Press Releases

June 30, 2022

New Investigation from Senators Warren and Grassley Reveals that Dominant Hearing Aid Manufacturers Mounted “Astroturf” Campaigns to Undermine Safe, Effective, and Affordable Over-the-Counter Hearing Aids

Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) released the findings of their new bipartisan investigative report: Loud and Clear: Why Americans Want Effective and Affordable Over-the-Counter Hearing Aids - and How Powerful Special Interests are Trying to Undermine Them. The report details dominant hearing aid manufacturers’ efforts to undermine the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) proposed rule for “Establishing Over-the-Counter Hearing Aids” … Continue Reading


June 29, 2022

Senators Warren, Whitehouse, Merkley, Blumenthal, Hirono, and Luján Urge HHS Secretary Becerra to Expand Voting Registration Access on HealthCare.gov

Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Mazie Hirono (D-Hawai’i), and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) sent a letter to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra, requesting an update on the commitments the Department made in response to President Biden’s March 2021 executive order on expanding and promoting access to voting, including the Department’s commitment to expand voting … Continue Reading


June 28, 2022

Senators Warren and King and Representatives Doggett, Castro, Porter, and Jacobs Lead 100 Lawmakers Urging HHS to Exercise Authority to Lower Drug Prices Immediately

Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), and U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas), Chair of the House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee, along with Senator Angus King (I-Maine), Representatives Joaquin Castro (D-Texas), Sara Jacobs (D-Calif.), and Katie Porter (D-Calif.), led a group of 100 members from across the ideological spectrum to urge Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra to swiftly act and use his existing authorities to lower … Continue Reading


June 25, 2022

Senators Elizabeth Warren and Tina Smith In New York Times Op-Ed: The Fight Has Just Begun

Senators Elizabeth Warren and Tina Smith In New York Times Op-Ed: The Fight Has Just Begun“We must restore our democracy so that a radical minority can no longer drown out the will of the people. This will be a long, hard fight, and the path to victory is not yet certain. But it’s a righteous fight that we must win — no matter how long it takes. The two of us lived in an America without Roe, and we are not going back. Not now. Not ever.”Op-Ed in The New York TimesWashington, D.C. - U.S. … Continue Reading


June 24, 2022

Senator Warren Statement on Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization

Washington, D.C. - Today, United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) released the following statement regarding the Supreme Court's decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization:"Six radical Supreme Court Justices have overturned nearly 50 years of precedent, stripping away the constitutional right to an abortion. After decades of scheming, Republican politicians have finally forced their unpopular agenda on the rest of America. They have decided that the government - not … Continue Reading


June 24, 2022

Warren, Grassley, Pascrell, Doggett, Fitzpatrick Lead Bipartisan Call on National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics to Support Inclusion of Device Identifier Information on Medicare Claims Forms

Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and U.S. Representatives Bill Pascrell (D-N.J.), Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas), and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.) sent a letter to the National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS), calling on the committee to support the inclusion of device identifier (DI) information on Medicare claims forms in its recommendations to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for the next version of standard … Continue Reading


June 23, 2022

Warren, Maloney, Bonamici, Menendez Introduce Legislation to Stop Anti-Abortion Disinformation by Crisis Pregnancy Centers

Washington, D.C. - United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Congresswomen Carolyn B. Maloney (D-N.Y.) and Suzanne Bonamici (D-Ore.), and Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) today introduced the Stop Anti-Abortion Disinformation Act to crack down on false advertising that crisis pregnancy centers (CPCs) employ to dissuade patients from getting the reproductive care they need, including abortion care. This bill directs the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to issue rules to prohibit … Continue Reading


June 23, 2022

Warren, Booker, Wyden Call on Mental Health Apps to Provide Answers on Data Privacy and Sharing Practices that May Put Patients’ Data at Risk of Exploitation

Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) sent letters to BetterHelp and Talkspace, two leading mental health apps, expressing deep concerns about the companies’ use of patients’ personal health data and requesting more information about their data sharing and privacy practices. Their letter follows reports that mental health apps are collecting, mining, and disseminating private client information to third parties, … Continue Reading


June 23, 2022

ICYMI: At Senate Indian Affairs Hearing, Senator Warren Calls for Passage of Her Legislation to Address the Disgraceful Legacy of Indian Boarding School Policies

Washington, D.C. - At a hearing of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) delivered remarks calling for passage of her bill, the Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies Act (S. 2907), which seeks healing for stolen Native children and their communities.Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland, who testified at the hearing, announced the administration’s strong support for the legislation.Senator Warren’s legislation would … Continue Reading


June 22, 2022

At Hearing, Senator Warren Calls out Chair Powell for Fed’s Interest Rate Increases that Won’t Address Key Drivers of Inflation and Risk Driving Economy into Recession

Washington, D.C. - At a hearing of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) blasted Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell for the Fed’s announced interest rate increases, which are unable to address the primary current drivers of inflation and risk pushing the economy into a recession. In response to Senator Warren’s questions, Chair Powell confirmed that the Fed’s interest rate increases will not bring down gas and food prices, two … Continue Reading


June 22, 2022

Union Leaders to President Biden: Cancelling Student Debt is Critical to Help Millions of Working People

