Press Releases
Senator Warren Statement on the Cease-fire Agreement to Release Hostages and Provide Humanitarian Aid
Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) released the following statement on the cease-fire agreement to release hostages and provide humanitarian aid: “President Biden’s efforts in the Middle East have resulted in a significant diplomatic breakthrough, delivering the release of dozens of hostages kidnapped by Hamas and much-needed relief for Palestinians trapped by this conflict. I strongly support this temporary cease-fire, and I urge all parties to extend this agreement … Continue Reading
November 22, 2023
Warren, Braun Urge Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Inspector General to Determine if Vertically-Integrated Health Care Companies Are Hiking Prescription Drug Costs, Evading Federal Regulations
Washington, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Mike Braun (R-Ind.) sent a letter to Christi Grimm, Inspector General at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, urging her to determine if large insurance companies are using their vertically integrated pharmacies to evade federal requirements that limit the percentage of premium dollars spent on profits and administration, known as the Medical Loss Ratio (MLR), resulting in sky-high prescription drug costs and … Continue Reading
November 20, 2023
Warren Joins Baldwin, Kaine, Van Hollen, Colleagues in Calling for Immediate Steps to Deliver Humanitarian Aid to Gaza and Protect Civilians
Washington, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), Tim Kaine (D-Va.), and Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined their colleagues in urging President Biden to work with Israel and international partners to implement a plan that will protect innocent civilian life in Gaza, deliver sustained humanitarian aid, and work toward the long term goals of ending Hamas’s threat, bringing hostages home, and achieving sustainable peace in the region through a two-state … Continue Reading
November 17, 2023
Senator Warren, Representative Green, Lawmakers Urge President Biden to Present Presidential Medal of Freedom Posthumously to America’s Enslaved
Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Representative Al Green (D-Texas) sent a letter to President Joe Biden, urging that he recognize the profound and enduring contributions of our nation’s enslaved with a posthumous Presidential Medal of Freedom. In the letter, the lawmakers emphasized the vital role the enslaved played in shaping the economic and social foundation of America. “We will never be able to undo our nation’s painful history of slavery, but there are … Continue Reading
November 17, 2023
Warren, Banking Committee Democrats Call for Independent Investigation of FDIC Culture
Washington, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) joined her Democratic colleagues in the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs sent a letter to Acting Inspector General Tyler Smith of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), expressing outrage over allegations of a toxic workplace culture and calling for an independent investigation to make sure the agency addresses these issues and to restore public trust. The letter follows reports that the … Continue Reading
November 16, 2023
At Hearing, Senator Warren Highlights Dangers of Crypto Scams for Seniors, Need for Legislation
Washington, D.C. — At a hearing of the Senate Special Committee on Aging, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) highlighted the prevalence and dangers of cryptocurrency scams - which stole a record $1 billion from seniors last year - among Americans over the age of 60. Steve Weisman, Editor for Scamicide.com and Senior Lecturer at Bentley University, explained that seniors are particularly vulnerable to crypto scams, discussed why crypto is a favored vehicle for scammers, and said Senator … Continue Reading
November 16, 2023
Warren Joins Gillibrand, Colleagues Introduce Legislation to Strengthen Protections for Immigrant Children in Government Custody
Washington, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) joined Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) and five of her Senate colleagues in introducing the Protection of Kids in Detention (PROKID) Act, legislation that would improve and enforce transparency, protection, and accountability for all immigrant children in government custody. Additionally, the PROKID Act would create a permanent Office of the Ombudsperson within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) responsible … Continue Reading
November 16, 2023
Warren, Cortez Masto, Cassidy, Blackburn Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Increase Transparency Over Medicare Advantage Health Care Plans
Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev), Bill Cassidy (R-La.), and Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) introduced bipartisan legislation to improve transparency of Medicare Advantage (MA) plans and ensure these plans are best serving the health care needs of America’s seniors. The Encounter Data Enhancement Act would require Medicare Advantage plans to report important information about how much they are actually paying for patient services and how … Continue Reading
November 16, 2023
Warren Joins Congresswoman Porter in Reintroducing Bill to Reduce Violence Against Individuals with Mental Illness and Disabilities
Washington, D.C. — Today, Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Congresswoman Katie Porter (D-Calif.), Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.), Congressman Tony Cárdenas (D-Calif.), and Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon (D-Penn.), along with 23 Representatives reintroduced legislation to reduce violence against individuals with mental illness and disabilities. The Mental Health Justice Act would make it easier for state and local governments to send trained mental health professionals instead of … Continue Reading
November 16, 2023
New Report from Senators Warren, Sanders, Blumenthal: CMS Proposal to Increase Nursing Home Staffing Would Result in Improved Quality of Care
Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) released a new report: Residents at Risk: Quality of Care Problems in Understaffed Nursing Homes and the Need for a New Federal Nursing Home Staffing Standard. The report reveals that, across a broad range of health outcomes, nursing homes with higher staffing levels that meet the requirements in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) proposed rule provide higher … Continue Reading
November 15, 2023
