Press Releases
Senators Warren and Brown Raise Alarms Over IRS's Decision to Allow Private Debt Collectors Direct Access to Taxpayer Bank Accounts
Washington, DC - United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ranking Member of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Protections, and Senator Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Ranking Member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, sent a letter to Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner Charles Rettig raising alarm about the agency's October 2019 decision to introduce preauthorized direct debit as … Continue Reading
January 08, 2020
Senators Introduce Anti-War Crimes Resolution That Denounces Trump Threats to Attack Iranian Cultural Sites
Washington, DC - United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, joined Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), and Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) today in introducing a Senate resolution condemning Trump's threats to attack cultural sites in Iran and demanding the President refrain from violating the law of armed conflict. The resolution responds to President … Continue Reading
January 08, 2020
Warren Demands Answers on Reports of Iranians and Iranian Americans Held Up at Border Crossings
Washington, D.C. - United States Senator Elizabeth Warren sent a letter to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Acting Commissioner Mark Morgan requesting information regarding recent reports that dozens of Iranian Americans and others of Iranian heritage have been subjected to additional scrutiny at United States border crossings or have been denied entry into the country.Last week, following the U.S. airstrike that killed Iranian Major General Qassem Soleimani, the commander of the … Continue Reading
January 07, 2020
Warren Statement on Trump Administration Plans to Weaken Fair Housing Rules
Washington, DC - United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) today released the following statement on the Trump Administration's plans to replace the 2015 Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing rule."It's shameful that at a time when housing discrimination is still rampant, President Trump and Secretary Carson continue to try to gut foundational civil rights laws like the Fair Housing Act," said Senator Warren. "This new proposal is a major retreat in the Federal Government's efforts to … Continue Reading
January 07, 2020
Public Housing Agencies in Massachusetts Awarded Over $3.5 Million in Federal Grants
Washington, DC - United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Edward J. Markey (D-MA), along with Representatives Richard E. Neal (D-MA-01), James P. McGovern (D-MA-02), Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA-08), Joseph P. Kennedy III (D-MA-04), Seth Moulton (D-MA-06) and Lori Trahan (D-MA-03), today announced that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has awarded over $3.5 million in federal grants to public housing agencies (PHAs) in Massachusetts.The funding, which was … Continue Reading
January 03, 2020
Senator Warren, Rep. Sherman Release Statements on the IRS's Free File Addendum
Washington, DC - United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Representative Brad Sherman (D-Calif.) today released statements regarding the Internal Revenue Service's (IRS) December 30th announcement that the agency has amended its agreement with a consortium of tax preparation companies that participate in its Free File program. This IRS action roots out some of the worst abuses of the program by Intuit and other big tax preparation companies, and ends the ban on the IRS developing … Continue Reading
December 23, 2019
Massachusetts Lawmakers Question Amazon About High Rate of Serious Injuries at the Company's Fall River Facility
Washington, DC - United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Edward J. Markey (D-MA), and Representative Joseph P. Kennedy III (D-MA-04), on Friday wrote to Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos asking about newly-reported data showing that the rate of serious injuries at a fulfillment facility in Fall River, MA is nearly three times higher than industry average, and requesting information about how the company is ensuring worker safety.A new report from Reveal News and The Center for Investigative … Continue Reading
December 20, 2019
Massachusetts Delegation Unveil Bill to Help Communities in Massachusetts and Around the Country Struggling with Water Infrastructure Costs
Washington, DC - United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Representative Joseph P. Kennedy III (D-MA-04), along with Senator Edward J. Markey (D-MA) and Representatives Richard E. Neal (D-MA-01), James P. McGovern (D-MA-02), Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA-08), William Keating (D-MA-09), Katherine Clark (D-MA-05), Seth Moulton (D-MA-06), Ayanna Pressley (D-MA-07), and Lori Trahan (D-MA-03), today announced the introduction of the Affordable Safe Drinking Water Act, a bicameral bill to … Continue Reading
December 20, 2019
Schakowsky, Warren Reintroduce Affordable Drug Manufacturing Act, Legislation to Radically Reduce Drug Prices through Public Manufacturing of Prescription Drugs
Washington, D.C. - United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, and Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.), a member of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, today announced the reintroduction of the Affordable Drug Manufacturing Act, an ambitious proposal to address the skyrocketing price of prescription drugs. The bill would lower prices and increase competition in the generic pharmaceutical market by … Continue Reading
December 19, 2019
Warren, Gardner Announce Bipartisan Bill to Address Immigration Status in the State-Legal Cannabis Industry
Washington, D.C. - United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Cory Gardner (R-Colo.) today announced the introduction of bipartisan legislation that would remove participation in the state-legal cannabis industry from the list of activities that automatically bar naturalization. In April, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) issued guidance in its policy manual stating that, because cannabis is a Schedule 1 substance under the Controlled Substances Act, an … Continue Reading
December 18, 2019
