Press Releases
Warren, Markey Demand Trump Admin Explains Potential Weeding Out of Immigration Judges Based on Political Beliefs
Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Ed Markey (D-Mass.) wrote to the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) with concerns that the Trump administration’s decision not to retain certain immigration judges may be for politically motivated reasons. Immigration judges are “non-political members of the career civil service.” They are selected through a rigorous application process and typically serve for a 2-year probationary … Continue Reading
July 03, 2025
Warren on GOP Bill Passage: “This is a Betrayal of Working People” That “We Will Never Let the Republican Party Forget”
“Donald Trump and the Republican Party officially sold out working people.” Washington, D.C. - Today, in response to Republicans in Congress passing President Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill,” U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) released the following statement: “Donald Trump and the Republican Party officially sold out working people. Every single Republican now owns the fact that 17 million people will lose health care, that the cost of groceries will go up, that student loan payments will … Continue Reading
July 03, 2025
Warren, Neguse, Raskin Lead 170+ Members of Congress in Amicus Brief, Arguing Trump Cannot Dismantle Department of Education
Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), along with House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), House Assistant Majority Leader Joe Neguse (D-Colo.), Representatives Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (D-Va.) and Rosa L. DeLauro (D-Conn.), led 174 of their colleagues in submitting an amicus brief in NAACP v. US, arguing to the United States District Court District of Maryland that President Trump’s attempts to dismantle the Department of Education (ED) violate … Continue Reading
July 03, 2025
Warren, Neguse, Raskin Lead 170+ Members of Congress in Amicus Brief, Arguing Trump Cannot Dismantle Department of Education
Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), along with House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), House Assistant Majority Leader Joe Neguse (D-Colo.), Representatives Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (D-Va.) and Rosa L. DeLauro (D-Conn.), led 174 of their colleagues in submitting an amicus brief in NAACP v. US, arguing to the United States District Court District of Maryland that President Trump’s attempts to dismantle the Department of Education (ED) violate … Continue Reading
July 02, 2025
Warren Calls for Investigation Into Paramount Settlement with Trump
Warren: “This could be bribery in plain sight.” “I will soon introduce new legislation to rein in corruption through presidential library donations.” Washington, D.C. - Today, in response to the news that Paramount Global (Paramount) settled President Trump’s “meritless” lawsuit against 60 Minutes for $16 million paid to his future presidential library, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) released the following statement: “With Paramount folding to Donald Trump at the same time the … Continue Reading
July 01, 2025
ICYMI: As Seniors Face Highest-Ever Rate of Disconnected Social Security Calls, Hassan Pushes Social Security Agency to Restore Public Information on Wait and Processing Times
Washington, D.C. - In the midst of the Trump administration’s efforts to gut Social Security, U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.), Ranking Member of the Joint Economic Committee (JEC), wrote to the Social Security Administration urging it to resume reporting metrics such as current call wait times, the share of callers who get disconnected, and processing times at field offices. Recently, the Social Security Administration removed this data from its website—ostensibly to hide the fact that … Continue Reading
July 01, 2025
Warren, Wyden, Sanders, Gillibrand Demand Answers on “Reckless” AI Tool Rollout at SSA
Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) sent a letter to Social Security Administration (SSA) Commissioner Frank Bisignano, demanding answers on the reckless installation of artificial intelligence (AI) into SSA’s phone systems, which have blocked people from accessing their earned Social Security benefits—all while leaving Congress, advocates, and … Continue Reading
July 01, 2025
Warren Responds to Senate Republicans Passing Trump Bill, Slams Republicans for “Cheer[ing] Over Taking Away Health Care from Around 17 Million People”
Washington, D.C. — In a new video reacting to the passage of President Trump’s “Big, Beautiful Bill,” U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) slammed Senate Republicans for “cheer[ing] over taking away health care from around 17 million people… giving huge tax breaks to a handful of billionaires.” On Tuesday, the Senate completed 26 hours of debate on the “Big, Beautiful Bill,” following Democrats' successful delay of the bill’s passage. Despite Republicans’ efforts to rush the bill through, … Continue Reading
July 01, 2025
Warren Slams Big Tech CEOs for Spending Millions to Influence Trump and Republican Lawmakers, Attempting to Secure Billions in Tax Handouts Paid For By Ripping Health Care, Food From Families
Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Finance Committee, pushed Jeff Bezos, CEO of Amazon; Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta; Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla; Tim Cook, CEO of Apple; and Sundar Pichai, CEO of Alphabet, on their attempts to secure billion-dollar tax handouts paid for by ripping away health care coverage, food assistance, and other services from millions of American families. After spending millions of dollars lobbying Congress for tax breaks, … Continue Reading
July 01, 2025
ICYMI: Bipartisan Warren, Scott (Fla.) Letter Questions Biden Defense Secretary’s Decision to Launch Lobbying Firm
Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Rick Scott (R-Fla.), both members of the Senate Armed Services Committee, wrote to former Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin seeking an explanation and further information on his recent decision to start a strategic advisory firm. Austin had publicly promised Senator Warren during his 2021 confirmation process that he would not become a lobbyist after his government service ended. On June 3, 2025, Politico reported that Austin … Continue Reading
