Press Releases
Warren Slams Fed, OCC As “Asleep at the Wheel” on Necessary Bank Merger Guideline Updates
Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) wrote to Federal Reserve (Fed) Chair Jerome Powell, Fed Vice Chair Michael Barr, and Acting Comptroller for the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) Michael Hsu, slamming the agencies for being “asleep at the wheel” in following their mandate to prevent dangerous and anticompetitive bank mergers. The letter comes as Capital One reportedly received state regulatory approval to buy Discover, moving one step closer to … Continue Reading
December 19, 2024
Warren, Van Hollen, Jacobs Demand Answers on Horrific War Crime Cover-Up
Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), and Representative Sara Jacobs (D-Calif.), a member of the House Armed Services Committee, sent a letter requesting the Department of Defense (DoD) Inspector General investigate reports that the DoD mishandled a case involving U.S. Marines killing civilians in Haditha, Iraq, and DoD’s continued efforts to cover up the alleged war crimes. In November … Continue Reading
December 19, 2024
ICYMI: Warren Secures Protections for Servicemembers from Blast Overpressure
One year after Lewiston shooting, Congress passes much-needed legislation in defense bill that builds upon years of Warren's efforts Boston, MA - One year after a shooting in Lewiston, Maine killed 18 people and wounded 13, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) secured bipartisan provisions in the Fiscal Year 2025 National Defense Authorization Act (FY25 NDAA) to protect servicemembers exposed to blast overpressure and provide them the necessary care. The legislation passed by Congress … Continue Reading
December 18, 2024
Warren, Lawmakers Introduce Bill, Send Letter Urging Study of Anti-Sex Trafficking Legislation's Impacts on Sex Worker Health, Safety
Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), and Representatives Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) and Barbara Lee (D-Calif.), led lawmakers in reintroducing the SAFE SEX Workers Study Act, legislation directing the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to conduct the first federal study on the impact of a 2018 anti-sex trafficking bill known as SESTA/FOSTA on sex workers and trafficking investigations. The bill was reintroduced on the International Day to End … Continue Reading
December 18, 2024
Warren Secures New Protections for Servicemembers from Blast Overpressure and Safer Drug Supply Chains in Annual Defense Bill
Washington, D.C. - Following the passage of the Fiscal Year 2025 National Defense Authorization Act (FY25 NDAA), U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), announced key priorities secured in the bill. “I fought hard to secure provisions that protect our servicemembers from blast overpressure and ensure a reliable supply chain for life-saving drugs,” said Senator Warren. “We must do more to crack down on greedy defense contractors, close … Continue Reading
December 18, 2024
Warren, Nadler, Lawmakers Renew Push to Make Bankruptcy Less Expensive for Families
Bill would simplify the bankruptcy process for individuals and families, address racial and gender disparities in the system, crack down on predatory practices Bill Text | Bill Summary | One-Pager | 2022 Letter of Support from 86 Law Professors Washington, DC - United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), along with Representatives Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, and Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.), reintroduced … Continue Reading
December 18, 2024
Warren, Doggett Urge Medicare Administrator to Crack Down on Abuse by Private Insurers In Medicare Advantage
Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Representative Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas) urged the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to finalize rules to curb overpayments to private insurers in Medicare Advantage (MA). The nonpartisan Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) estimates that private insurers in MA will overcharge taxpayers $83 billion this year alone. Most of these overpayments are the result of “upcoding,” a tactic in which private insurers … Continue Reading
December 17, 2024
Warren, Senators Question Hegseth Nomination, His Disqualifying Views on Women in the Military, Allegations of Sexual Assault
Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), Tim Kaine (D-Va.), and Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.), all members of the Senate Armed Services Committee, wrote to Susan Wiles, President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming Chief of Staff, about whether Pete Hegseth’s attitudes toward women, including his opposition to women in combat, and allegations of sexual assault and harassment, … Continue Reading
December 17, 2024
Warren, Lawmakers Probe Real Estate Firm EasyKnock After Abrupt Closure, Demand Answers for Customers
Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Banking Committee, led a letter to the Founder and CEO of EasyKnock—a real estate company that bought people’s homes and turned them into renters—probing the company’s allegedly deceptive and predatory business practices and their impacts on customers after the company abruptly closed its doors on December 5, 2024. The letter was also signed by Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Tina … Continue Reading
December 17, 2024
Warren Presses Trump for Answers on Elon Musk’s Glaring Conflicts of Interest
Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) sent a letter to President-Elect Trump with concerns about Elon Musk’s conflicts of interest as he serves as a top advisor for the incoming president. In the weeks since the election, Mr. Musk has been named the co-chair of the newly created Department of Government Efficiency, and has frequently been by Trump’s side, joining his phone calls with Ukraine’s president, “[met] secretly" with Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations. “But … Continue Reading
December 16, 2024
Warren, Murkowski Call for Study to Support Tribal Child Welfare
Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) called on the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to conduct a study into child abuse and neglect in indigenous communities to help inform Congress’ work to support Tribal child welfare programs. Historically, American Indian (AI) and Alaskan Native (AN) communities have been subjected to trauma by the United States government. In the 19th and 20th centuries, hundreds of thousands of children were … Continue Reading
December 12, 2024
Warren, Huffman Renew Push to Invest in Clean Energy
Bill would make historic investment to help fight the climate crisis, spark green innovation, and boost demand for American-made clean energy products Bill Text | One-Pager Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Representative Jared Huffman (D-Calif.) reintroduced the BUY GREEN Act, legislation to establish $1.5 trillion in federal procurement commitments for our clean energy future. The funds would be used to purchase American-made clean, renewable, and emission-free … Continue Reading
December 12, 2024
At Hearing, Warren Celebrates Casey’s Record of Fighting for Families, Calls on Congress to Build on that Legacy and Reject Trillions in Tax Giveaways to Billionaires
Washington, D.C. - At a hearing of the Senate Committee On Aging, Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) called for 2025 legislation to include investments like an expanded Child Tax Credit, affordable home care for sick relatives, paid leave, and affordable child care, so working families have an opportunity to get ahead. Meanwhile, the 2017 Trump tax cuts, which have been largely sucked up by billionaires and large corporations, are up for renewal in 2025. Ms. Ai-Jen Poo, President of the … Continue Reading
December 12, 2024
ICYMI: Warren at Hearing: Trump Would Have a "Strong Partner at the CFPB" to Enact His Proposed 10% Cap on Credit Card Interest Rates
Trump’s interest rate cap could be enforced by the CFPB to save Americans billions of dollars in interest payments Video of Committee Hearing Washington, D.C. - At a hearing of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) highlighted how the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has worked to bring down credit card prices and can help fulfill President-elect Trump’s promise to cap credit card interest rates at 10%. According to the … Continue Reading
December 12, 2024
Warren, Escobar Reintroduce Legislation to Strengthen Military Readiness, Adapt to Climate Change
Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, and Representative Veronica Escobar (D-Texas), a member of the House Armed Services Committee, reintroduced the Department of Defense (DOD) Climate Resilience and Readiness Act to address the Pentagon’s contributions to climate change and to mitigate climate change’s impact on our military readiness. The Department of Defense has long recognized that climate change threatens the … Continue Reading
December 12, 2024
Warren, Jacobs, Lawmakers Reintroduce Legislation Addressing Unsafe Conditions in Privatized Military Housing
Private housing companies that serve military families often evade responsibility when they fail to provide adequate housing Bill Text | One-Pager Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Chair of the Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Personnel, and Representative Sara Jacobs (D-Calif.), a member of the House Armed Services Committee, reintroduced the Military Housing Oversight and Service Member Protection Act, legislation that would comprehensively reform our … Continue Reading
December 12, 2024
Ahead of Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 NDAA Vote, Warren Presses Pentagon on Strategy to Prevent Price Gouging, Overpayments to Health Care Companies
Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) sent a letter raising continued concerns about the Department of Defense’s (DoD) failure to prevent price gouging and overpayments in the military’s TRICARE health program. DoD’s response to Senator Warren’s July 2023 letter revealed a list of nearly 250 bad actors who have overcharged our military by nearly $46 million, which the Senator released today. In her new letter, Senator Warren requested further information about the … Continue Reading
December 12, 2024
Warren, Gluesenkamp Perez Take on Military Contractors Overcharging U.S. Military, Restricting Servicemembers from Repairing Equipment
Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, and Representative Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-Wash.) introduced the Servicemember Right-to-Repair Act to increase military readiness and cut costs by allowing servicemembers to repair their own equipment. Our military pays Pentagon contractors hundreds of billions of dollars annually to purchase weapons systems and other equipment. However, the equipment is often subject to … Continue Reading
December 12, 2024
Congressional Investigation Reveals Navient May Be Improperly Denying Borrowers Relief from Predatory Student Loans
Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Congresswoman Madeleine Dean (D-PA) led 24 lawmakers in sending a bicameral letter to Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Director Rohit Chopra and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chair Lina Khan, revealing the results of their investigation into Navient regarding its cancellation process for the predatory, for-profit student loans in its portfolio and urging the agencies to hold the student loan servicer accountable for any … Continue Reading
December 11, 2024
Warren Op-Ed: If Trump Really Wants to Help Working People He Won’t Kill This Federal Agency
“The election made clear that working people want the government to unrig the economy. The CFPB is doing that work — and that’s exactly why these billionaire CEOs don’t want the agency around.” Op-Ed in the Boston Globe Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) published an op-ed in the Boston Globe highlighting how the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has protected working Americans from abusive banks and other businesses. Read the full op-ed here and … Continue Reading