Press Releases
Warren, Markey Urge Inclusion of Taxpayer Advocate on IRS's Taxpayer First Act Implementation Team
Washington, D.C. -- 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 Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) sent a letter to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), which has assembled a team to advise on the implementation of the Taxpayer First Act of 2019 (TFA), urging the IRS to immediately add a representative from the Taxpayer Advocate Service … Continue Reading
February 20, 2020
Warren, Markey, Whitehouse, Reed Urge Correction of Cost-of-Living Pay Disparities for Federal Employees Living in Southern Massachusetts and Rhode Island
Washington, D.C. - United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) and Jack Reed (D-R.I.) sent a letter to Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Director Dale Cabaniss urging the agency to address the significant disparities between locality pay adjustments for hourly versus salaried federal workers in southern Massachusetts and Rhode Island.Many federal employees are compensated under one of two pay systems. The General Schedule … Continue Reading
February 19, 2020
Markey, Warren, Senators Introduce Legislation to Counteract Trump Exit from Iran Deal
Washington, D.C. - Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) have introduced S.3314, the Iran Diplomacy Act, which calls upon the United States and Iran to return to their commitments under the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), also known as the Iran nuclear deal. The Trump administration unilaterally exited from the deal on May 8, 2018. … Continue Reading
February 18, 2020
Senator Warren's Ongoing Oversight of the U.S. Response to the 2019 Novel Coronavirus Outbreak
Washington, D.C. -- United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, has spent over seven years in the U.S. Senate fighting to keep families across the Commonwealth and the country safe. Since the beginning of the Novel Coronavirus outbreak, she has worked to ensure that the Trump Administration is effectively responding to the outbreak and has the resources needed to address this public health … Continue Reading
February 16, 2020
Senators Warren and Markey Raise Concerns, Questions about CBP SWAT Teams' Deployment to Major Cities, Including Boston, MA
Washington, DC - United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) yesterday sent a letter to the heads of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), raising grave concerns about the decision to send CBP's SWAT teams to cities legally choosing not to cooperate with President Trump's inhumane immigration policies.On Friday, February 14th, CBP announced a plan to deploy … Continue Reading
February 14, 2020
Warren Joins Shaheen, Gillibrand Calling on EPA to Deliver on Promises Made in PFAS Action Plan
Washington, D.C. - United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) joined Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), along with a group of 29 senators, in a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler requesting he provide an updated timeline for when the EPA will implement commitments made in the agency’s plan to combat exposure to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). The EPA released its plan - the PFAS Action Plan - one … Continue Reading
February 14, 2020
Warren, McGovern, Mass. Lawmakers Demand HUD Take Action to Protect Public Housing Residents From Radon
Washington, DC - United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and House Rules Committee Chairman James P. McGovern (D-MA-02), along with Senator Edward J. Markey (D-MA) and United States Representatives Richard E. Neal (MA-01), Stephen F. Lynch (MA-08), William Keating (MA-09), Joseph P. Kennedy III (MA-04), Katherine M. Clark (MA-05), Seth Moulton (MA-06), Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) and Lori Trahan (MA-03), sent a letter to Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Ben Carson … Continue Reading
February 14, 2020
Warren, Colleagues Call for Attorney General Barr's Resignation After "Corrupt" Intervention in Roger Stone Case
Washington, D.C. - United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), along with Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Patty Murray (D-Wash.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawai’i), today sent a letter to U.S. Attorney General William Barr expressing alarm at, and opposition to, unethical political intervention of senior Department of Justice (DOJ) officials in the case of … Continue Reading
February 14, 2020
Senators Warren and Markey and Rep. Keating Sound Alarm Over Lack of Federal Funding for Cape Cod Canal Bridges
Washington, D.C. - United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), along with Congressman William Keating (D-Mass.), called on the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) to recommit to an earlier recommendation to replace the Sagamore and Bourne Bridges. Lawmakers sent the letter after the agency announced its Work Plan for Fiscal Year 2020 (FY 2020) and President Trump unveiled his budget request for Fiscal Year 2021 (FY 2021), neither of which … Continue Reading
February 14, 2020
Warren, Markey, Neal, McGovern Announce $10.2 Million of Federal Investment in Western Massachusetts Broadband Infrastructure
Washington, D.C. -United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), along with Representatives Richard E. Neal (D-Mass.) and James McGovern (D-Mass.) today announced the release of $10.2 million in federal funding to expand broadband access in Western Massachusetts. This funding has been awarded through the Federal Communication Commission’s Connect America Fund to Westfield Gas and Electric, a public utility supplying electric, natural gas, … Continue Reading
February 13, 2020
Warren, Senate Democrats Press Lenders for Answers Following Reports of Higher Interest Rates for Students of Minority-Serving Institutions
