Press Releases

April 12, 2022

Senators Warren, Markey Celebrate $537 Million for Massachusetts Transit

Funding will increase accessibility of public transit across the state as part of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Washington, D.C. - United State Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) celebrated the more than $537 million investment in Massachusetts transit announced by the Department of Transportation last week. The funding, authorized by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, will provide Massachusetts with critical resources to upgrade the MBTA … Continue Reading


April 12, 2022

Warren, Casey Raise Concerns with Commerce Secretary Raimondo's Approach to New Indo-Pacific Trade Deal; Should Benefit American Workers, Not Corporate Offshoring

Washington, D.C. - United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Bob Casey (D-Pa.), both members of the United States Senate Committee on Finance, sent letters to United States Trade Representative (USTR) Katherine Tai and United States Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo regarding their plans to negotiate an Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF) and how this new trade deal may impact U.S. workers. In their letter to Secretary Raimondo, the Senators expressed concern that the … Continue Reading


April 08, 2022

Warren, Whitehouse, Cassidy, Wicker Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Clamp Down on Hidden Oligarch Assets

Washington, D.C. - Today, United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Bill Cassidy (R-La.), and Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) introduced the bipartisan Kleptocrat Liability for Excessive Property Transactions and Ownership (KLEPTO) Act. The KLEPTO Act would expose the assets of oligarchs, kleptocrats, and international criminals hidden in the United States, strengthen U.S. anti-money laundering safeguards, and arm law enforcement with the information required … Continue Reading


April 08, 2022

Warren, Grassley Introduce New Bill to Increase Pressure on FDA to Issue Final Rule on Over-the-Counter Hearing Aids

Washington, D.C. — Today, United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) introduced new legislation that would require the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to issue a final rule regarding over-the-counter hearing aids. This legislation follows the FDA’s proposed rule implementing over-the-counter hearing aids in October 2021, which was issued more than a year after the statutory deadline and over four years after the law’s passage. This bill would … Continue Reading


April 08, 2022

At Hearing, Warren Highlights the IRS’s Ability to Implement President Biden’s Billionaire Income Tax Proposal and Calls for Additional IRS Funding

Washington, D.C. — During an exchange with the U.S. Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Charles Rettig, United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) stressed the administrability of the Billionaires Minimum Income Tax proposed in President Biden’s Budget. The Senator also expressed support for the $80 billion in IRS funding that the President and Congressional Democrats are calling for to turbocharge the agency’s ability to take on wealthy tax cheats and administer … Continue Reading


April 07, 2022

At Hearing, DoD Secretary Agrees with Senator Warren That the Proposed DoD Budget Should Not Increase By $90 to $400 Billion

Video of HearingWashington, D.C. - During a hearing of the Senate Committee on Armed Services, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) questioned Lloyd Austin III, the Secretary of the Department of Defense (DoD), and made the case for not increasing the DoD budget. Price gouging by defense contractors has been a problem for a long time. Senator Warren cited the biggest defense contractors spending $15.5 billion on net stock buybacks last year, the most of any year on record. CEOs are … Continue Reading


April 07, 2022

Warren, Assistant Speaker Clark, Smith Lead Over 100 Members of Congress in Calling on Biden Administration to Make Urgent Investments in Child Care

Washington, D.C. - Today, United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Assistant Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Katherine Clark (D-Mass.), and Senator Tina Smith (D-Minn.) led over 100 Members of Congress in a letter to President Joe Biden urging his administration to address the on-going child care crisis and realize his vision for a better America by investing in the child care sector. The Senators and Representatives are calling for urgent passage of President … Continue Reading


April 06, 2022

At Hearing, Warren Calls on Treasury and SEC to Close Loophole that Allows Oligarchs to Evade Sanctions and Threatens Financial System

Washington, D.C. - At a hearing of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) called for the Treasury Department and Securities and Exchange Commission to immediately close the loophole that exempts the $11 trillion private investment industry from “know your customer” requirements. The exemption allows Russian oligarchs to evade sanctions and continue doing business in the U.S. without scrutiny. The loophole for the private … Continue Reading


April 06, 2022

Warren, Schumer, Pressley, Padilla, Warnock, Omar, Jayapal, Clyburn Commend Biden-Harris Administration for Extending the Payment Pause and Urge President to Cancel Student Debt

Washington, D.C. - United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), Representative Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.), along with Senators Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.), and Representatives Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.), and House Majority Whip James E. Clyburn (D-S.C.) released a statement on an extension of the federal student loan payment pause:“Last week, we led nearly 100 Members of Congress in urging the President … Continue Reading


April 05, 2022

At Hearing, Warren Calls for Critical Investments in Child Care to Boost Economic Recovery, Increase Labor Force Participation, and Fight Inflation

Washington, D.C. - At a hearing of the Senate Finance Committee, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) reaffirmed the need for the United States to invest in child care to keep the country's economic recovery on track, increase labor force participation, and help fight inflation. During her exchange with Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra, the Secretary agreed with Senator Warren that without affordable child care, our economy “grinds to a halt,” highlighting the … Continue Reading


