Press Releases
Warren and Hawley Introduce Airport Gate Competition Act to Increase Competition, Lower Airline Prices
Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) introduced the bipartisan Airport Gate Competition Act, which will increase competition in the airline industry and lower prices for consumers by increasing the number of common use gates in airports. The U.S. airline industry today is dominated by five major players, which have acquired or merged with 42 other airlines since 1960. One of the reasons smaller low-cost airlines have difficulty competing … Continue Reading
May 06, 2024
Warren, Garcia Reintroduce BUILD GREEN Act to Electrify and Modernize the Nation’s Transportation Infrastructure
Washington, D.C. - Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Congressman Robert Garcia (D-Calif.) reintroduced the BUILD GREEN Infrastructure and Jobs Act, which would authorize the U.S. Department of Transportation to distribute $500 billion over ten years to electrify and modernize public vehicles and rail and build new electric transportation infrastructure across the country. This funding would be available under President Biden’s Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and Inflation … Continue Reading
May 06, 2024
Warren Raises National Security Concerns, Calls on DoD to Hold SpaceX Accountable for Use of Starlink by Russia, Other Sanctioned U.S. Adversaries
Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) wrote to the Department of Defense (DoD), following a deeply troubling Wall Street Journal investigation revealing that Starlink, a satellite-internet service and subsidiary of DoD contractor SpaceX, is being used by Russia and other sanctioned U.S. adversaries, and concerns that the company has not taken appropriate action to stop this illicit activity. Senator Warren is calling on the DoD to ensure that DoD contractors are held … Continue Reading
May 06, 2024
Senator Warren Statement on Steward Health Care’s Bankruptcy
Boston, MA — Today, United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) released the following statement regarding Steward Health Care’s bankruptcy: “Steward Health Care’s bankruptcy is a direct consequence of Wall Street private equity vultures looting our health care system. My first priority is keeping these Massachusetts hospitals open, protecting patients, and supporting frontline health care workers. The next step should be a serious reexamination of whether we should allow private equity … Continue Reading
May 06, 2024
Warren, Lawmakers Call out Hypocrisy of Nation’s Largest Public, For-Profit Nursing Homes for Opposing New Biden Admin Staffing Rule While Spending Millions Enriching Executives and Shareholders
Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), along with U.S. Representatives Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas) and Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.) sent letters to three of the largest public, for-profit nursing homes in the country — Brookdale Senior Living, Ensign Group, and National HealthCare Corporation — highlighting the discrepancy between their opposition to a Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) proposal to set minimum … Continue Reading
May 03, 2024
ICYMI: At Hearing, Warren Calls Out Food Industry for Price Gouging, Urges Action to Combat Unfair Pricing Practices
Washington, D.C. — At a hearing of the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, & Urban Affairs, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) questioned Mr. Bilal Baydoun, Director of Policy & Research for Groundwork Collaborative, and Dr. Alí R. Bustamante, Director of the Worker Power and Economic Security Program for the Roosevelt Institute, on the impact of unfair corporate pricing practices in the food sector on costs, product quality, and the well-being of American families. The … Continue Reading
May 02, 2024
At Hearing, Warren Calls for Applying Strong Anti-Money Laundering Protections to Cryptocurrency to Shut Down Financing for U.S. Adversaries and Terrorist Groups
Washington, D.C. - At a hearing of the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee Senator Elizabeth Warren highlighted the national security threat posed by not properly regulating cryptocurrencies, including the inadvertent funding of rogue nations. Senator Warren highlighted that without proper anti-money laundering regulations, bad actors are using crypto to evade U.S. sanctions, and that those actors are making hundreds of millions of dollars annually by acting as middlemen in the growing … Continue Reading
May 02, 2024
Warren, Hawley File Bipartisan Amendment to Protect Biden Admin’s Rule to Guarantee Automatic Refunds for Cancelled or Delayed Flights
Washington, D.C. -- Today, U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) filed a bipartisan amendment to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Reauthorization Act of 2024 to ensure consumers’ right to an automatic refund if an airline cancels or significantly delays their flight. Senator Warren’s and Hawley’s bipartisan amendment would crack down on burdensome corporate processes put in place to maximize airlines’ profits and protect the Biden administration’s rule to … Continue Reading
May 02, 2024
ICYMI: Chairing Personnel Subcommittee, Warren Highlights DoD Drug Quality and Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Risks, Overreliance on Foreign Manufacturers and its Impact on Service Member Health
Senator Warren announced plans to introduce the Keep DoD’s Drug Supply Secure Act to direct DoD to manufacture drugs, devices, vaccines, and other medical products when there is a risk of shortage or quality concerns. Video of Hearing Washington, D.C. — Yesterday, chairing a hearing of the U.S. Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Personnel, Senator Warren questioned officials from the Department of Defense (DoD) and other experts on efforts to ensure service members are receiving safe, … Continue Reading
May 01, 2024
Warren, Carper, Kaine, Davis Urge the Release of Data From Defense Department’s Postsecondary Education Complaint System
Washington, D.C. - Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Chair of the Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Personnel, Tom Carper (D-Del.), a U.S. Navy veteran and the last Vietnam War veteran serving in the United States Senate, Tim Kaine (D-Va.), a member of the Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Personnel, and Representative Don Davis (D-N.C.), a member of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Military Personnel, are calling on the Department of Defense (DoD) to release data on the … Continue Reading