Washington, DC -- Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Financial Institutions, Senator Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, and Senators Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Cory Booker (D- N.J.) and Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) pressed lender Upstart and other lenders and service providers for answers following a report … Continue Reading
February 13, 2020
Warren, Murray, Senate Colleagues Urge National Security Advisor to Appoint a Senior Global Health Security Expert as U.S. and Global Threat from Coronavirus Grows
Washington, DC - United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and HELP Committee Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-Wash.), led 25 of their Senate colleagues in sending a letter to National Security Advisor Robert O'Brien pressing him to appoint a qualified, dedicated, senior global health security expert to the White House's National Security Council (NSC) to address and coordinate administration efforts in … Continue Reading
February 13, 2020
Massachusetts Delegation Announces Over $4.2 Million in Federal Grants to NeighborWorks Network Serving Massachusetts
Washington, D.C. -- United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Edward J. Markey (D-MA), along with Representatives Richard E. Neal (D-MA-01), Joseph P. Kennedy III (D-MA-04), Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA-08), William Keating (D-MA-09), Katherine Clark (D-MA-05), Lori Trahan (D-MA-03), and Ayanna Pressley (D-MA-07) today announced that NeighborWorks America, an organization that provides resources on affordable housing options for low-income and first-time homebuyers, has awarded … Continue Reading
February 12, 2020
Warren Raises Concerns to Fed Chair Regarding Significant Changes That May Weaken the Fed's Bank Supervision Process, Harming Consumers and the Economy
Washington, D.C. -- United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, sent a letter to Federal Reserve (Fed) Chairman Jerome Powell regarding potential changes to the Fed's bank supervision process involving Matters Requiring Attention (MRAs), critical tools that bank examiners use to communicate violations of law and other areas of risk to financial institutions. Senator Warren expressed concern that these changes … Continue Reading
February 12, 2020
Warren, Ernst, Pascrell, Bacon Seek Update on DoD Efforts to Protect Servicemembers from Traumatic Brain Injuries
Washington, D.C. -- United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), members of the Senate Armed Services Committee, and Representatives Bill Pascrell (D-N.J.) and Don Bacon (R-NE), Co-Chairs of the Congressional Brain Injury Task Force, sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) requesting an update on their efforts to better prevent and protect servicemembers from traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) through the documentation of blast exposure in … Continue Reading
February 11, 2020
Warren, Colleagues Seek Probe into Whether Trump Administration's Delay of Puerto Rico Disaster Recovery Funds Violated Same Law as Delay of Ukraine Security Aid
Washington, D.C. -- United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), along with Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Representatives Joaquín Castro (D-Texas), Darren Soto (D-Fla.), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), James P. McGovern (D-Mass.), Raúl Grijalva (D-Ariz.), and José E. Serrano (D-N.Y.), wrote to the Department of Housing and Urban Development Office of Inspector General (HUD OIG) requesting an … Continue Reading
February 10, 2020
Senator Warren’s Statement on the Housatonic River Agreement
Washington, DC - United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) today released the following statement on the mediated settlement reached between the Environmental Protection Agency and General Electric Co. regarding clean-up of the Housatonic River.“When harmful chemicals are released into our environment, we owe it to our families and communities to come together at the federal, state, and local levels to fight for responsible clean-up and environmental justice,” said Senator Warren. … Continue Reading
February 07, 2020
Warren, Carper Cheer House Passage of Presidential Transition Enhancement Act
Washington, D.C.. - Today, United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Tom Carper (D-Del.) applauded the unanimous passage of the bipartisan Presidential Transition Enhancement Act, which includes major provisions of the Transition Team Ethics Improvement Act, in the U.S. House of Representatives. The Transition Team Ethics Improvement Act was introduced in February 2019 by Senators Warren and Carper and the late Representative Elijah Cummings (D-Md.), and will enhance the … Continue Reading
February 07, 2020
Massachusetts Lawmakers Request Information on Federal Plans to Support Mental Health Needs in Puerto Rico Following Recent Earthquakes
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), Joseph Kennedy III (D-MA-04), William Keating (D-MA-09), Katherine Clark (D-MA-05), Lori Trahan (D-MA-03), and Ayanna Pressley (D-MA-07), sent a letter to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) asking for information on how they plan to support the mental health needs of Puerto Rico … Continue Reading
February 06, 2020
Warren, Menendez Lead Senators Questioning Agreements Used by the Trump Administration to Expel Asylum Seekers to Northern Triangle Countries
Washington, D.C. -- United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), along with Senate Committee on Foreign Relations Ranking Member Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) and 19 of their Senate colleagues, sent a letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Attorney General William Barr, and Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Chad Wolf requesting information about the negotiation and implementation of three international "asylum cooperative agreements" (ACAs) signed by the U.S. Department of … Continue Reading
