Press Releases
Warren Statement on New SSA Phone Policy Walkback
Washington, D.C. - Following new reporting revealing that the Social Security Administration (SSA) changed its policy of holding benefit claims made over the phone for days to check for “fraud” — which was causing a "degradation of public service” — U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) released the following statement: “We sounded the alarm on Elon Musk and DOGE’s fake fraud claims — and now, the Social Security Administration is changing its policy that’s slowing down retirement claim … Continue Reading
May 16, 2025
Warren, Wyden, Gillibrand Press Social Security Head on Plans to Strip Employees of Civil Service Protections, Pave Way for Mass Firings
Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ranking Member of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), Ranking Member on the Senate Aging Committee, pressed new Commissioner of the Social Security Administration Frank Bisignano on reported plans to recategorize thousands of workers as Schedule F “policy-making” employees. The move, which is set to impact … Continue Reading
May 16, 2025
ICYMI: At Hearing, Warren Stresses Importance of Right-to-Repair, Highlights How Restrictions Limit International Cooperation
Washington, D.C. - At a hearing of the Senate Armed Services Committee, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) uplifted how right-to-repair can help the U.S. military and allied forces promote innovation and reduce costs. As Senator Warren explained, the Department of Defense (DoD) spends billions of dollars buying equipment, but contractors impose repair restrictions preventing servicemembers from fixing their weapons, even in the middle of dangerous missions, and often at the expense of … Continue Reading
May 15, 2025
In Speech to National Urban League, Warren Calls Out Republican Plans to Shortchange American Families to Pay for Billionaire Tax Cuts
“If they win, the billionaires don’t just become wealthier—the rest of us lose out big time in investments we never make. Investments to fix our roads and bridges. Investments to make child care affordable so parents can get to work.” Washington, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) delivered remarks at the National Urban League’s 2025 Empowerment Summit, laying out the stakes of the tax fight in front of Congress. Senator Warren called out Republicans’ plans to give … Continue Reading
May 15, 2025
New Social Security Data Reveals Musk, DOGE Lied in Claims of Social Security Fraud
Washington, D.C. — According to new reporting by NextGov, after the Social Security Administration (SSA) installed new anti-fraud checks for claims made over the phone, the agency has only found two cases of potential fraud, out of over 110,000 new cases. As a result, SSA is now considering walking back the new anti-fraud rules. The new anti-fraud checks have reportedly slowed retirement claim processing by 25% and, according to an internal memo obtained by NextGov, led to a “degradation of … Continue Reading
May 15, 2025
Warren, Wyden, Whitehouse Press Seven Companies on Questionable Donations To IRS Nominee Billy Long’s Defunct Campaigns
Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Finance Committee, Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Chair of the Senate Finance Committee, and Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), also a member of the Senate Finance Committee, wrote to seven companies, detailing their concerns with unusually timed contributions made to the defunct 2022 Senate campaign committee of Billy Long shortly after he was nominated to serve as the next Commissioner of the Internal Revenue … Continue Reading
May 15, 2025
Warren, Schmitt Renew Bipartisan Fight for More Competition in Pentagon’s AI and Cloud Contracting
Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.) reintroduced the bipartisan, bicameral Protecting AI and Cloud Competition in Defense Act to ensure that the Department of Defense (DoD)’s contracting for artificial intelligence (AI) and cloud computing tools prioritizes resiliency and competition. The bill reins in Big Tech monopolies and prevents them from cutting out competitors in the AI and cloud computing markets. Representatives Sara Jacobs … Continue Reading
May 14, 2025
At Spotlight Forum, Warren Slams Trump, McMahon’s Attacks on Public Education, Invites Americans to Share Stories for Meeting with McMahon
Warren: “At a time when college costs are already too high—when the American Dream is out of reach for too many—President Trump and Congressional Republicans are making it harder for working-class families to get ahead.” Forum Livestream Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (BHUA), delivered opening remarks at a spotlight forum entitled “Stealing the American Dream: How Trump and Republicans … Continue Reading
May 14, 2025
Warren, Warner, Shaheen, Lawmakers Push for Corruption Investigation Into Trump Administration Favors for Elon Musk’s Starlink
Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ranking Member of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, Mark Warner (D-Va.), Vice Chairman of the Select Committee on Intelligence, and Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, led members in pushing for a new investigation into potential corruption related to the Trump Administration’s use of trade negotiations with foreign governments to benefit Elon Musk’s … Continue Reading
May 13, 2025
Warren Accepts Secretary McMahon’s Meeting Invitation
Washington, D.C. - Today, Department of Education (ED) Secretary Linda McMahon declined U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren’s invitation to appear at a Senate forum and asked to meet with Senator Warren instead. In response, Senator Warren released the following statement: “If Secretary McMahon doesn’t have the courage to face the parents, teachers, and students hurt by her actions to destroy public education, I’ll bring their questions to her. I look forward to meeting with Secretary … Continue Reading
May 13, 2025
Warren Demands Health and Human Services Nominee Erase Ethics Conflicts with Pharmaceutical, Biotech Companies
Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) wrote to Mr. James O’Neill, nominee for Deputy Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), asking him to recuse himself from matters involving companies he has worked with, given many of those companies may seek the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) regulatory approval during his tenure. Senator Warren also asked Mr. O’Neill to commit not to take a job in the industries regulated by HHS for at least four years … Continue Reading
May 12, 2025
Warren, DeLauro Push for Congressional Trade Transparency, Warn of Trump Admin Corruption
Washington, D.C. - Today, Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Representative Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.) wrote to Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick, Secretary of Treasury Scott Bessent, and U.S. Trade Representative Ambassador Jamieson Greer, calling out the Trump administration for withholding information on its supposedly ongoing bilateral “negotiations” from Congress—who retains the Constitutional authority to “regulate commerce with foreign nations.” “The Trump administration’s chaotic … Continue Reading
May 12, 2025
Warren, Booker, Nadler Press Pepsi on Potentially Illegal Price Discrimination Against Small, Independently-Owned Grocery Stores
Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Cory Booker (D-N.J.), along with Representative Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.) wrote to Ramon Laguarta, CEO of PepsiCo, Inc. (Pepsi) demanding an explanation for the company’s potentially illegal price discrimination against small and independent grocery stores. The lawmakers are the top Democrats on the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy, and Consumer … Continue Reading
May 12, 2025
TRANSCOM Reveals 30+ Missions to Guantanamo Bay, Costing Over $20 Million since January 2025, In Break from Precedent
Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren released responses she received from the United States Transportation Command (TRANSCOM), one of the commands of the Department of Defense (DoD), regarding its role in sending passengers and cargo to the U.S. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay. The responses from TRANSCOM revealed: “USTRANSCOM conducted 31 military and contract airlift missions to the U.S. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay between January 20, 2025, and March 25, 2025. These … Continue Reading
May 09, 2025
Warren, Markey, Pressley, McGovern Statement on Court’s Decision to Release Rümeysa Öztürk
Washington, D.C. - Following reports that the United States District Court for the District of Vermont granted bail to Rümeysa Öztürk and directed the Trump administration to release her from detention, U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Representatives Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) and Jim McGovern (MA-02) released the following statement: “We are relieved that Rümeysa has finally been ordered released. Let us be clear: Rümeysa should have never been … Continue Reading
May 09, 2025
Senators Warren, Banks, in Bipartisan Letter, Push DOJ to Investigate High Egg Prices, Anticompetitive Behavior by Egg Producers
Washington, D.C. - In a new bipartisan letter, U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Jim Banks (R-Ind.) applauded the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) ongoing investigation into potential anticompetitive practices by major egg producers and urged the agency to continue its thorough investigation as egg prices continue to rise. “Large egg producers and trade associations have previously been found liable for price fixing,” wrote the senators. “Given this history, we urge DOJ to thoroughly … Continue Reading
May 08, 2025
ICYMI: Warren, Wyden, Senators Slam Social Security for Improperly Declaring Thousands Dead, Call for Watchdog Investigation
Trump administration abused Death Master File to purge at least 6,300 Social Security numbers, including children and seniors Letter to SSA Acting Commissioner | Letter to SSA Assistant Inspector General for Audit Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), along with Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and 11 Senate Democrats, slammed the Social Security Administration (SSA) for transferring thousands of Social Security numbers associated with … Continue Reading
May 08, 2025
Warren, Kelly, Murphy Release New Data Showing Small Fraction of Americans That Would Benefit From GOP’s Tax Giveaways
Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Finance Committee, Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.), a member of the Joint Economic Committee, and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, published new data from the Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) revealing the small fraction of taxpayers and corporations that would benefit from tax giveaways as a result of Congressional Republicans’ tax plans. “Republicans in Congress are bending … Continue Reading
May 08, 2025
Warren Demands Army Under Secretary Nominee Divest Stock Holdings in Anduril and Other Defense Contractors
Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) wrote to Mr. Michael Obadal, nominee for Under Secretary of the Army, with concerns about his refusal to divest from major defense contractors. Obadal will face lawmakers at his nomination hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee on May 8, 2025. If confirmed, Obadal will help manage the Army’s operations—consisting of a $186 billion budget, over 100,000 contracts a year, and over one million personnel. Obadal currently … Continue Reading
May 08, 2025
Warren, Wyden, Doggett, Schakowsky Push Congressional Leadership to Reject Medicaid Cuts, Crack Down on Medicare Advantage Upcoding
Washington, D.C. - As Congress considers reconciliation legislation, Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, along with Representatives Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas) and Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.) led their colleagues in writing to Senate Majority Leader John Thune and Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, urging them to crack down on waste, fraud, and abuse in Medicare Advantage (MA) instead of forging ahead with cuts to … Continue Reading