Press Releases

October 06, 2020

Warren Joins Tester, Colleagues in Urging VA Take a “Proactive Role” in Ensuring Quality Care at State Veterans Homes

Washington, D.C. — United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) joined Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee Ranking Member Jon Tester (D-Mont.), along with Senators Brian Schatz (D-Hawai’i), Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), and Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawai’i), in calling on the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to step up its monitoring and support of these long-term care facilities, to better protect the health and lives of veterans—especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. Their letter follows … Continue Reading


October 06, 2020

Warren, Feinstein, Capito, Clark, Stivers Call Out DEA's "Foot-Dragging" on Critical Regulations to Combat the Opioid Crisis

Washington, DC - A bipartisan group of lawmakers including United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Congresswoman Katherine Clark (D-Mass.), and Congressman Steve Stivers (R-Ohio) are again calling on the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to finalize "partial fill" regulations as … Continue Reading


October 05, 2020

Senate Democrats Release New Report Detailing How Supreme Court Nominee Could Escalate Corporate Takeover of Our Judiciary

 Washington, DC - United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Jack Reed (D-R.I.), and Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) released a new report detailing how President Donald Trump's nominee to the Supreme Court could solidify  the corporate capture of our courts. The report highlights how The Roberts Five - the five-justice Republican majority led by Chief Justice Roberts  - and President Donald … Continue Reading


October 05, 2020

Warren, Durbin to Federal Prisons Authorities: Take Urgent Action to Contain Further Spread of COVID-19 in Federal Prisons

Washington, DC - United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) are urging the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) to act promptly to reduce the rapid spread of COVID-19 in federal facilities by adopting a public health-driven approach to managing the novel coronavirus, including releasing eligible individuals to home confinement and adopting appropriate and humane procedures to medically isolate or … Continue Reading


October 02, 2020

Senator Warren Statement on President Trump's Positive COVID-19 Diagnosis

Washington, DC - United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) released the following statement on President Donald Trump's and First Lady Melania Trump's positive COVID-19 diagnosis: "The COVID-19 pandemic has inflicted pain on millions of families across the country. My thoughts are with the President, First Lady, White House staff, and anyone else who may have come into contact with the President, and I wish them all a quick and safe recovery."My thoughts are also with millions of other … Continue Reading


October 01, 2020

At Warren and Schatz Request, Independent Watchdog Agrees to Review of Systemic Racism Against Employees and Veterans in the Department of Veterans Affairs

Response from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) hereSenators' initial request to GAO here Washington, DC - At the request of United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Brian Schatz (D-Hawai'i), Ranking Member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) has agreed to conduct an independent audit of the culture, policies, and practices of the U.S. Department of … Continue Reading


October 01, 2020

Warren, Barragán, Booker Introduce Legislation to Require Weekly COVID-19 Testing, Data Collection, and Robust COVID-19 Prevention Standards in Federal Prisons

One Pager | Bill TextWashington, D.C. -- Today, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Congresswoman Nannette Diaz Barragán (D-Calif.), and Senator Cory Booker (D-N.J.), a member of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, introduced a bill to address the shortcomings of the federal prison system's response to COVID-19. The Federal Correctional Facilities COVID-19 Response Act would require federal correctional facilities to conduct free, weekly COVID-19 surveillance testing for … Continue Reading


October 01, 2020

ICYMI: Warren Publishes Op-Ed: Opioid epidemic did not pause for COVID-19

Op-Ed in the Dorchester Reporter Washington, DC -- United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) today published an op-ed in the Dorchester Reporter pushing for Congress to pass the Comprehensive Addiction Resources Emergency (CARE) Act to end the opioid crisis and address its disproportionate impact on people of color. Read the full op-ed here. Key sections below.Long before the first COVID-19 case was confirmed in the United States, the country was already battling another … Continue Reading


October 01, 2020

Warren Releases Troubling New Details on Wells Fargo Putting Borrowers Into Forbearance Without Their Consent During COVID-19 Pandemic

Text of Letter | Wells Fargo DocumentsWashington, DC - United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Banking Committee, obtained and released new details and documents on Wells Fargo's dangerous practice of entering borrowers into forbearance without their consent amidst one of the worst economic downturns in history. The lawmaker released the new information in a letter to Federal Reserve (Fed) Chair Powell, noting that these practices again reveal a … Continue Reading


September 29, 2020

Warren, Haaland Introduce Bill to Seek Healing for Stolen Native Children and Their Communities

One Pager | Bill Text | Endorsement ListWashington, D.C. -- Today, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Congresswoman Deb Haaland (D-N.M.) introduced a bill that seeks healing for stolen Native children and their communities. The Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policy in the United States Act would establish the first formal commission in United States history to investigate, document, and acknowledge past injustices of the federal government's cultural … Continue Reading


