Letters - Senator Elizabeth Warren

April 7, 2020

Warren, Brown, Colleagues Urge Student Loan Companies to Immediately Provide Relief to Private Student Loan Borrowers During the Coronavirus Pandemic

Text of Letters (PDF) Washington, D.C. — United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Banking Committee and Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Ranking Member of the Senate Banking Committee,...

April 6, 2020

Warren, Markey Seek Urgent Fix to New Coronavirus Small Business Relief Program

Senators Call for Clear Guidance To Ensure All Small Businesses Have Equal and Expedient Access to Funding Text of the Letter (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Edward J. Markey (D-MA) today wrote to Small...

April 6, 2020

Mass. Delegation Urges FEMA to Immediately Release Enough Ventilators from the Strategic National Stockpile to Massachusetts as Hospitals Prepare for Surge

Text of Letter (PDF) Boston, MA — United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Edward J. Markey (D-MA), along with Representatives Richard E. Neal, (D-MA-01), James P. McGovern (D-MA-02), Seth Moulton (D-MA-06), Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA-08), William Keating (D-MA-09), Joseph...

April 6, 2020

Warren and Markey Demand Answers from Trump Administration on Rollback of Environmental Safeguards During COVID-19 Pandemic

“In the midst of a respiratory disease outbreak, rolling back environmental safeguards, particularly those that protect clean air and reduce lung disease and asthma, is highly dangerous and irresponsible.” Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, D.C. – United States Senator Elizabeth...

April 4, 2020

Senators Warren and Markey Urge Department of Commerce, NOAA to Act Swiftly, Equitably, and Transparently in Allocating $300 Million in Fisheries Disaster Assistance

Text of Letter (PDF) Boston, MA – United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass) and Edward J. Markey (D-Mass) are calling on the Commerce Department and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to provide a swift, equitable, and transparent process...

April 3, 2020

Warren, Markey, Neal, Pressley Address Disturbing Reports of Veteran Deaths at Massachusetts Soldiers’ Homes

Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Edward J. Markey (D-MA), along with Representatives Richard E. Neal (D-MA-01) and Ayanna Pressley (D-MA-07), today wrote to Ryan Lilly, Director of the Veterans Affairs (VA)...

April 3, 2020

Warren, Grijalva, Velázquez, Castro Ask Trump Administration to Address Puerto Rico’s Unique Vulnerability to COVID-19

“As the COVID-19 pandemic hits Puerto Rico, these economic and public health risks will grow and risk exacerbating the crisis.” Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, D.C. – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), along with Representatives Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.),...

April 3, 2020

Warren Joins Duckworth to Call For Investigation into Suspicious Deletion of Online Information on the Strategic National Stockpile

Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) joined Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) along with Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), and Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawai’i) in demanding an immediate independent investigation into potential improper political...

April 3, 2020

Warren and Booker Urge Labor Department to Reverse Guidance that Strips Workers of Leave Benefits

Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Cory Booker (D-NJ) today urged the Department of Labor (DOL) to reconsider its decision to strip emergency paid sick and family leave from millions of workers,...

April 2, 2020

Warren Joins Colleagues in Calling for Strengthening Background Checks, New Federal Guidance Amidst Surge in Gun Sales

Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, DC – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) joined Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and 12 of their colleagues today in calling for strengthening background checks amidst a...

April 2, 2020

Warren Urges FDA to Address Shortages of Drugs Prematurely Touted by President Trump as COVID-19 Treatments

Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, D.C. — United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) sent a letter to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) urging the agency to address reports of shortages of hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine, antimalarial drugs typically used...

April 1, 2020

Warren Calls on DoorDash, Grubhub, Uber Eats, and Instacart to Protect Workers’ Health, Increase Pay to Compensate for Coronavirus Risks

Text of Letter to Uber Eats (PDF) | Text of Letter to DoorDash (PDF) | Text of Letter to Grubhub (PDF) | Text of Letter to Instacart (PDF) Washington, D.C. — United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) sent letters to...