Press Releases
35 Senate Dems Demand Administration Kick into High Gear Power Restoration Efforts in Puerto Rico & US Virgin Islands
Washington, DC - U.S. Senate Democrats, including Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), today released a new letter to administration officials demanding agencies expedite and better coordinate the ongoing power restoration efforts in Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands. The Democrats said the administration's current lack of coordination with local officials, clearances for crews to begin their restoration work, lack of materials and support services, and a clear chain of command on the … Continue Reading
October 26, 2017
Warren, Duckworth Lead Senators in Pressing Trump Administration to Boost Disaster Relief Efforts on Puerto Rican Islands of Vieques and Culebra
Washington, DC - U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) led a group of seven senators to urge the Trump Administration to prioritize hurricane relief efforts on the Puerto Rican islands of Vieques and Culebra and called on the White House to swiftly secure the Superfund site on Vieques. Both islands' drinking water and food are at an exceptionally high risk of contamination due to their proximity to a Superfund site, the Atlantic Fleet Weapons Training Area. … Continue Reading
October 26, 2017
Statement from Senator Warren on House Passage of FY2018 Budget
Washington, DC - U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren issued the following statement today in response to the House passage of the FY2018 budget resolution: "Budgets are a reflection of values, and the budget that passed the House today shows that the Republican Party values nothing but trillions in tax cuts for their wealthy donors. This budget will gut crucial programs that hardworking Americans depend on, and it paves the way for Republicans to deliver trillions of dollars in tax cuts for big … Continue Reading
October 26, 2017
Statement from Senator Warren in Response to Trump Declaration on Opioid Epidemic
Washington, DC - United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) released a statement today in response to President Trump's announcement declaring the opioid epidemic a national public health emergency under federal law. Recently, Senator Warren and Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) urged the President to heed the recommendation of his own Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis to "declare a national emergency under either the Public Health Service Act or the Stafford … Continue Reading
October 25, 2017
Senators Unveil Legislation to Invest $45B to Address Opioid Crisis
Washington, DC - U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) today joined Senators Bob Casey (D-Pa.), Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and nine other senators in introducing the Combating the Opioid Epidemic Act to address a number of critical shortcomings in our nation's approach to combating the opioid epidemic, including the Trump Administration's unwillingness to make a long-term investment in the fight. The legislation would invest $45 billion for prevention, detection, surveillance and treatment … Continue Reading
October 25, 2017
Government Watch Dog Investigation Confirms Trump Administration Sabotaged Open Enrollment Without Any Analysis of Impact on Patients & Families
Washington, DC - United States Senators Patty Murray (D-Wash.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) today released a report written by the Health and Human Services (HHS) Inspector General (IG) that details results from an investigation into the Trump Administration's decisions to pull Affordable Care Act (ACA) advertisements just a few days prior to the end of the 2017 open enrollment period. The Senators requested the investigation on January 31, 2017, amid concerns that the Trump Administration … Continue Reading
October 25, 2017
Warren, Tillis Urge IRS to Stop Lower-Income Military Retirees from Losing Benefits
Washington, DC - United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) today sent a letter to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner, John Koskinen, to urge the IRS to reconsider a recent decision that will cause lower-income military retirees to lose federal benefits. The senators explained that "the IRS recently expanded its application of the Federal Payment Levy Program (FPLP) to include military payments," which means that the IRS can now "impose a levy on … Continue Reading
October 25, 2017
Warren, Grassley Introduce Resolution to Designate October as “National Audiology Awareness Month”
Washington, DC - United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), and Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.) today introduced a bipartisan resolution expressing support for designating October 2017 as "National Audiology Awareness Month". The resolution, which presents various statistics on the prevalence and distribution of hearing loss, notes that hearing loss is the third most-common chronic physical condition in the United States and that 24 percent of adults in the United … Continue Reading
October 25, 2017
Warren, Colleagues Call for Resolution in Univision-Verizon Retransmission Dispute
Washington, DC - U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) today joined Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and four other senators in calling on Verizon and Univision Communications to settle their retransmission consent dispute that, as of last week, has made Univision unavailable on Verizon's FiOS platform. The senators also called on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to take action to bring the parties together so these negotiations can be concluded quickly and fairly. Senators Bob … Continue Reading
October 25, 2017
Warren, Markey Urge Commerce Department to Expedite Section 232 Steel and Aluminum Investigation
Washington, DC - U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren and Edward J. Markey today called on the U.S. Department of Commerce to expedite its consideration of the Section 232 National Security Investigation into imports of steel and aluminum and urged the Department to publish the results as swiftly as possible. In April, the Department of Commerce opened an investigation under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 to "determine the effects on national security" of steel and aluminum imports … Continue Reading