September 29, 2020

Senator Warren: I Will Not Be Meeting with Donald Trump's Supreme Court Nominee

Washington, DC - United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) released the following statement: "I will not be meeting with Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee. I will not lend legitimacy to Mitch McConnell's efforts to steal another Supreme Court seat. The nominee has already made it clear that she will try to deliver a death blow to health care coverage for millions of Americans and to erase protection for people with pre-existing conditions. She's an extremist who was picked to … Continue Reading


September 29, 2020

Trump COVID-19 Watch

Washington, DC - Elizabeth Warren is continuing her oversight of the Trump Administration's COVID-19 response. More than 200,000 Americans have died, over 7 million cases have been confirmed, and unemployment rates remain at the highest levels in decades. President Donald Trump's failure to lead has allowed the virus to spread and put millions of Americans' lives and livelihoods at risk. Senator Warren and Representative Khanna, members of the Senate and House Armed Services … Continue Reading


September 29, 2020

ICYMI: Senator Warren Fast Company Op-ed: Business Roundtable declaration "was just an empty publicity stunt"

Read the op-ed here Washington, DC - United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) published an op-ed today in Fast Company calling out how the Business Roundtable's big, splashy announcement last year to serve all stakeholders, including workers, consumers, and the communities in which they operate, was nothing but an empty publicity stunt. Earlier this month, Senator Warren sent a letter to the Business Roundtable criticizing them and their member CEOs for their failure to honor … Continue Reading


September 26, 2020

Senator Warren on the Nomination of Amy Coney Barrett

Washington, DC - United States Senator Elizabeth Warren said the following on Donald Trump's nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court:Elizabeth Warren @SenWarren The name of Trump's illegitimate Supreme Court nominee in many ways doesn’t matter. We know exactly what that person is being picked to do: complete a decades-long assault on our judiciary by billionaires and giant corporations to tilt the courts for the rich and powerful. Elizabeth Warren @SenWarren Trump made a bargain … Continue Reading


September 25, 2020

Warren, Khanna Call for Independent Watchdog Investigation of Pentagon Funneling Hundreds of Millions of Dollars of COVID-19 CARES Act Funds to Defense Contractors

Washington, DC - United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Member of Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), and Representative Ro Khanna (D-Calif.), Member of the House Armed Services and Oversight and Reform Committees, formally requested that the Department of Defense (DoD) Inspector General (IG) investigate reports that the Pentagon redirected hundreds of millions of dollars of funds meant for COVID-19 response via the Defense Production Act (DPA) to defense contractors for … Continue Reading


September 24, 2020

Warren, DeLauro, Pocan, Lee Press NLRB on Members' Conflicts of Interest, Seek Clarity and Transparency of the Board's Ethics Recusal Requirements

Washington, DC - United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), U.S House Subcommittee on Labor, Health, and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Chairwoman Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.), Congressman Mark Pocan (D-Wis.), and Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-Calif.), sent a follow-up letter to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) raising new questions about the Board's ethics policies, and requesting that the Board provide clarity and transparency regarding revisions to agency … Continue Reading


September 24, 2020

At Banking Hearing, Warren to Fed Chair: Step Up and Use Your Tools to Address Racial Disparities

Senator Elizabeth Warren: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The pandemic and the recession it created have hit communities of color the hardest, and I've said before that I believe that we need a policy response that acknowledges that.But it is equally important to recognize that racial inequality was amplified by the pandemic. It was not created by it. And even during periods of strong economic growth, measures of economic wellbeing for Black and Brown Americans have lagged far behind those for … Continue Reading


September 24, 2020

Warren, Wyden, Booker, and Lee Question the Use of Race-Based Algorithms in Standard Medical Practice

Washington, DC - United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.) and Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-Calif.), sent a letter to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) requesting a review of the use of race-based clinical algorithms in standard medical practices. "The ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and its disproportionate consequences for communities of color have starkly revealed that racism itself is a public … Continue Reading


September 23, 2020

At HELP Hearing, Warren Draws Attention to Vaccine Czar Conflicts of Interest; FDA Director Agrees Financial Conflicts of Interest Could "Affect Public Perception" of the Vaccine Development Process

Chairman Lamar Alexander: Senator Warren.Senator Elizabeth Warren: Thank you, Mr. Chairman.Vaccines are our best chance to end this pandemic. But Americans are not going to take a vaccine if they don't trust the federal officials who are promoting it. If federal officials stand to gain financially from certain COVID vaccines, and not from others, then Americans might reasonably worry that the vaccine was pushed for personal profit and not because it was best for our health.So, I have a … Continue Reading


September 22, 2020

Warren Delivers Floor Speech Honoring Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Calling on All Americans to Help Fight Republican Attempt to Steal Another Supreme Court Seat

Watch hereWashington, DC - Tonight, United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) spoke on the Senate floor to honor the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who fought for justice and equality for all throughout her life. Health care for millions of Americans, the right to join a union, voting rights, LGBTQ rights, Dreamers, a woman’s right to make decisions about her own body, our democracy, and so much more are at stake. Justice Ginsburg’s replacement will determine who the highest … Continue Reading

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