Press Releases
After Warren Secured Commitment From SSA Head, Social Security Inspector General Moves Forward with “Expedited” Data Audit
Washington, D.C. - After U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) secured a commitment from Social Security Administration (SSA) Commissioner Frank Bisignano to fully cooperate with an independent Inspector General (IG) audit of Social Security service data and metrics, the Acting SSA IG, in a letter to Sen. Warren, confirmed the formal launch of the investigation. The IG audit is the first watchdog investigation into the SSA’s misleading public data. “SSA OIG['s] expectation is we will be … Continue Reading
September 02, 2025
Warren on Court Ruling to Address Google’s Illegal Search Monopoly
Washington, D.C. — Following a new D.C. District Court ruling in the landmark antitrust case involving Google, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) released the following statement:“The court previously ruled that Google’s search business is an illegal monopoly, but now the judge’s remedies fail to hold Google accountable for breaking the law. Instead of restoring competition and ending Google’s dominance, this ruling is a slap on the wrist for unlawful behavior that warranted the breakup … Continue Reading
August 29, 2025
Warren on Trump’s Illegal Pocket Recissions Play
Washington, D.C. - Following news that Donald Trump plans to use the illegal “pocket recissions” tactic to claw back roughly $5 billion in congressionally-approved funding for foreign aid programs, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) released the following statement: “After slashing health care for millions of Americans to finance tax handouts for billionaires, Donald Trump and Republicans are now trying to illegally rip away bipartisan funding approved by Congress. Today, the wannabe … Continue Reading
August 28, 2025
Warren Hosts Press Conference and Roundtable with MA Mayors on Landmark Bipartisan Housing Legislation
“[This bill] is a statement that the federal government is committed to being a good partner to the towns that are trying to build more housing.” Video of Press Conference Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ranking Member of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, sat down for a roundtable discussion on the bipartisan Renewing Opportunity in the American Dream (ROAD) to Housing Act with mayors from across Massachusetts. Following the … Continue Reading
August 28, 2025
Warren, Nadler, Dozens of Senate, House Lawmakers Open New Investigation Into Trump Administration’s Retreat from Enforcement of Corruption Laws
Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Representative Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) opened a new investigation into the Trump administration’s gutting of the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) teams that investigate public corruption. “By shuttering the public corruption work of both the FBI and DOJ, you and President Trump are giving the green light to would-be lawbreakers. This is just part of the Trump Administration’s creation … Continue Reading
August 28, 2025
Warren Publishes New Joint Tax Committee Analysis: Big, Beautiful Bill to Deliver $67 Billion in Retroactive Tax Breaks to Companies Next Year
Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Finance Committee, published a new analysis from the nonpartisan Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) revealing that President Trump’s “Big, Beautiful Bill” will deliver $67 billion in retroactive tax breaks to corporations in 2026. The JCT analysis comes in response to a June 2025 request from Senator Warren for information on Republicans’ legislation to effectively expand the size of tax breaks that corporations … Continue Reading
August 26, 2025
Warren, Senators Demand Answers on ED’s Dismantling of Student Aid Customer Service
Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) led Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) in sending a follow-up letter to Education Secretary Linda McMahon condemning the Department of Education (ED) for deliberately hiding the “Submit a Complaint” button on the Office of Federal Student Aid’s (FSA) website, firing employees responsible for providing customer service to borrowers and families, and … Continue Reading
August 22, 2025
Warren, Wyden, Durbin, Senate Democrats Slam Social Security Administration for Disabling Lawfully-Obtained Social Security Numbers
Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) joined Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), and six Senate Democrats in demanding answers over reports that the Trump administration is deeming thousands of Social Security Numbers (SSN) fraudulent in its continued effort to push immigrants out of the country. Prior administrations used the Social Security Administration (SSA) database to assist … Continue Reading
August 22, 2025
Warren Releases New Data: More Massachusetts Residents At Risk of Losing Health Care, Food Assistance Under Republican Cuts
Bill threatens Medicaid coverage for nearly 350,000 Massachusetts residents and food assistance for 104,000 people Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) released new data from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP), estimating that Republicans’ “Big, Beautiful Bill” threatens Medicaid coverage for nearly 350,000 Massachusetts residents, cuts food assistance for 104,000 residents, raises health care premium costs, and increases energy costs by nearly $300 a year … Continue Reading
August 08, 2025
Warren, Kelly, Padilla, Correa, Goldman Lead Push for Homeland Security Department to Investigate Arrests, Detention, and Deportation of U.S. Citizens
Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), and Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.), along with Representatives Lou Correa (D-Calif.) and Dan Goldman (D-N.Y.) led 48 Congressional Democrats in writing to the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG), Office of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, and Office of the Immigration Detention Ombudsman, urging them to launch an investigation into the Department’s stops, arrests, detentions, and … Continue Reading
August 07, 2025
Wyden and Warren Launch Major Investigation Into UnitedHealth Nursing Home Practices