June 30, 2025
Warren Sounds the Alarm: Republican Bill Would Kick Over 326,000 Massachusetts Residents Off Health Care
JEC Analysis Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) released new data from the Joint Economic Committee (JEC) estimating that Republicans’ bill would kick 326,262 people in Massachusetts off of their health insurance — up from 305,611 under the House version of the bill earlier this month. A recent analysis by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) also found that the proposed Senate bill would increase the number of Americans who will lose their health insurance to 17 … Continue Reading
June 30, 2025
Warren Asks Defense Contractors to Explain Lobbying for Tax Breaks in “Big, Beautiful Bill” at Expense of American Families
Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Finance and Senate Armed Services Committees, wrote to Northrop Grumman, Lockheed Martin, RTX Corporation, and General Dynamics, pressing them to explain their lobbying for retroactive tax breaks in Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” at the expense of working families—while already raking in huge profits. In President Trump’s 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), Congressional Republicans changed the Research and … Continue Reading
June 30, 2025
Warren Asks Congressional Tax Committee to Investigate True Size of Retroactive Tax Breaks for Billionaire Corporations
Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Finance Committee, wrote to the Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT), a nonpartisan Congressional committee dedicated to analyzing tax legislation, asking the committee to provide information on the revenue impact of giving billionaire corporations retroactive tax breaks. The 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, amidst a slew of giveaways to the wealthy and big corporations, ended corporations’ ability to immediately … Continue Reading
June 30, 2025
ICYMI: On Senate Floor, Senator Warren Calls On Republicans to Look Sick Kids in the Eyes As They Vote to Rip Health Care Away From 17 Million Americans
Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) delivered remarks on the floor of the U.S. Senate, calling out her Republican colleagues for trying to pass their “Big Beautiful Bill,” which will rip health care away from 17 million Americans, slash food assistance, and raise costs for families. Remarks from Senator Elizabeth WarrenAs prepared for deliveryJune 29, 2025 On Friday, I met Vivian. Vivian is an 11-year-old kid from Winston-Salem, North Carolina. She likes school. She … Continue Reading
June 27, 2025
Warren, Collins, 44 Senators Team Up on Bill to Fight for Tax Equality for Married LGBTQ+ Couples
Washington, D.C. - On the ten-year anniversary of Obergefell v. Hodges, which recognized a constitutional right to same-sex marriage, and the twelve-year anniversary of U.S. v. Windsor, which struck down as unconstitutional the federal definition of marriage as between one man and one woman, U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Susan Collins (R-Maine) led the reintroduction of the bipartisan Refund Equality Act to ensure that married same-sex couples can amend their tax returns back … Continue Reading
June 27, 2025
Warren, Garcia Renew Fight to Limit Flow of Ammunition Into American Communities
Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Representative Robert Garcia (D-Calif.) reintroduced the Ammunition Modernization and Monitoring Oversight (AMMO) Act, legislation that would restrict bulk sales of ammunition, require businesses that sell ammunition to obtain the same federal license as firearm dealers, and require businesses to conduct a background check on ammunition buyers. Currently, businesses are not required to possess licenses to sell ammunition and … Continue Reading
June 26, 2025
Warren, Schumer, Wyden, Whitehouse Demand Explanation from Big Oil Corporations Lobbying for Giveaways at Expense of American Families
Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environmental Public Works Committee, and Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), Senate Minority Leader, pushed Big Oil companies ConocoPhillips and Ovintiv Inc. (Ovintiv) on their companies' lobbying efforts to win a $1.1 billion tax loophole in President Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill," leaving middle-class families stuck … Continue Reading
June 26, 2025
Warren, Senators Urge Trump Admin to Protect Workers, Expand Access to Overtime Pay
Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) led members of the Senate Democratic Caucus in writing to the Secretary of the Department of Labor (DoL), Lori Chavez-DeRemer, urging the department to preserve President Biden's expansion of the overtime threshold. Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Ed Markey (D-Mass.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), … Continue Reading
June 26, 2025
New Warren Report: “Bad Medicine: RFK Jr.’s Dirty Dozen Antivax Attacks”
Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) published a new report entitled "Bad Medicine: RFK Jr.'s Dirty Dozen Antivax Attacks," underscoring the key ways Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. (RFK Jr.) has undermined vaccine access and confidence in vaccines and jeopardized Americans' health. The report was published during the first meeting of the new Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), which RFK Jr. gutted and … Continue Reading
June 26, 2025
Warren, Markey, MA Leaders Sound Alarm on Inhumane Conditions at Burlington ICE Field Office, ICE Attempts to Undermine Transparency
Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Ed Markey (D-Mass.) led the entire Massachusetts Congressional delegation in writing to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Acting Director Todd Lyons and ICE ERO Boston Acting Field Office Director Patricia Hyde, pressing them on whether ICE has been violating agency standards by holding detainees in inhumane conditions at a local processing facility in Burlington, Massachusetts. The lawmakers also warned of the damage … Continue Reading