October 25, 2017
Warren Delivers Floor Speech in Defense of CFPB Forced Arbitration Rule
Washington, DC - United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) today delivered a speech on the Senate floor in support of a rule issued by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) that gives consumers who have been cheated the ability to hold their banks accountable. The CFPB's forced arbitration rule prevents banks and other financial firms from forcing customers to give up their rights to join class action suits. Republican leadership has said they will schedule a vote to overturn … Continue Reading
October 24, 2017
Senator Warren's Remarks About Tonight's Vote on Blocking the CFPB's Forced Arbitration Rule
Video of the speech available here Washington, DC -- U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren delivered the following remarks on the Senate floor in advance of tonight's vote on whether to block the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's (CFPB) rule on forced arbitration: Tonight we are on the verge of passing a Republican resolution to make it easier for financial institutions to cheat people. Earlier this year, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued a rule that prohibits financial companies … Continue Reading
October 24, 2017
Warren, Whitehouse Press FSOC Members for Details on Decision to Remove AIG's SIFI Designation
Washington, DC - United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) today called on members of the Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) to provide details about their decision to remove American Insurance Group's (AIG) designation as a Systemically Important Financial Institution (SIFI), potentially risking the security of the United States financial system. AIG received a $182 billion bailout from American taxpayers in the wake of the 2008 financial … Continue Reading
October 24, 2017
Massachusetts Delegation Forwards Letter from Governor Baker about Dire Impact of Trump's Health Care Sabotage to the White House
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, Katherine Clark and Seth Moulton, today sent the White House a letter from Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker. The Governor's letter to the delegation, received last Thursday, highlights the dire impacts that ending funding … Continue Reading
October 23, 2017
Warren, Bonamici Request SEC Investigation into Potential Insider Trading of Navient Stock
PDF of the letter Washington, DC - United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and United States Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici (D-Ore.) today sent a letter to the Chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Jay Clayton, urging the agency to open an investigation into potential insider trading of Navient stock. An unknown investor or group of investors placed three large trades of student-loan servicer Navient's stock at or after the market close on August 31, 2017, the … Continue Reading
October 20, 2017
Senator Warren, Colleagues Urge ED to Help College Students & Student Loan Borrowers Affected by Hurricanes Irma and Maria
Washington, DC - U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) today joined Senator Bill Nelson (D-Fla.) and seven other senators to call on the U.S. Department of Education (ED) to use its discretion to help college students and student loan borrowers displaced or otherwise unable to continue their education in the wake of Hurricanes Irma and Maria. "Nearly 250,000 college students have been displaced by Hurricanes Irma and Maria in the middle of their academic year," the senators wrote today in … Continue Reading
October 20, 2017
Senator Warren Demands Expedited Criminal Investigation into Tragic Death of Veteran at Bedford VA Medical Center
Washington, DC - United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) today wrote to Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary David Shulkin to express "extreme concern and outrage" at the death of William R. Nutter, Jr., a patient at the Bedford, Massachusetts VA Medical Center, and to request that the VA Inspector General (IG) expedite its criminal investigation into the circumstances leading to his death. Mr. Nutter, a Vietnam War veteran who also served 21 years in the U.S. Army … Continue Reading
October 19, 2017
Statement from Senator Warren on Impact of Trump Decision to End Federal Insurance Payments for Massachusetts
Washington, DC - United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) today released the following statement after The Massachusetts Health Connector announced that average premiums for 2018 health insurance plans would increase by 18 percent as a result of President Trump's decision to end crucial federal insurance payments: "President Trump's decision to cut off payments that help people afford health care is malicious - and today we learned that it will cause an 18 percent increase in insurance … Continue Reading
October 19, 2017
Senator Warren Delivers Keynote Address at NWLC’s 45th Anniversary Gala
Video available here (Facebook) Washington, DC - U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) delivered remarks yesterday evening at the National Women's Law Center's (NWLC) 45th Anniversary Gala. She spoke about her experiences as a mother and proposed legislative solutions for lowering the cost of childcare, providing low-wage employees with more certainty about their work schedules, and investing in America's children. The full text of her remarks is below, and a video of her speech is … Continue Reading
October 19, 2017
Senator Warren, Colleagues Call on DHS to Take Concrete Steps to Ensure Accurate Accounting of Deceased Victims of Hurricane Maria
Washington, DC - United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) today urged the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to ensure the accuracy of the official fatality count in Puerto Rico in the wake of Hurricane Maria, echoing similar calls from Representatives Nydia Velazquez (D-N.Y.) and Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.). Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Kamala Harris (D-Calif.), Ron Wyden … Continue Reading
