Press Releases
Warren Leads Charge to Protect Military Readiness, Takes on Defense Contractors Seeking to Block the Military’s Right to Repair Its Weapons and Equipment
Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, today sent two letters regarding the costly restrictions imposed on the Department of Defense that bar the military from repairing its own military equipment and instead force it to pay billions of dollars extra to military contractors. Senator Warren’s first letter was sent to DoD, urging the Department to take action to address these restrictions. Her second letter … Continue Reading
September 26, 2024
Warren, Doggett Lead Bicameral Charge to Lower Price of Popular Weight-Loss Drugs
Washington, D.C. - Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Representative Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas) wrote to Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra asking him to lower the cost of vital weight-loss drugs by using the agency’s existing legal authority to issue generic licenses for semaglutide, a prescription drug sold under the names Ozempic and Wegovy. The drug is commonly used to treat obesity and diabetes and is known for improving health and well-being. HHS … Continue Reading
September 26, 2024
Warren Criticizes Banking Regulators’ Inaction on NYCB’s “Systemic Failings” and Threats to Banking and Financial Stability
Washington, D.C. - Today, Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) sent letters to Michael Hsu, Acting Comptroller of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), and Jerome Powell, Chair of the Federal Reserve (Fed), with renewed concern that the OCC and the Fed could allow New York Community Bank (NYCB) to escape regulatory oversight despite identifying “systemic failings” in the bank’s operation and management. She also calls for the OCC to consider implementing an Individual Minimum … Continue Reading
September 26, 2024
Warren Releases Findings of Investigation Into Insurance Industry Kickbacks Costing Americans Billions of Dollars
Washington, D.C. - Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) today released a new 22-page report detailing the findings of her investigation into insurance industry kickbacks. The new report revealed trips to Cancun, luxury cruises on the Danube, a five-star resort in Mexico, and more extravagant incentives offered by insurance companies to employees in exchange for promoting plans that may not be in the best interest of their clients. A Department of Labor rule issued to end the kickbacks was set … Continue Reading
September 25, 2024
ICYMI: At Hearing, Warren Slams Trump for Role in Criminalizing Abortion, Pushes Back on Misinformation
Washington, D.C. - At a hearing of the Senate Finance Committee, Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) highlighted the dangerous consequences women have faced two years after Donald Trump’s Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. Senator Warren recounted recent tragedies in states with abortion bans and warned that doctors’ ability to perform life-saving care in emergency situations is under attack. Just last week, ProPublica reported on the untimely deaths of two Georgia mothers, Amber Nicole … Continue Reading
September 23, 2024
Warren, Khanna, Lawmakers Urge Biden Administration to Develop Strong Guardrails for Carbon Sequestration Tax Credit
Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Angus King (I-Maine), along with Representatives Ro Khanna (D-Calif.), Alma Adams (D-N.C.), Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.), and Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.), wrote to the U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury), the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), urging the agencies to develop strong guardrails for the 45Q tax credit, which is designed to encourage carbon capture and sequestration … Continue Reading
September 23, 2024
Warren, Markey, Healey, Wu, Massachusetts Leaders Secure $472 Million in Federal Funding to Replace Draw One Bridge, Renovate North Station T Stop
Largest federal award MBTA has won to date Funding will increase ridership, streamline operations, and improve resiliency along Amtrak’s Downeaster route and regional rail lines Washington, D.C. - Today, Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Ed Markey (D-Mass.), along with Representatives Stephen Lynch (D-MA-08), Katherine Clark (D-MA-05), Ayanna Pressley (D-MA-07), Lori Trahan (D-MA-03), Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu, and MBTA General Manager and CEO … Continue Reading
September 20, 2024
Warren, Lujan, Lawmakers Push Social Media Platforms to Combat 2024 Election Disinformation
, TikTok, X (Twitter), Reddit, Snapchat, Amazon (Twitch), Discord, Signal, Telegram, and Apple (Messages) to: Provide information, broken down by language, about the size and capacity of their 2024 U.S. elections safety resources, including personnel and technologies; Commit to increasing their 2024 U.S. election safety team and technology resourcing for the 10 most commonly spoken languages on their platform(s); Share information about how they plan to de-amplify and/or remove election … Continue Reading
September 19, 2024
Warren, Cruz, Lawmakers Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Improve Federal Response for Major Disasters
Washington, D.C. - Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Ted Cruz (R-Texas), alongside Representatives Brian Babin (R-Texas) and John Garamendi (D-Calif.), introduced the Regional Impact of Disasters and Emergencies Relief (RIDER) Act to improve the delivery of federal relief to disaster-struck communities. With the threat of natural disasters and emergencies growing in recent years, the bipartisan, bicameral bill would amend existing law to better address the on-the-ground experiences of … Continue Reading
September 19, 2024
ICYMI: At Hearing, Warren Sets up 2025 Tax Fight, Calls for a Tax Code that Reflects American Values, Investing in Middle Class and Working People
Warren: “(A fair tax code) means making billionaires and big businesses their fair share. And it means rejecting bad deals that throw pennies to ordinary Americans, while showering the ultra-wealthy with more tax giveaways.” Hearing Recording (Senate BHUA Committee Website) Washington, D.C. - At a hearing of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Policy, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) made the case for strong reform to the U.S. tax code in 2025, when … Continue Reading