Washington, D.C. - Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, launched an investigation of UnitedHealth Group’s (UHG) cost-cutting tactics in nursing homes after reports that these business practices have resulted in harm to the health and safety of vulnerable seniors and people with disabilities. The investigation follows reports that residents in UHG-contracted nursing homes have experienced delays in hospitalization that may … Continue Reading
August 07, 2025
ED Secretary McMahon Reveals Massive Backlog of Unresolved Complaints From Students and Borrowers, Warren Presses for More Answers on Trump’s Attacks on Public Education
Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) publicly released Secretary of Education Linda McMahon’s response to the senator’s 60+ questions, sent in advance of the June meeting between McMahon and Warren, regarding the Department of Education’s (ED)’s relentless war on students. Calling McMahon’s response “severely lacking,” Senator Warren pressed for additional information from Secretary McMahon and announced that she would refer certain matters where the Department has … Continue Reading
August 07, 2025
Warren, Sanders, Wyden, Welch Warn Google and YouTube CEOs Against Breaking Anti-Bribery Laws in Potential Settlement with Trump Administration
Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), and Peter Welch (D-Vt.) wrote to Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google, and Neal Mohan, CEO of YouTube, expressing concern that the companies may try to settle a lawsuit brought by President Trump in exchange for favorable treatment from the Trump administration. The senators warn that this could violate federal anti-bribery laws and related state laws such as California’s Unfair Competition … Continue Reading
August 07, 2025
Warren, Blumenthal, Garcia Launch Investigation into DOGE Employees Embedding Into Top Government Roles
Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), along with Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Representative Robert Garcia (D-Calif.), wrote to the Office of Personnel and Management (OPM) Director Scott Kupor and Office of Management and Budget Director Rusell Vought, demanding answers about the extent to which Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) employees have been appointed to key positions across government agencies and to help determine whether the conversion of … Continue Reading
August 07, 2025
Warren, Garamendi, Congressional Leaders Demand Air Force Provide Details on Qatari Jet Funding
Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), Ed Markey (D-Mass.), Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), along with Representatives John Garamendi (D-Calif.) and Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), sent a letter to Air Force Secretary Troy Meink, demanding that the Air Force provide details on using funding from the Sentinel nuclear program to pay for retrofits for the luxury jet Qatar is giving President Trump. “We write with concerns about how the Air Force is managing nuclear … Continue Reading
August 07, 2025
Warren, Blumenthal, Garcia Launch Investigation into DOGE Employees Embedding Into Top Government Roles
Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), along with Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Representative Robert Garcia (D-Calif.), wrote to the Office of Personnel and Management (OPM) Director Scott Kupor and Office of Management and Budget Director Rusell Vought, demanding answers about the extent to which Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) employees have been appointed to key positions across government agencies and to help determine whether the conversion of … Continue Reading
August 06, 2025
Warren Warns Dick’s Sporting Goods’ Acquisition of Foot Locker Could Raise Back-To-School Prices for Families, Threaten Workers and Small Businesses
Washington, D.C. — Following Dick’s Sporting Goods’ (Dick’s) renewing its attempt to buy Foot Locker, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) wrote to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division, sounding the alarm about the deal’s potential to create a sporting goods giant, potentially leading to higher prices for consumers and urging the regulators to block the deal if they find it violates antitrust laws. “The combination of Dick’s Sporting Goods … Continue Reading
August 05, 2025
Warren, Members of Congress Sound the Alarm on Potential Trump Corruption Using New Cell Phone Venture
Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) led Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), and Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), along with Representatives Doris Matsui (D-Calif.) and Greg Casar (D-Texas), in writing to federal agencies to ask how they plan to mitigate potential conflicts of interest involving the new wireless service offered by Trump Mobile. President Trump stands to reap profit from Trump Mobile, while as President he has significant influence over … Continue Reading
August 04, 2025
Warren, Sanders, Schumer, Lawmakers Press Private Student Loan Lenders on Plans for Borrowers After Republicans Slash Access to Federal Loans
Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) led eight Senators in pressing major private student loan lenders on their plans to serve the incoming surge of borrowers who will be pushed to the industry because of Republicans’ recently passed “Big, Beautiful Bill.” The legislation, in addition to stripping health insurance and food assistance from millions of Americans, will also hurt families by drastically cutting access to federal student loans, driving families towards more … Continue Reading
August 01, 2025
Warren, Coons Statement on Trump Administration Ending Direct File
Washington, D.C. - Following Trump IRS Commissioner Billy Long reportedly confirming that Direct File is “gone,” U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren, Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs and member of the Senate Committee on Finance, and Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) released the following statement: “President Trump’s tax policy makes life richer for billionaires and harder for just about everyone else. The Trump administration ending Direct File will make … Continue Reading