Warren, Banking Committee Colleagues Call on SEC to Require Disclosure of Corporate Lobbying Expenditures to Increase Transparency and Fight Dark Money
Washington, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio.), Jon Tester (D-Mont.), Tina Smith (D-Minn.), and John Fetterman (D-Pa.) sent a letter to Gary Gensler, Chair of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), urging him to issue rules requiring public companies to disclose their lobbying expenditures. Corporate lobbying expenditures are reaching record highs, but public companies are not currently required to report information on the details of … Continue Reading
November 15, 2023
Warren, Massachusetts Congressional Delegation Announce Commissioning of USS Massachusetts in Boston
Boston, MA - United States Senators Elizabeth Warren, Ed Markey and United States Representatives Seth Moulton, Stephen Lynch, Richard Neal, Jim McGovern, Bill Keating, Katherine Clark, Ayanna Pressley, Lori Trahan, and Jake Auchincloss announced that the U.S. Navy’s newest Virginia-Class submarine, the USS Massachusetts, will be commissioned in Boston. In June 2023, the lawmakers asked Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro to conduct the commissioning of the USS Massachusetts in … Continue Reading
November 15, 2023
Warren, Senators Request Documents from Mark Zuckerberg After Newly Unsealed Court Filing from Massachusetts Attorney General Alleges Meta Hid Evidence of Social Media Harms to Kids
Washington, D.C. - Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), along with a bipartisan group of Senators, urged Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg to provide documents related to senior executives’ knowledge of the mental and physical health harms associated with its platforms, including Facebook and Instagram. The Senators’ letter follows last week’s hearing with a new Facebook whistleblower and after a newly unsealed complaint filed by the Massachusetts Attorney General against Meta alleged Zuckerberg and … Continue Reading
November 15, 2023
Warren, Merkley, Warnock, Blumenauer, 16 Lawmakers Push For New Marijuana Banking Guidance for Fairer Access to Financial Services for Legal Marijuana Businesses
Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) and U.S. Representative Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.) led 16 lawmakers in a letter to Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen and Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) Director Andrea Gacki, asking FinCEN to update its out-of-date guidance on marijuana-related businesses to promote fairness in financial services for marijuana businesses operating in states where marijuana is no longer … Continue Reading
November 15, 2023
ICYMI: At Banking Committee Hearing, Warren Calls on Federal Reserve to Finalize Strong Capital Rules to Safeguard the Economy
Washington, D.C. — Yesterday, at a hearing of the Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) questioned Michael Barr, Vice Chair for Supervision at the Federal Reserve, on a proposed rule to strengthen capital requirements for big banks. The proposed rule, an implementation of the Basel III Endgame agreement, would raise capital requirements for banks with more than $100B in assets. The rule also comes in the wake of the SVB, Signature, and First … Continue Reading
November 09, 2023
At Hearing, Warren Calls for End of Trump Tax Cuts for Giant Corporations
Washington, D.C. - At a hearing of the Senate Finance Committee, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) called out efforts by lobbyists for giant corporations trying to extend three of the biggest corporate giveaways in the Trump tax cuts: bonus depreciation, R&D expensing, and looser limits on net interest deduction. In questioning with Chye-Ching Huang, the Executive Director of New York University Law School’s Tax Law Center, Senator Warren unpacked how corporations use accounting … Continue Reading
November 09, 2023
Warren to FTC after Big Pharma Merger: Preserve Competition, Reject Behavioral and Structural Remedies
Washington, D.C. - United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) sent a letter to Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chair Lina Khan and Commissioners Bedoya and Slaughter expressing disappointment with the FTC’s proposed consent order allowing pharmaceutical giant Amgen to move forward with its acquisition of Horizon Therapeutics (Horizon) and urging the FTC to reject the use of behavioral and structural remedies going forward. In the letter, the Senator underscores FTC’s responsibility to … Continue Reading
November 09, 2023
Senator Warren, Representative Frost Call for Action from Bank CEOs Against Financing Gun Violence
Washington, D.C. — United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Representative Maxwell Alejandro Frost (D-Fla.) sent a letter to six major financial institutions — BlackRock, JPMorgan Chase, Vanguard, Bank of America, Blackstone, and Wells Fargo — calling on them to provide critical information on their efforts to end their financial investments in the gun industry. “2023 is now on track to be the deadliest year of mass shootings in recent memory — with the most lethal shooting of … Continue Reading
November 09, 2023
ICYMI: Senator Warren Secures Commitments on Hearing Health and Medicare Advantage Priorities During Senate Finance Committee Markup of Health Care Package
Washington, D.C. — At a Senate Finance Committee markup of the Better Mental Health Care, Lower-Cost Drugs, and Extenders Act, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) highlighted the need to do more to prioritize hearing health for our seniors and strengthen transparency in Medicare Advantage, and secured commitments from Senate Finance Committee leadership to prioritize these proposals in future packages. Senator Warren highlighted her legislation with Senators Rand Paul (R-Ky.) and Chuck … Continue Reading
November 09, 2023
Senator Warren Seeks Answers from Clover Health Following Disclosure of $200,000 Stock Award for Medicare and Social Security Public Trustee Nominee
Washington, D.C. — United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) sent a letter to Clover Health CEO Andrew Toy, seeking information on equity payments received this year by Mr. Demetrios Kouzoukas, who is currently serving on the Board of Directors of Clover Health. Mr. Kouzoukas was nominated in January to serve as a Public Trustee on the Boards of Trustees that oversee the Social Security and Medicare trust funds. Ahead of Mr. Kouzoukas’s confirmation vote last week, he submitted new … Continue Reading
