Press Releases

November 19, 2024

Senator Warren Statement on Trump Nominating Howard Lutnick as Commerce Secretary

Washington, D.C. - Today, in response to the news that President-elect Donald Trump has named Howard Lutnick to serve as U.S. Secretary of Commerce, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) released the following statement:  “Donald Trump’s pick of a Wall Street CEO for Commerce Secretary is a win for the billionaire class at the expense of working people. The across-the-board tariff plan is a distraction from the MAGA scam to extend tax giveaways for giant corporations and billionaires like … Continue Reading


November 19, 2024

Warren, Blumenthal Take on Private Equity and Corporate Consolidation in Pet Care, Open Investigation into Mars’ Impact on Pet Owners, Veterinary Workers

Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) sent two letters regarding the impact of private equity and large corporations in veterinary care, to JAB Holding Company (JAB)  and to Mars Petcare (Mars), a subsidiary of Mars, Inc., respectively.  The senators’ first letter addresses the private equity firm JAB’s response to the senators’ initial outreach in August 2024. The senators emphasized the need for JAB to provide transparent and clear … Continue Reading


November 14, 2024

Warren Statement on Trump Nominating RFK Jr. for HHS Secretary

Washington, D.C. - Today, in response to the news that President-elect Donald Trump has named Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to serve as U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) released the following statement:  “Donald Trump’s appointment of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. poses a danger to public health, scientific research, medicine, and health care coverage for millions of Americans. RFK Jr. wants to stop parents from protecting their babies from measles and his … Continue Reading


November 14, 2024

At Hearing, Warren Expresses Full Support for IRS Watchdog Nominee

Senator Warren obtains commitment to transparency from IRS Inspector General nominee “When it comes to making the IRS more efficient or more effective, you have my full support.” Video of Committee Hearing Washington, D.C. - At a hearing of the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance, Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) highlighted the qualifications of David Johnson, Assistant Inspector General for Investigations at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Inspector General and nominee … Continue Reading


November 14, 2024

Senator Warren Statement on Biden Administration Failure to Hold Netanyahu Government Accountable, Support for Joint Resolution of Disapproval

Washington, D.C. - With this week marking the end of the Biden-Harris administration’s window for the Israeli government to improve the humanitarian response in Gaza — and the administration stating that it will continue to provide arms despite Israel’s failure to meet its explicit requirements — Senator Warren released the following statement: “On October 13, the Biden administration told Prime Minister Netanyahu that his government had 30 days to increase humanitarian aid into Gaza or face … Continue Reading


November 14, 2024

Warren, Auchincloss Push Massachusetts Health Policy Commission to Hold Rural Healthcare Group Accountable for Protecting Steward Patients and Doctors

Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Representative Jake Auchincloss (D-Mass.) sent a letter to the Massachusetts Health Policy Commission (HPC) ahead of its Annual Health Care Cost Trends Hearing today, at which Rural Health Care Group (RHG) CEO Benson Sloan is set to testify under oath. The letter urges the HPC Board Members to hold Benson Sloan and private equity-owned RHG accountable for its public commitments surrounding the purchase of Steward Health Care’s … Continue Reading


November 13, 2024

Warren Statement on Senate Banking Committee

Washington, D.C. - Today, in response to the news that U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) will become the top Democrat on the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee in the next Congress, she released the following statement:  “I’ve spent my entire career fighting to make our economy work better for middle-class families - not just for the wealthy and well-connected. Decisions made by the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs have a powerful impact on … Continue Reading


November 12, 2024

Senator Warren Statement on Trump Immigration Team

Washington, D.C. - In response to President-elect Trump reportedly selecting Stephen Miller, Tom Homan, and Kristi Noem for senior roles in his incoming administration, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) released the following statement:“It’s alarming that President-elect Trump will tap a trio of loyalists to execute his extremist immigration agenda. Trump is bypassing Senate oversight to give control over mass deportations to Stephen Miller and Tom Homan — key architects of the family … Continue Reading


November 08, 2024

Warren Op-Ed in TIME: The Plan to Fight Back

“Americans do not want a country where political parties each field their own team of billionaires who then squabble over how to divvy up the spoils of government.”  “(I)f Democrats want to earn back the trust of working people and govern again, we need to convince voters we can—and will—unrig the economy.”  Op-Ed in TIME Magazine Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) published an op-ed in TIME Magazine laying out what Democrats must learn from President-elect Trump’s … Continue Reading


November 04, 2024

Warren, Senators Blast MOHELA for Abusing Borrowers with Potentially Illegal, Exploitative Terms of Use

Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.),  Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), and Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) wrote to the Executive Director and CEO of Higher Education Loan Authority of the State of Missouri (MOHELA), laying into the company for locking over eight million student loan borrowers into an abusive “terms of use” agreement that attempts to restrict their legal rights and absolves MOHELA of liability for outrageous misbehavior. “Under its … Continue Reading


November 04, 2024

Warren, Hickenlooper Call on Fed to Deliver Bigger Rate Cut to Protect the Economy and Provide Relief for American Families

  Washington, D.C. - Ahead of the Federal Reserve’s (Fed; the Board) November Federal Open Market Committee  meeting, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and John Hickenlooper (D-Colo.) urged Fed to deliver a 50 basis point (.50%; each basis point is one hundredth of a percent) cut to the federal funds rate.  After months of calling on the Fed to cut the federal funds rate, the Board finally lowered it by 50 basis points in September, the first cut since 2020. The Fed explained: “[t]he … Continue Reading


November 04, 2024

Warren, Schiff, Lawmakers Call for Probe of Albertsons and Other Giant Grocery Chains for False Advertising

Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Congressman Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) led their colleagues in writing to Chair of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Lina Khan, and Secretary of the Department of Agriculture, Thomas Vilsack, urging them to investigate Albertsons and other major grocery chains for predatory practices that could have violated federal laws. In October 2024, California District Attorneys reached a nearly $4 million settlement with grocery chain … Continue Reading


October 31, 2024

Warren, MA Lawmakers Defend Restored Chandra Funding and Request Information on the Potential Scientific Damage Caused by Future Funding Cuts for the Sole U.S. X-Ray Telescope

Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Ed Markey (D-Mass.), along with Representatives Jim McGovern (D-Mass.), Stephen Lynch (D-Mass.), Seth Moulton (D-Mass.), and Lori Trahan (D-Mass.) wrote to the Chandra X-Ray Center (Chandra), funded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), with concerns over the telescope’s long-term funding plans.  NASA’s FY 2025 budget proposal slashed funding for the Chandra telescope project by tens of millions of dollars, … Continue Reading


October 31, 2024

Warren Drops New Report on How Biden-Harris Admin and Congressional Democrats Saved Over 1.2 Million Teamsters’ and Other Union Pensions

Boston, MA - U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) released a report detailing how the Biden-Harris administration, along with Congressional Democrats, saved the pensions of over 1.2 million Teamsters and other union members.  In Massachusetts alone, 35,000 workers and retirees have benefited from the pension protections championed by Senator Warren and included in ARPA.  In 2017, it became clear that union multiemployer pension plans (MPPs) for over a million workers were at risk of … Continue Reading


October 31, 2024

Warren Presses Department of Justice on Failure to Hold TD Bank Executives Accountable, “Legal Gymnastics” That Allowed Bank to Escape “Death Penalty”

Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) wrote to Attorney General Merrick Garland and Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco, questioning them on the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) “legal gymnastics” that allowed TD Bank to escape the bank death penalty — and DOJ’s failure thus far to hold any top executives accountable for egregious crimes. DOJ’s recent settlement with TD Bank over money laundering and other charges did not include any of the bank’s high-level executives, and … Continue Reading


October 29, 2024

Warren Urges FTC to Protect Cancer Patients, Closely Scrutinize Acquisitions of Oncology Practices for Anticompetitive Effects

Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) wrote to Chair Lina Khan of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) urging the FTC to closely scrutinize two proposed deals in the oncology market and block them if they violate antitrust law. The deals include McKesson Corporation’s (McKesson’s) $2.49 billion proposed acquisition of a controlling stake in Core Ventures and Cardinal Health’s (Cardinal’s) $1.1 billion proposed acquisition of a controlling stake in Integrated Oncology, … Continue Reading


October 29, 2024

Warren, Brown, Whitehouse, Blumenthal Press Treasury, DHS to Eliminate Trade Loophole Enabling Illegal Drug Trade, Protect Americans from Opioid Epidemic

Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) wrote to Department of the Treasury (Treasury) Secretary Janet Yellen and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, urging the agencies to use their statutory authority to fully eliminate a trade loophole facilitating the illegal drug trade and allowing billions of dollars’ worth of imports to enter the United States with … Continue Reading


October 28, 2024

Warren, Durbin, Whitehouse, Warnock Push DOJ, ED For Expanded Outreach on Discharging Student Loan Debt in Bankruptcy

Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), and Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) sent a letter to the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Department of Education (ED) commending the agencies on their progress in helping borrowers who are struggling financially to discharge their student loans in bankruptcy and asking them to continue expanding awareness of the Biden-Harris administration’s new policy. In November 2022, at the urging of … Continue Reading


October 24, 2024

Warren, Warnock, Wyden, Welch Press Private Equity Firm KKR On $2.1 Billion Housing Acquisition and Its Effects on Renters

Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), and Peter Welch (D-Vt.) wrote to private equity firm KKR regarding its recent $2.1 billion real estate acquisition of 5,200 apartment units across the country — KKR’s “largest-ever purchase of apartment buildings.” The lawmakers highlighted the dangers of private equity’s involvement in the housing market and pressed KKR on its plans to set rent prices, protect tenants’ safety, … Continue Reading


October 24, 2024

Warren, Markey, MA Lawmakers Urge DOJ, ATF To Crack Down on Interstate Gun Trafficking As Gun Violence Surges

  Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, and Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), along with Representatives Jim McGovern (D-Mass.), Stephen Lynch (D-Mass.), Bill Keating (D-Mass.), Seth Moulton (D-Mass.), Lori Trahan (D-Mass.), and Jake Auchincloss (D-Mass.) sent a letter to the Department of Justice and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) requesting that ATF ramp up its work to mitigate the influx of illegal … Continue Reading

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