September 19, 2024
Warren, Fetterman, Senators Push USDA to Eliminate School Lunch Junk Fees
Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), John Fetterman (D-Pa.), Chair of the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Subcommittee on Food and Nutrition, Specialty Crops, Organics and Research, Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Chair of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, Bernie Sanders, Chair of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), former chair of the Agriculture Subcommittee on Hunger, Nutrition and Family … Continue Reading
September 19, 2024
Warren, Markey, Moulton Demand Answers From Corporate Landlords in Massachusetts Allegedly Using Rent-Hiking Algorithm
Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Ed Markey (D-Mass.), and Representative Seth Moulton (D-MA-06), today demanded answers from 13 corporate landlords operating in Massachusetts, asking these companies whether they are using RealPage’s algorithm to raise rents for Massachusetts families. Last month, the Department of Justice and attorneys general in eight states filed a major antitrust lawsuit alleging that RealPage’s software enabled landlords to collude to … Continue Reading
September 18, 2024
At Hearing, Warren Makes Case for Using 2025 Tax Fight to Raise Taxes on Corporations and Billionaires, Lower Costs for American Families
| Hearing Livestream Washington, D.C. - At a hearing of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Policy, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) delivered opening remarks focused on the impact of potential tax reforms in 2025, when certain provisions of the 2017 Republican tax cuts expire. Senator Warren underscored that the 2025 tax fight brings an opportunity to make giant corporations pay their fair share and use that revenue to lower costs for ordinary … Continue Reading
September 18, 2024
ICYMI: Warren Celebrates Landmark CFPB Settlement, Slams Loan Servicer Navient for Continued Predatory Practices
Washington, D.C.- At a subcommittee hearing of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) celebrated last week’s landmark CFPB settlement with Navient, which delivered $100 million in relief to borrowers and permanently blocked Navient from the federal student loan system, and discussed Navient’s continued mistreatment of student loan borrowers with private loans, calling on the servicer to cancel loans held by borrowers who attended … Continue Reading
September 18, 2024
At Hearing, Warren Highlights Impact of Inflation Reduction Act on Massachusetts, Debunks Big Pharma’s Claims that Medicare Drug Price Negotiation is Bad for Innovation
Washington, D.C. - At a hearing of the Senate Finance Committee, Senator Warren highlighted significant health care savings for seniors in Massachusetts as a result of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), which Congress passed with zero Republican votes, and debunked claims that allowing Medicare to negotiate drug prices will harm innovation and investment in the pharmaceutical industry. In response to questions from Senator Warren, Professor Rena Conti, Dean’s Research Scholar and … Continue Reading
September 17, 2024
Warren Statement on Regulators’ Bank Merger Guidelines
Washington, D.C. - Today, in response to regulators’ updated guidance on oversight of mergers between banks, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) released the following statement: “Wall Street banks like Capital One and Discover love mergers, but bigger is not better for Main Street. Bigger banks charge higher junk fees, provide lower quality service, crush community banks, and put taxpayers on the hook for bailouts when they crash. The Department of Justice’s work to fight consolidation … Continue Reading
September 17, 2024
Warren, Scott, Lawmakers Warn of Risks to National Security, Military Readiness Due to Reliance on Foreign Pharmaceuticals
Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), chair of the Senate Armed Service Subcommittee on Personnel, Rick Scott (R-Fla.), Ranking Member of the Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Personnel, Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), and Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) wrote to the Department of Defense (DoD) seeking an update on its pharmaceutical acquisition strategy following the decision in Acetris Health, LLC v. United States (Acetris), which … Continue Reading
September 16, 2024
Warren, Scott Urge Department of Defense to Urgently Increase Child Care Staff Pay to Address Staffing Challenges
Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Rick Scott (R-Fla.), the chair and ranking member for the Senate Armed Services’ Personnel subcommittee, wrote to Department of Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, urging the Department to increase child care staff pay to address staffing challenges and ensure military families have access to affordable, high-quality child care. The Department of Defense’s 30-year-old child care program is the largest — and one of the strongest — … Continue Reading
September 16, 2024
Warren, Waters Slam Chamber of Commerce, American Bankers Association for Efforts to Block Community Reinvestment Act Reforms
Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Chair of the Senate Banking Committee’s Economic Policy Subcommittee, and Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), the top Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee, today slammed the Chamber of Commerce (Chamber) and the American Bankers Association (ABA) for their efforts to block necessary reforms to the Community Reinvestment Act. “The banking industry has changed drastically since the last major update to the CRA in 1995, … Continue Reading
September 16, 2024
As Nursing Home Industry Fights Life-Saving Minimum Staffing Rule, Top Industry Executives Were Paid Tens of Millions of Dollars
Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S.Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), along with Senators Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn) and Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), wrote to the CEOs of three major nursing homes, Brookdale Senior Living, Ensign Group, and National HealthCare, rebutting industry claims that nursing homes can’t afford to meet new minimum staffing requirements put in place by a Biden-Harris administration policy. This rule would have an extraordinary impact on nursing … Continue Reading