Warren, Gardner, Clark, and González-Colón Announce Bipartisan and Bicameral Bill to Protect Veterans Working in the State-Legal Cannabis Industry
Washington, D.C. - United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Cory Gardner (R-Colo.), and Democratic Caucus Vice Chair Katherine Clark (D-Mass.) and Representative González-Colón (R-P.R.) announced the introduction of bipartisan and bicameral legislation that would prohibit the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) from denying veterans VA-backed home loans based on their employment in their state's legal cannabis industry. Currently, cannabis is considered illegal under … Continue Reading
December 18, 2019
Senator Warren Announces Reintroduction of the Bipartisan AIM HIGH Act
Washington, D.C. - United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, along with Senators Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), Jon Tester (D-Mont.), and Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), today announced the reintroduction of the Accessible Instructional Materials in Higher Education (AIM HIGH) Act to develop voluntary guidelines that schools can use to ensure that educational technology is accessible to … Continue Reading
December 18, 2019
Massachusetts Lawmakers Announce Over $3 Million in Federal Grants to YouthBuild Organizations
Boston, MA - United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Edward J. Markey (D-MA), along with Representatives Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA-08), William Keating (D-MA-09), Ayanna Pressley (D-MA-07) and Lori Trahan (D-MA-03), today announced that YouthBuild Programs in Lowell, New Bedford and Boston will receive a total of $3,355,895 in grants from the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL).The grants will support programs that help young people learn occupational skills in construction, health … Continue Reading
December 17, 2019
Warren Joins Baldwin, Colleagues Call on Purdue Pharma to Cancel $1.3 Million Bonus for CEO
Washington, D.C. - United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) joined Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) and 9 of their Senate colleagues in sending a letter to Purdue Pharma’s Board of Directors, calling on them to cancel the reported $1.3 million bonus they are planning to give to Purdue Pharma CEO Craig Landau. Attorneys General from 24 states, including Massachusetts, have argued that Landau should not collect a bonus, and on Thursday, a bankruptcy judge is expected to issue a … Continue Reading
December 17, 2019
Senators Warren and Markey, and Rep. Keating Urge Army Corps Leaders to Replace Cape Cod Canal Bridges
Washington, DC - United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), and Congressman William R. Keating (MA-09), today sent a letter to the two top officials in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), calling on them to adopt the recommendation of the USACE’s New England District and replace both Cape Cod Canal Bridges. The USACE’s New England District recently concluded in its draft “Major Rehabilitation Evaluation Report” that the Bourne and Sagamore … Continue Reading
December 16, 2019
Warren, DeLauro, Colleagues Reiterate Urgent Concerns With Border Protection Agency's "Unconscionable" Failure to Provide Flu Vaccines for Migrants in Custody
Washington, D.C. - United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, and Representative Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.), Chair of the U.S. House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Related Agencies, led a letter to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) expressing their disappointment and alarm about the failure of CBP to provide recommended flu vaccinations to migrants in its … Continue Reading
December 16, 2019
Warren, Colleagues Examine Role of Private Equity Firm Blackstone in Deforestation of Amazon Rainforest
Washington, D.C. - United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), member of the Senate Banking Committee; Representative Mark Pocan (D-Wisc.); House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Raúl Grijalva (D-Ariz.); House Natural Resources Committee Vice Chair and National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands Subcommittee Chair Deb Haaland (D-N.M.); Representatives Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) and Jesús G. "Chuy" García (D-Ill.), members of the House Financial Services Committee; and Senator … Continue Reading
December 16, 2019
Senators Warren and Blumenthal Release Investigation Revealing Diabetes Patients' Lack of Access to Lower-Priced Insulin
Washington, D.C. - United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) today released the findings of a months-long survey of nearly 400 pharmacies nationwide regarding the availability of pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly's authorized generic insulin, "Insulin Lispro." The investigative report, Inaccessible Insulin: The Broken Promise of Eli Lilly's Authorized Generic, … Continue Reading
December 16, 2019
Lawmakers Request that Inspector General Review FEMA's Faltering Efforts to Rebuild Vieques' Closed Health Care Facility
Washington, DC - United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Representative Nydia Velázquez (D-N.Y.), Senator Robert Menendez (D-N.J.), House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Raúl Grijalva (D-Ariz.), House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Bennie G. Thompson (D-Miss.), and House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Chairman Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.) sent a letter to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Inspector General (IG) Joseph V. Cuffari requesting an audit … Continue Reading
December 16, 2019
Warren and García Press Regulators For Evidence Supporting Their Approval of the BB&T-Suntrust Merger
Washington, DC - United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), member of the Senate Banking Committee, and Representative Jesús "Chuy" García (D-Ill.), member of the House of Representatives Committee on Financial Services, on Friday sent a letter to the Federal Reserve (Fed) and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) to raise new questions about their agencies' rubber-stamp approval of the $450 billion BB&T-Suntrust merger. The merger, finalized on December 6, 2019, … Continue Reading