April 05, 2022

At Hearing on Insider Trading, Senator Warren Makes Case for Her Bipartisan Bill to Ban Members of Congress From Owning or Trading Stocks

Washington, D.C. — During a U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) made the case for her bill with Senator Steve Daines (R-Mont.), the Bipartisan Ban on Congressional Stock Ownership Act (S. 3631), which would ban Members of Congress and their spouses from owning and trading individual stocks. The legislation is the only bipartisan proposal in the Senate to prevent members of Congress from owning or trading stock. … Continue Reading


April 01, 2022

Warren, Markey, Colleagues Call for End of Dedicated-Docket Process in Immigration Court that Harms Asylum Seekers

Washington, D.C. - United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ed Markey (D-Mass.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Patty Murray (D-Wash.), and Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) sent a letter to the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), raising concerns about the dedicated-docket process in immigration court, and called on the Biden administration to halt the process until its shortcomings are addressed. The dedicated docket has overwhelmed immigration courts in … Continue Reading


April 01, 2022

ICYMI: At Hearing, Ambassador Tai Commits to Progressive, Worker-Centered Trade Policy

Video of Hearing (Senator Warren at 01:51:39)Washington, D.C. - In case you missed it, yesterday, during a hearing of the Senate Finance Committee, United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) showed support for Ambassador Katherine Tai, United States Trade Representative, and her progressive, worker-centered approach to trade policy. Ambassador Tai’s robust enforcement of labor standards recently helped lead to two large groups of employees in Mexico voting overwhelmingly for new … Continue Reading


April 01, 2022

ICYMI: At Hearing, Warren Urges Full Enforcement of Parity Laws Against Insurance Companies that Restrict Access to Behavioral Health Care

Video of Hearing (Senator Warren at 02:52)Washington, D.C. - In case you missed it, during a hearing of the Senate Finance Committee, United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) called out insurers for creating barriers to behavioral health care for patients in need and announced that she would reintroduce her Behavioral Health Coverage Transparency Act to randomly audit insurers, ensure compliance with federal parity laws, and simplify complaint processes for patients to report … Continue Reading


March 31, 2022

Warren, Menendez, Booker, Hirono, Schatz, 19 Colleagues Call for Accountability and Answers on Undercounting of Minority Communities in 2020 Census

Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), and Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), along with 19 Senate colleagues, called on Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo and Census Bureau Director Robert Santos to provide answers about the undercounting of minority communities in the 2020 Census and what the Census Bureau is doing to address the decades-long problem of undercounting minority communities across the … Continue Reading


March 31, 2022

At Hearing, Warren Blasts Wall Street for Buying Up Manufactured Home Communities, Trapping Tenants, and Worsening Housing Affordability Crisis for Seniors

Warren: “Congress needs to act to weaken the investors' grip on the housing market”Video of Hearing (Senator Warren at 01:33)Washington, D.C. - At a hearing of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) called out Wall Street’s role in worsening the housing affordability crisis for seniors by buying up manufactured home communities. Senator Warren called for Congress to loosen Wall Street’s grip on the housing market … Continue Reading


March 31, 2022

Warren, Sanders, Whitehouse, Booker Urge FTC Chair Lina Khan to Carefully Scrutinize Proposed Microsoft-Activision Merger and Its Impact on Workers

Washington, D.C. - United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Bernard Sanders (I-Vt.), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), and Cory Booker (D-N.J.) sent a letter to Federal Trade Commissioner (FTC) Chair Lina Khan raising concerns about the proposed Microsoft-Activision merger and requesting that the agency closely examine its impact on workers. This letter follows Microsoft’s recent announcement of its proposed $68.7 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard, a gaming company facing … Continue Reading


March 31, 2022

Warren to Biden Admin: Anticompetitive Behavior and Price Gouging in Automobile Sales and the Rental Car Industry Are Driving Up Costs For Consumers

Washington, D.C. - United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass), a member of the Senate Finance Committee, wrote two separate letters to the White House Competition Council and Lina Khan, Chair of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), regarding corporate profiteering in the automobile sales and rental industries. As Americans deal with record high prices throughout the economy, Senator Warren is calling out bad actors who are raising the prices of car rentals and sales to pad their … Continue Reading


March 31, 2022

Warren, Schumer, Pressley, Padilla, Warnock, Omar, Jayapal, Clyburn, Colleagues Urge Biden Administration to Extend the Payment Pause and Cancel Student Debt

Washington, D.C. - United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), Representative Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.), along with Senators Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.), and Representatives Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.), and House Majority Whip James E. Clyburn (D-S.C.) led a letter to President Joseph R. Biden urging the administration to act now to extend the pause on federally-held student loan payments until at … Continue Reading


March 31, 2022

Warren, Gallego, Heinrich, Cole Introduce Bicameral Bill to Increase Tribal Public Health Security and Preparedness

Washington, D.C. - United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Representative Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.), Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), and Representative Tom Cole (R-Okla.) introduced the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Tribal Public Health Security and Preparedness Act, legislation that would ensure tribal nations have equal access to funding through the CDC to prepare for public health emergencies. Currently, tribal nations are not eligible to apply for the … Continue Reading

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