Press Releases
Warren, Markey, Merkley Press Trump on Failure to Address American Families’ Rising Electricity Costs
Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) led Senators Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) and Ed Markey (D-Mass.) in pressing President Donald Trump on rising electricity costs hurting American families. In a new letter, the lawmakers published the Trump Administration’s responses to the Senators’ earlier oversight on the Administration’s failures to lower energy costs. The lawmakers also published new data revealing the impacts of those failures on American families, including the fact … Continue Reading
October 30, 2025
Trump Nominee to Oversee U.S. Nuclear Arsenal Agrees with Warren: Cost Transparency is Crucial for National Security
Washington, D.C. — At a hearing of the Senate Armed Services Committee, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) pushed Vice Admiral Richard A. Correll, nominee to be admiral and Commander of the United States Strategic Command (STRATCOM), to commit to supporting independent and transparent assessments of nuclear weapons programs. Senator Warren also spoke out against President Trump’s recent call for the United States to resume nuclear weapons testing. As STRATCOM Commander, Vice Admiral … Continue Reading
October 30, 2025
Warren, Schumer, Wyden, Senate Democrats Introduce Bill to Expand Social Security, Veterans Affairs Benefits
Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) led Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), and Senators Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.), Angela Alsobrooks (D-Md.), Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Tina Smith (D-Minn.), and Peter Welch (D-Vt.) in introducing the Social Security Emergency Inflation Relief Act. With America’s seniors … Continue Reading
October 30, 2025
Warren, Kim Press Surgeon General Nominee Casey Means on Wellness Industry Connections, Conflicts of Interest
Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Andy Kim (D-N.J.) pushed for answers from Surgeon General nominee Dr. Casey Means about potential conflicts of interest stemming from her former clients and employers, as well as future lobbying and employment opportunities. The senators highlighted questions about her ability to faithfully execute her duties as Surgeon General, if confirmed. “Just as we need ethics guardrails to prevent Big Pharma companies from using insider … Continue Reading
October 29, 2025
In Response to Warren Questioning, Trump Administration Nominee Admits China is Undercutting American Farmers Amidst Trump Trade War and Argentina Bailout
Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), member of the Senate Finance Committee and Ranking Member of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, questioned Julie Callahan, President Donald Trump’s nominee to be Chief Agricultural Negotiator at the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR), on how the Trump Administration’s disastrous trade policies—including bailing out Argentina’s financial markets and hedge funds after the country cut a … Continue Reading
October 29, 2025
Warren, Schumer, Health Influencers Sound Alarm on Government Shutdown
Washington, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), Senator Cory Booker (D-N.J.), and Senator Tina Smith (D-Minn.) hosted a press conference alongside health care creators in the U.S. Capitol to sound the alarm on the government shutdown and health care affordability crisis. In a first-of-its-kind format, the senators invited content creators who are also health care professionals to share their stories at the press conference. The … Continue Reading
October 29, 2025
Warren Urges Trump to Continue Food Assistance, End the Government Shutdown
Washington, D.C. — As President Trump terminates food assistance for millions of Americans, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren released the following statement: “For the first time in U.S. history, the President is cutting off food assistance and telling more than 40 million Americans to eat dirt. Due to President Trump’s decision, mommas and babies will go hungry because they cannot afford groceries. “Instead of breaking the law and attempting to cover up his tracks by deleting parts of the … Continue Reading
October 28, 2025
Ahead of Confirmation Hearing, Warren Presses Health Department Watchdog Nominee on Record of Extreme Partisanship, Alleged Mismanagement of Taxpayer Funds
Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) pressed Thomas March Bell, nominee to be Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), ahead of his confirmation hearing, on his record of extreme partisanship and mismanagement of taxpayer funds, among other concerns. Bell’s hearing before the Senate Finance Committee will take place on Wednesday, October 29, 2025. “[Y]our alleged mismanagement of taxpayer funds and long record of allowing your highly … Continue Reading
October 28, 2025
Warren, Durbin, Castro, Meeks, Lead 50+ Democrats in Challenging Trump Administration’s Gun Industry-Friendly Changes to Trade Rules
Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ranking Member of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, and Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, along with Representatives Joaquin Castro (D-Texas), Ranking Member of House Foreign Affairs Committee’s Western Hemisphere Subcommittee, and Gregory Meeks (D-N.Y.), Ranking Member of House Foreign Affairs Committee, wrote to the Department of Commerce (Commerce) and the Department of … Continue Reading
October 28, 2025
Warren, Schumer, Wyden Question Trump’s Creation of IRS “CEO” Role, Warn that Dual Role for Social Security Commissioner Will Hurt Both IRS and Social Security
Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), and Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, wrote to the Trump administration questioning whether Social Security Administration (SSA) Commissioner Frank Bisignano’s appointment to lead both the SSA and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) was legal, and sounding the alarm that his dual role may threaten Social Security and IRS service for millions of Americans … Continue Reading
October 24, 2025
Warren, Blumenthal, Wyden, Van Hollen, Markey Slam Trump Ballroom “Vehicle for Politicized Fundraising, Influence Peddling, and Donor Access”
Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) led Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), and Ed Markey (D-Mass.) in pressing National Park Service Comptroller Jessica Bowron, and President and Trust for the National Mall Chief Executive Officer Catherine Townsend on how their organizations have seemingly become a vehicle for politicized fundraising, influence peddling, and donor access to President Trump, amid his effort to pay for and … Continue Reading
October 23, 2025
ICYMI: Warren, Wyden, and Schumer Press Trump Administration On Weaponization of the IRS Against Political Opponents
Washington, D.C. - Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), and Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) led Democrats on the Senate Finance Committee in demanding answers about the Trump administration’s reported plans to weaponize the IRS criminal-investigative (IRS-CI) division in an attack on the free speech rights of progressive individuals and political opponents. “Federal law prohibits political interference with the administration of tax laws…You must … Continue Reading
October 23, 2025
ICYMI: At Hearing, Experts Agree with Warren: More Transparency Will Lower Costs for Military Pharmacy System
Washington, D.C. — At a hearing of the Senate Special Committee on Aging, Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) asked Mark Cuban, founder of Cost Plus Drugs, and Dr. Jeanne Lambrew, Director of Health Care Reform and Senior Fellow at The Century Foundation, about the potential for greater transparency in the pharmaceutical industry to lower costs for taxpayers and military families. Express Scripts negotiates contract terms, including reimbursement rates, with pharmacies in the TRICARE network, … Continue Reading
October 23, 2025
ICYMI: Warren, Colleagues Warn Trump’s Dismantling of Special Education Services Deprives Children with Disabilities of “Equal Education”
Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Senate colleagues called out the Trump Administration’s efforts to dismantle U.S. special education with its decision to illegally fire the Department of Education workers who provide education services and resources for people with disabilities and their families. In a letter to Education Secretary Linda McMahon and Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought, the Senators stressed that firing nearly all of the … Continue Reading
October 23, 2025
ICYMI: Gillibrand, Wyden Push to Protect Beneficiaries From Fraud, Abuse
Washington, D.C. - Senate Aging Committee Ranking Member Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) and Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) are demanding answers about how Trump administration cuts and reorganizations at the Social Security Administration (SSA) have delayed the representative payee review process, putting Social Security beneficiaries at risk of fraud and abuse. Representative payees manage Social Security payments for beneficiaries who are unable to do so on their … Continue Reading
October 22, 2025
Warren Supports Merkley on Senate Floor, Slams Trump for Refusing to Protect Health Care
Washington, D.C. — Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) joined Senator Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) in holding the Senate Floor to protest the Trump administration’s anti-democratic actions and the looming health care crisis. “Holding the floor to protest the Trump administration’s lawlessness is patriotic. Standing up for what’s right? That’s patriotic. And I am proud to join my friend Jeff Merkley in saying this part out loud: Donald Trump is not a king. He will never be a king. And America does not … Continue Reading
October 21, 2025
Warren, Cassidy Pass Bipartisan Bill to Simplify IRS Error Notices for Taxpayers
Bipartisan bill now heads to the President’s desk to be signed into law Washington, D.C. — The U.S. Senate has unanimously passed the Internal Revenue Service Math and Taxpayer Help (IRS MATH) Act, bipartisan legislation championed by Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Bill Cassidy (R-La.), to simplify notices informing taxpayers of mistakes on their tax filings. “No one should have to spend a fortune on a lawyer or hours trying to figure out what went wrong on their taxes when the IRS … Continue Reading
October 16, 2025
Warren on Trump’s IVF “Plan”: “Another One of Trump’s Broken Promises”
Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) released the following statement in response to the White House’s new IVF “plan”: “It’s clear that Donald Trump lied when he told the American people he’d make IVF available to every family for free. Instead, Trump’s new genius plan is to rip away Americans’ health insurance and gut the CDC’s IVF team, then politely ask companies to add IVF coverage out of the goodness of their own hearts — with zero federal investment and no … Continue Reading
October 16, 2025
Warren on Funding Bill: “I Refuse to Support Trump’s Chaos and Republicans Inflicting Higher Costs on Americans”
Washington, D.C. - Following her vote against proceeding to Republicans’ Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2026, Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) released the following statement: “While the Republicans shut down the government and refuse to even come to the table to make health care more affordable, I cannot in good conscience sign off on a bloated Pentagon spending bill. Democrats should not send a business-as-usual funding bill to this administration while Donald Trump and Russ … Continue Reading
October 16, 2025
Sen. Warren, Rep. Norcross Press Pentagon on Refusal to Provide Justification for Cuts to Independent Weapons Testing Office
Washington, D.C. — Following the Pentagon’s refusal to explain massive cuts to the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation (DOT&E), the independent military weapons testing office, and the Pentagon’s decision to remove even more weapons programs from DOT&E’s oversight list, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Representative Donald Norcross (D-N.J.), members of the Senate and House Armed Services committees, wrote to Secretary of Defense Pete Hegeseth to press for more … Continue Reading