May 01, 2024
At Hearing, Warren Blasts UnitedHealth CEO for Monopolistic Practices that Raise Prices, Stomp Out Competition, and Harm Patients
Washington, D.C. — At a hearing of the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) questioned Andrew Witty, Chief Executive Officer for UnitedHealth Group, about how the conglomerate leverages its market power to raise prices, increase payments it receives from Medicare Advantage through tactics like upcoding, and evade federal regulations that restrict insurance company profits. The hearing comes after, earlier this week, Senator Warren wrote to the Securities … Continue Reading
May 01, 2024
Warren, Healey Statements on Student Debt Relief for Over 3,500 Massachusetts Student Loan Borrowers Defrauded by Art Institutes
Boston, MA - Today, United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey released the following statements regarding the Biden Administration’s approval of student loan discharge for 317,000 borrowers who attended The Art Institutes, including over 3,500 borrowers in Massachusetts: “For years, the Art Institutes and EDMC lied to students. In 2015, I called on the Department of Education and the Department of Justice to hold EDMC accountable for its shady … Continue Reading
April 30, 2024
Chairing Hearing, Warren Calls for Action to Address Drug Shortages, Guarantee Reliable, High Quality Care for Service Members and Their Families
Washington, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), chair of the Armed Services Subcommittee on Personnel, led a hearing on the Department of Defense’s (DoD) efforts to ensure service members are receiving safe, effective medicines. Senator Warren, in her opening statement, expressed concern that DoD’s overreliance on foreign drug manufacturers may pose risks to DoD’s pharmaceutical supply chains and affect quality of care for service members. Senator Warren highlighted that … Continue Reading
April 30, 2024
Warren Reveals Insurer’s Use of Hidden Kickbacks, Slams 15 Largest Annuity Companies for Opposition to New Retirement Security Rule
Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) wrote to the country’s 15 largest annuity companies, criticizing their opposition to the Department of Labor’s (DOL) Retirement Security Rule and revealing their use of secretive incentives and perks to agents in return for steering consumers toward their products. The recipients include: Allianz Life Insurance, Athene Annuity Life, Brighthouse Financial, Corebridge Financial, Equitable Financial Life Insurance Company, Fidelity … Continue Reading
April 30, 2024
After Massive Change Healthcare Cyber Attack, Warren, Cassidy, Blumenthal Urge Cybersecurity Agency to Crack Down on Crypto-Facilitated Ransomware Attacks Millions of Patients, Healthcare Providers Affected by Payment Disruptions
Washington, D.C. - Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Bill Cassidy (R-La.), and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) wrote to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) urging an assessment of the cybersecurity landscape leading up to, and after, the Change Healthcare cyberattack. Earlier this year, Russian-linked cybercriminal group ALPHV Black Cat conducted a ransomware attack on Change Healthcare, the payment platform for UnitedHealth Group’s Optum. This attack, in which the … Continue Reading
April 30, 2024
Warren, Markey, Auchincloss, and 13 House Members Urge SEC to Open Investigation into UnitedHealth Executives’ Insider Trading Concerns
Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), along with U.S. Representative Jake Auchincloss (D-Mass.), sent a letter to Securities & Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler, urging him to open an insider trading investigation into stock trading by executives at UnitedHealth Group (UnitedHealth). The letter follows reporting from Bloomberg News which revealed that four top executives at UnitedHealth had sold a combined $101.5 million in company … Continue Reading
April 30, 2024
Warren, MA Delegation Urge Secretary of the Air Force to Locate New Information Dominance Systems Center at Hanscom Air Force Base
Boston, MA — United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, along with all the members of the Massachusetts delegation, sent a letter to Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall and to the Chief of Staff to the Air Force General David Wayne Allvin writing in support of the newly announced Information Dominance Systems Center within Air Force Material Command being located at Hanscom Air Force Base (AFB) in Massachusetts. “We urge you to … Continue Reading
April 29, 2024
After Senator Warren's Hearing, Department of Education Transfers Accounts Away From Student Loan Servicer MOHELA
Washington, D.C. - Today, in response to the Department of Education’s announcement that they will transfer student loan borrower accounts away from MOHELA, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) released the following statement: “Less than three weeks after I led a Senate hearing on MOHELA's failures, the Education Department is taking critical action to protect student loan borrowers. After more than tripling in size in the past few years, MOHELA has repeatedly shown that it is incapable … Continue Reading
April 29, 2024
Warren and Marshall Send Bipartisan Letter to Biden Admin for Info to Stop Russian Use of Crypto in Evading Sanctions, Fueling Weapons Program
Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Roger Marshall (R-Kan.) sent a bipartisan letter to Secretary of Defense, Lloyd Austin, Secretary of Treasury, Janet Yellen, Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence, Brian Nelson, National Security Advisor, Jake Sullivan, and FinCEN Director, Andrea Gacki, to relay their concerns about Russia’s use of crypto to evade sanctions and build their war machine, and to push the administration for information on … Continue Reading
April 26, 2024
Warren, Bipartisan Coalition of Lawmakers Demand Explanation from Frontwave Credit Union for Exploitative Overdraft Fees Targeting Marine Recruits
Washington, D.C. - Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), JD Vance (R-Ohio), Laphonza Butler (D-Calif.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), and Representative Sara Jacobs (D-CA) wrote to Frontwave Credit Union, demanding an explanation for its exploitative overdraft fees targeting Marine recruits. This letter follows an investigation from KPBS earlier this year exposing Frontwave’s predatory … Continue Reading
