Press Releases
Warren’s Advice to Worcester State Graduates: Embrace Change
“[W]e need people who can change plans. People who can fight for themselves and fight for others. Resilient people…people who take any situation - no matter how hard - and fight to make things better.” “I have high hopes for every one of you…You’ve earned your place here today. You’ve shown up, you’ve done the work, you’ve stuck it out, you’ve pushed yourself, and, best of all, you’ve graduated. That’s something to be proud of.” Boston, MA — U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) joined … Continue Reading
May 19, 2025
In New Video, Sen. Warren, Constituent Reunite to Underscore How Republicans’ Massive Health Care Cuts Will Hurt Families
Liam Barry, constituent: “I can’t believe I’m reading this letter 8 years later, still fighting for my mom to have health care. Cutting Medicaid will affect millions of American families just like mine, Republican and Democrat alike.” Warren: “[T]his is a righteous fight. Back in 2017, we stopped them from ending health care for millions of people, we can do it again.” Watch on YouTube Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) released a new video underscoring how … Continue Reading
May 16, 2025
Warren Statement on New SSA Phone Policy Walkback
Washington, D.C. - Following new reporting revealing that the Social Security Administration (SSA) changed its policy of holding benefit claims made over the phone for days to check for “fraud” — which was causing a "degradation of public service” — U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) released the following statement: “We sounded the alarm on Elon Musk and DOGE’s fake fraud claims — and now, the Social Security Administration is changing its policy that’s slowing down retirement claim … Continue Reading
May 16, 2025
Warren, Wyden, Gillibrand Press Social Security Head on Plans to Strip Employees of Civil Service Protections, Pave Way for Mass Firings
Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ranking Member of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), Ranking Member on the Senate Aging Committee, pressed new Commissioner of the Social Security Administration Frank Bisignano on reported plans to recategorize thousands of workers as Schedule F “policy-making” employees. The move, which is set to impact … Continue Reading
May 16, 2025
ICYMI: At Hearing, Warren Stresses Importance of Right-to-Repair, Highlights How Restrictions Limit International Cooperation
Washington, D.C. - At a hearing of the Senate Armed Services Committee, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) uplifted how right-to-repair can help the U.S. military and allied forces promote innovation and reduce costs. As Senator Warren explained, the Department of Defense (DoD) spends billions of dollars buying equipment, but contractors impose repair restrictions preventing servicemembers from fixing their weapons, even in the middle of dangerous missions, and often at the expense of … Continue Reading
May 15, 2025
In Speech to National Urban League, Warren Calls Out Republican Plans to Shortchange American Families to Pay for Billionaire Tax Cuts
“If they win, the billionaires don’t just become wealthier—the rest of us lose out big time in investments we never make. Investments to fix our roads and bridges. Investments to make child care affordable so parents can get to work.” Washington, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) delivered remarks at the National Urban League’s 2025 Empowerment Summit, laying out the stakes of the tax fight in front of Congress. Senator Warren called out Republicans’ plans to give … Continue Reading
May 15, 2025
New Social Security Data Reveals Musk, DOGE Lied in Claims of Social Security Fraud
Washington, D.C. — According to new reporting by NextGov, after the Social Security Administration (SSA) installed new anti-fraud checks for claims made over the phone, the agency has only found two cases of potential fraud, out of over 110,000 new cases. As a result, SSA is now considering walking back the new anti-fraud rules. The new anti-fraud checks have reportedly slowed retirement claim processing by 25% and, according to an internal memo obtained by NextGov, led to a “degradation of … Continue Reading
May 15, 2025
Warren, Wyden, Whitehouse Press Seven Companies on Questionable Donations To IRS Nominee Billy Long’s Defunct Campaigns
Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Finance Committee, Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Chair of the Senate Finance Committee, and Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), also a member of the Senate Finance Committee, wrote to seven companies, detailing their concerns with unusually timed contributions made to the defunct 2022 Senate campaign committee of Billy Long shortly after he was nominated to serve as the next Commissioner of the Internal Revenue … Continue Reading
May 15, 2025
Warren, Schmitt Renew Bipartisan Fight for More Competition in Pentagon’s AI and Cloud Contracting
Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.) reintroduced the bipartisan, bicameral Protecting AI and Cloud Competition in Defense Act to ensure that the Department of Defense (DoD)’s contracting for artificial intelligence (AI) and cloud computing tools prioritizes resiliency and competition. The bill reins in Big Tech monopolies and prevents them from cutting out competitors in the AI and cloud computing markets. Representatives Sara Jacobs … Continue Reading
May 14, 2025
At Senate Spotlight Forum, Warren, Senators Rip McMahon’s Cuts to Education Department and Trump’s “Big, Beautiful Bill”
Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (BHUA), led a Senate forum entitled “Stealing the American Dream: How Trump and Republicans Are Raising Education Costs for Families,” highlighting the consequences of Secretary Linda McMahon’s reckless dismantling of the Department of Education (ED) and President Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” for working- and middle-class students and borrowers. In her … Continue Reading
May 14, 2025
Warren, Gallego, Whitehouse, Booker, DeLauro, Colleagues Demand FTC Stop Corporations from Using Trump’s Tariffs as an Excuse to Price Gouge Americans
Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) joined Senators Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), and Representative Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.), along with 31 of their Senate and House colleagues, in demanding the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) investigate which large companies are using the Trump Administration’s tariff policies - and the confusion surrounding them - as an excuse to raise prices in excess of actual cost increases, and to … Continue Reading
May 14, 2025
At Spotlight Forum, Warren Slams Trump, McMahon’s Attacks on Public Education, Invites Americans to Share Stories for Meeting with McMahon
Warren: “At a time when college costs are already too high—when the American Dream is out of reach for too many—President Trump and Congressional Republicans are making it harder for working-class families to get ahead.” Forum Livestream Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (BHUA), delivered opening remarks at a spotlight forum entitled “Stealing the American Dream: How Trump and Republicans … Continue Reading
May 14, 2025
Warren, Warner, Shaheen, Lawmakers Push for Corruption Investigation Into Trump Administration Favors for Elon Musk’s Starlink
Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ranking Member of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, Mark Warner (D-Va.), Vice Chairman of the Select Committee on Intelligence, and Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, led members in pushing for a new investigation into potential corruption related to the Trump Administration’s use of trade negotiations with foreign governments to benefit Elon Musk’s … Continue Reading
May 13, 2025
Warren Accepts Secretary McMahon’s Meeting Invitation
Washington, D.C. - Today, Department of Education (ED) Secretary Linda McMahon declined U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren’s invitation to appear at a Senate forum and asked to meet with Senator Warren instead. In response, Senator Warren released the following statement: “If Secretary McMahon doesn’t have the courage to face the parents, teachers, and students hurt by her actions to destroy public education, I’ll bring their questions to her. I look forward to meeting with Secretary … Continue Reading
May 13, 2025
Warren Demands Health and Human Services Nominee Erase Ethics Conflicts with Pharmaceutical, Biotech Companies
Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) wrote to Mr. James O’Neill, nominee for Deputy Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), asking him to recuse himself from matters involving companies he has worked with, given many of those companies may seek the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) regulatory approval during his tenure. Senator Warren also asked Mr. O’Neill to commit not to take a job in the industries regulated by HHS for at least four years … Continue Reading
May 12, 2025
Warren, DeLauro Push for Congressional Trade Transparency, Warn of Trump Admin Corruption
Washington, D.C. - Today, Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Representative Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.) wrote to Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick, Secretary of Treasury Scott Bessent, and U.S. Trade Representative Ambassador Jamieson Greer, calling out the Trump administration for withholding information on its supposedly ongoing bilateral “negotiations” from Congress—who retains the Constitutional authority to “regulate commerce with foreign nations.” “The Trump administration’s chaotic … Continue Reading
May 12, 2025
Warren, Booker, Nadler Press Pepsi on Potentially Illegal Price Discrimination Against Small, Independently-Owned Grocery Stores
Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Cory Booker (D-N.J.), along with Representative Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.) wrote to Ramon Laguarta, CEO of PepsiCo, Inc. (Pepsi) demanding an explanation for the company’s potentially illegal price discrimination against small and independent grocery stores. The lawmakers are the top Democrats on the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy, and Consumer … Continue Reading
May 12, 2025
TRANSCOM Reveals 30+ Missions to Guantanamo Bay, Costing Over $20 Million since January 2025, In Break from Precedent
Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren released responses she received from the United States Transportation Command (TRANSCOM), one of the commands of the Department of Defense (DoD), regarding its role in sending passengers and cargo to the U.S. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay. The responses from TRANSCOM revealed: “USTRANSCOM conducted 31 military and contract airlift missions to the U.S. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay between January 20, 2025, and March 25, 2025. These … Continue Reading
May 09, 2025
In Response to Warren, Pentagon Reveals Pattern of Incompetence in Child Care Oversight
Washington, D.C. — In a response to U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren’s (D-Mass.) letter to the Department of Defense (DoD) demanding clarity on the department’s plans to address allegations of child abuse in its Child Development Centers (CDCs), DoD revealed a pattern of incompetence its oversight of child care services. In April 2024, Military.com reported the stories of nearly a dozen military families whose children were abused in CDCs and faced problems obtaining any information from the … Continue Reading
May 09, 2025
Warren, Markey, Pressley, McGovern Statement on Court’s Decision to Release Rümeysa Öztürk
Washington, D.C. - Following reports that the United States District Court for the District of Vermont granted bail to Rümeysa Öztürk and directed the Trump administration to release her from detention, U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Representatives Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) and Jim McGovern (MA-02) released the following statement: “We are relieved that Rümeysa has finally been ordered released. Let us be clear: Rümeysa should have never been … Continue Reading