Washington, D.C. - Today, United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), and Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) joined the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) and union leaders for a roundtable discussion on the importance of student debt cancellation for American workers. During the roundtable, the lawmakers and union leaders discussed how cancelling student loan debt will help millions of … Continue Reading


June 22, 2022

As Americans Face Infant Formula Crisis, Warren, Booker, Porter, Sanders Raise Concerns with DOJ About Bid by Private Equity Firm to Take Over Enfamil Manufacturer

Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and U.S. Representative Katie Porter (D-Calif.) sent a letter to Jonathan Kanter, Assistant Attorney General for the Department of Justice Antitrust Division, expressing skepticism regarding a bid from a private equity firm to acquire the Enfamil infant formula manufacturing arm of Reckitt Benckiser Group and how such a transaction, amid the nation’s ongoing infant formula … Continue Reading


June 21, 2022

Warren, Porter, Sherman Call on Inspector Generals of Treasury, IRS, FTC to Investigate Intuit’s Use of the Revolving Door to Protect Taxpayer Scams

Washington, D.C. — Today, United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Finance Committee, and Representatives Katie Porter (D-Calif.) and Brad Sherman (D-Calif.) sent a letter to Richard K. Delmar, Acting Treasury Department Inspector General, J. Russell George, Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration, and Andrew Katsaros, Acting Inspector General at the Federal Trade Commission, regarding troubling reports of Intuit's abuse of the revolving door and … Continue Reading


June 17, 2022

Warren, Grassley Statement on Formal Recommendation from the American National Standards Institute’s Accredited Standards Committee to Include Device Identifier Information on Medicare Claims Forms

Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) issued the following bipartisan statement following new action by the American National Standards Institute’s Accredited Standards Committee (X12) to include the device identifier (DI) portion of a medical device’s unique device identifier (UDI) on Medicare claims forms: “Following years of our engagement, the formal recommendation from the American National Standards Institute’s Accredited Standards … Continue Reading


June 16, 2022

Warren, Markey, García Introduce Legislation to Boost Pay and Benefits for Airport Workers

Washington D.C. - U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Representative Jesús G. “Chuy'' García (D-Ill.) introduced the Good Jobs for Good Airports Act, legislation that would provide airport workers with the pay, benefits, and labor standards they deserve after serving on the frontlines of the nation’s aviation system and keeping airports safe through a global pandemic, climate disasters, and peak travel seasons. In the face of ongoing health risks, … Continue Reading


June 16, 2022

ICYMI: At Press Conference, Warren and Murray Call on President Biden to Issue Executive Order Defending Americans’ Right to Abortion

Video of Press Conference (Twitter)Washington, D.C. - In case you missed it, U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Patty Murray (D-Wash.), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, led a press conference reiterating their call to President Biden to immediately issue an executive order to defend Americans’ reproductive rights, including their right to an abortion.“President Biden has called for whole-of-government responses for national priorities like … Continue Reading


June 16, 2022

FTC Chair Lina Khan, Responding to Sen. Warren’s Letter on Microsoft’s Proposed Acquisition of Activision Blizzard, “Redoubles” FTC’s Commitment to Scrutinize Mergers’ Impacts on Workers

Washington, D.C. - Today, United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) released Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chair Lina Khan’s response to a March 2022 letter the Senator and her colleagues sent regarding the proposed Microsoft-Activision transaction and its possible anticompetitive effects on workers. The letter followed Microsoft’s announcement of its proposed $68.7 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard, a gaming company facing internal blowback after years of an unchecked … Continue Reading


June 16, 2022

ICYMI: Senators Warren, Whitehouse, Sanders, Markey, Klobuchar Introduce Bill to Reduce Racial & Ethnic Disparities in the Juvenile Justice System

Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) introduced the Reducing Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Juvenile Justice System Act. Black, Hispanic, Indigenous, and other youth of color are vastly overrepresented in America’s juvenile justice system, and those youth are more likely to face more severe treatment. The senators’ new bill would expand access to … Continue Reading


June 15, 2022

Warren, Reps. Porter, Garcia Call on OCC to Scrutinize TD Bank’s Proposed Merger Following Reports of Unchecked Consumer Fraud and Abuse

Washington, D.C. — United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Representatives Katie Porter (D-Calif.) and Jesús Chuy García (D-Ill.) sent a letter to the Acting Comptroller of the Currency Michael Hsu about a recent Capitol Forum report revealing unchecked fraud and abuse at TD Bank, which is currently seeking approval for a merger with First Horizon. The lawmakers are urging Hsu to release the findings of a 2016-2017 investigation by the Office of the Comptroller of the … Continue Reading


June 15, 2022

Warren, Wyden, Murray, Whitehouse, Sanders Introduce Legislation to Ban Data Brokers from Selling Americans' Location and Health Data

Washington, D.C. - United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) introduced the Health and Location Data Protection Act, legislation that bans data brokers from selling some of the most sensitive data available about everyday Americans: their health and location data. The legislation is cosponsored by Senators Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Chair of the Senate Finance Committee; Patty Murray (D-Wash.), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee; Sheldon Whitehouse … Continue Reading

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