2, 2018

Senators to Congressional Leadership: Call on Trump Administration to Keep Congress Fully Informed about North Korea Negotiations

Text of letter (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) led 27 of her Senate colleagues in sending a letter to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), and Chairman and Ranking...

May 2, 2018

Mass. Congressional Delegation Urges White House to Approve State’s Request for Major Disaster Declaration

Text of the letter (PDF) Washington, DC – The Massachusetts congressional delegation, including United States Senators Elizabeth Warren and Edward J. Markey, and Representatives Richard Neal, James McGovern, Michael Capuano, Stephen F. Lynch, Niki Tsongas, William Keating, Joseph P. Kennedy...

May 1, 2018

Warren, Sanders Urge Trump to Hire Homeland Security Advisor Who Recognizes Climate Change as National Security Threat

Text of the letter (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today sent a letter to President Trump urging him to hire a Homeland Security Advisor who takes seriously the role of climate...