Press Releases - Senator Elizabeth Warren

March 22, 2018

Warren Requests IRS Information on Use of Private Debt Collectors for Taxpayers Affected by Federally Declared Disasters

Text of the letter (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Bernard Sanders (I-Vt.), and Bill Nelson (D-Fla.) today sent a letter to Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Acting Commissioner David Kautter requesting information on whether the IRS...

March 22, 2018

Warren, Capito Introduce Reducing Opioid Risk Act

Bill Text | One-Pager Washington, DC – United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) today introduced the Reducing Opioids Risk Act to improve implementation of the bipartisan law they worked to pass in 2016 and to...

March 22, 2018

Warren Requests Hearing, Demands Answers from Labor Secretary and OMB Director on Buried Analysis of Tipping Rule

Text of letter to Labor Secretary Acosta (PDF) Text of letter to OMB Director Mulvaney (PDF) Text of letter to HELP Chairman Alexander (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) today sent letters to Secretary of Labor...

March 21, 2018

Mass. Congressional Delegation Requests FEMA Assistance with Snowstorm Assessment and Recovery

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 III,...

March 21, 2018

Warren, Colleagues Unveil Legislation to Hold Insurance Companies Accountable and Strengthen Consumer Protections

Bill Text | One-Pager Washington, DC – United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Kamala Harris (D-Calif.), Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) today introduced the Consumer Health Insurance Protection Act to hold health...

March 20, 2018

Warren, Paul Introduce Legislation to Ensure Better Access to Hearing Health Care Services

Bill Text | One-Pager Washington, DC – United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Rand Paul (R-Ky.) today introduced the Audiology Patient Choice Act, a bipartisan bill that ensures seniors and people with disabilities on Medicare have access to a...

March 20, 2018

Warren: Six months after Hurricane Maria / Seis meses después del huracán Maria

In English | En Español Washington, DC – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) today wrote a Medium post to mark six months since Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The full text of the Medium...

March 19, 2018

Warren Presses Department of Defense to Monitor Contractors’ Workplace Safety

Text of letter to Secretary of the Navy Richard Spencer (PDF) Text of letter to Undersecretary of Defense Ellen Lord (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) today sent letters to Undersecretary of Defense Ellen Lord and Secretary...

March 16, 2018

Senator Warren Delivers Speech Celebrating 50th Anniversary of Robert F. Kennedy Presidential Campaign

Video (YouTube) Washington, DC – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) yesterday delivered a speech on the Senate floor celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Senator Robert F. Kennedy’s presidential campaign. In her remarks, Senator Warren echoed Kennedy’s challenge to Americans...

March 16, 2018

Warren Presses Equifax on Senior Executive Charged with Insider Trading

Text of letter (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) sent a letter to Equifax’s interim Chief Executive Officer Paulino do Rego Barros Jr. about the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) announcement that it has charged Jun...

March 16, 2018

Warren Presses Mick Mulvaney on Failure to Respond to Dozens of Questions about His Questionable Actions and Leadership at Consumer Agency

Text of letter (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) today sent a 17-page letter to Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Mick Mulvaney following up on his responses to nine of her previous letters about...

March 15, 2018

Warren, Colleagues Call for Top DeVos Adviser’s Recusal from Decisions on For-Profit Colleges Owned by Former Employer

Text of letter (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Richard Durbin (D-Ill.), Kamala Harris (D-Calif.), Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), and Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) today sent a letter to Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos...