Press Releases
Dr. Oz Agrees with Sen. Warren: Cracking Down on Private Health Insurers in Medicare Advantage Will “Improve the Health Care of the American People”
Washington, D.C. - At a hearing of the Senate Finance Committee, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) pressed Dr. Mehmet Oz, President Trump’s nominee for Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), on taxpayer fraud committed by private, for-profit insurers in the Medicare Advantage program. The Medicare Payment Advisory Committee (MedPAC) projects that CMS will overpay private insurers in MA by $83 billion in 2024 alone, largely due to upcoding and favorable … Continue Reading
March 14, 2025
Warren Statement Opposing Faulkender Nomination for Deputy Treasury Secretary
Washington, D.C. - At the Senate Finance Committee’s markup onvote the nomination of Dr. Michael Faulkender, President Trump’s nominee for Deputy Secretary of the Treasury, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) explained her decision to vote against Dr. Faulkender, calling him “a nominee who’s willing to sell out working families for billionaires, millionaires, and billionaire corporations.” Transcript: Open Executive Session Consider Favorably Reporting the Nomination of The Honorable … Continue Reading
March 13, 2025
Warren Sounds Alarm About Dr. Oz’s Dangerous Vision for Medicare, His Conflicts of Interest, and His Promotion of Fake Treatments Ahead of Confirmation Hearing
Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) wrote to Dr. Mehmet Oz, Trump’s nominee for Administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), ahead of his Friday confirmation hearing, demanding answers to questions about his plan to eliminate Traditional Medicare, his serious conflicts of interest, his dangerous anti-abortion views, and more. “I have serious concerns about your ability to adequately fulfill the responsibilities of the position. In … Continue Reading
March 13, 2025
Warren, Schiff, Booker, Blumenthal Slam Musk, Trump for Apparent Violation of Federal Ethics Law
Washington, D.C. - Following President Donald Trump’s press conference with Elon Musk promoting Tesla on the White House lawn earlier this week, U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), and Richard Blumenthal (D-Ct.), wrote to the Acting Director of U.S. Office of Government Ethics (OGE), slamming the apparent violation of federal ethics laws and asking the Office to recommend the matter for immediate investigation and possible disciplinary … Continue Reading
March 12, 2025
Warren, Wyden to Social Security Commissioner Nominee: “You Will Be Responsible” for Cutting Americans’ Benefits As Result of Trump Admin Gutting Agency
Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Ranking Member on the Senate Finance Committee, sent a letter to Frank Bisignano, President Trump’s nominee for Social Security Commissioner, regarding the threats to American’s Social Security benefits from the Trump Administration’s efforts to gut Social Security Administration (SSA) staffing. “As President Trump’s nominee for SSA Commissioner, you will be responsible if the Trump Administration’s attacks … Continue Reading
March 12, 2025
Warren, Lawmakers to Hegseth: Ending DoD Climate Change Programs Threatens National Security, Puts American Lives and Billions of Taxpayer Dollars at Risk
Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), along with Senators Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), and Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), all members of the Senate Armed Services Committee, wrote to Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, regarding his threats to cut efforts to adapt to climate change at the Department of Defense (DoD), which would put thousands of American lives and billions of American taxpayer dollars at risk. DoD officials, generals, and admirals … Continue Reading
March 12, 2025
ICYMI: At Hearing, Military Leaders Agree with Warren: DoD Must Audit Giant Health Care Contractors That Price Gouge Taxpayers
Washington, D.C. - At a hearing of the Senate Armed Services Committee, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) asked Lieutenant General Dr. Douglas J. Robb of the U.S. Air Force about price gouging in the military’s prescription drug system. Senator Warren slammed the Defense Health Agency for failing to rein in Cigna-owned Express Scripts, the nation’s second largest pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) that manages the prescription drug system for nearly 10 million servicemembers, military … Continue Reading
March 12, 2025
Warren Calls for Federal Investigation Into Inhaler Manufacturer GSK for Profiteering, Endangering Children by Pulling Lifesaving Asthma Inhalers off the Market
Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) wrote to the Principal Deputy Inspector General at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Juliet Hodgkins, requesting an investigation into GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) for its role in making inhalers inaccessible for children and grossly price gouging Medicaid. “I write to request that your office conduct an investigation into the outrageous profiteering by GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), whose brazen circumvention of the American Rescue … Continue Reading
March 12, 2025
Ahead of Hearing, Warren Presses Dr. Oz, Key Trump Health Nominee, on Financial Conflicts of Interests
Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) wrote to Dr. Mehmet Oz, President Trump’s pick for Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), pressing him on his serious conflicts of interest and asking him to make a series of commitments to mitigate them. Senator Warren is a member of the Senate Finance Committee, which will hold Dr. Oz’s confirmation hearing on Friday, March 14. The agency is responsible for administering Medicare, Medicaid, and the … Continue Reading
March 11, 2025
On Senate Floor, Warren Opposes House Republicans “Non-Starter” Budget Proposal
Washington, D.C. - Today, on the floor of the U.S. Senate, Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) spoke out against Congressional Republicans’ budget proposal. In particular, Senator Warren pointed out that the House’s proposed bill would 1) wipe out the guardrails that Congress wrote for how to spend taxpayer money - making it easier for President Trump and Elon Musk to pick and choose which federal programs remain funded, and 2) add $6 billion to the Pentagon while slashing funding for … Continue Reading
March 11, 2025
Warren Calls on Navy Secretary Nominee to Divest from Defense Contractors
Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, wrote to Mr. John Phelan, nominee to be Secretary of the Navy, with concerns regarding his “serious conflicts of interest,” given his financial investments in defense contractors. To address her concerns, Senator Warren asked Mr. Phelan to make a number of commitments related to his conflicts of interest ahead of the committee vote on his nomination. As Secretary of the Navy, Mr. … Continue Reading
March 11, 2025
Warren, Clyburn, Lawmakers to Newly Confirmed Education Secretary: Penalize MOHELA for Poor Performance
Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Representative Jim Clyburn (D-S.C.), along with Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and 25 lawmakers wrote to Linda McMahon, the recently confirmed Secretary of the Department of Education (ED), regarding troubling new data revealing that the Higher Education Loan Authority of the State of Missouri (MOHELA) is performing worse than all other federal servicers on key customer service metrics. After her confirmation hearing, … Continue Reading
March 10, 2025
Ahead of Confirmation Vote, Warren Urges Deputy Defense Secretary Nominee to Cut Ties to Company Suing the Pentagon for Billions
Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) wrote to Deputy Defense Secretary Nominee Stephen Feinberg, urging him to recuse himself from all matters related to Ligado Networks. Mr. Feinberg’s private equity firm, Cerberus Capital Management, is heavily invested in Ligado, which has a pending $39 billion lawsuit against the Department of Defense (DoD) over highly sought-after telecommunications spectrum space that the military has said is “essential for its various satellite … Continue Reading
March 10, 2025
At SXSW, Warren Joins Kara Swisher to Discuss “Fighting Like Hell” Against Trump, Musk & Big Tech Billionaires
Podcast Episode (Apple Podcasts) Austin, Texas - U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) joined journalist Kara Swisher for an episode of podcast On with Kara Swisher at the 2025 South by Southwest Conference. Senator Warren discussed her take on the first six weeks of the second Trump presidency, Donald Trump’s and Elon Musk's plans to shutter the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the tax fight in Congress, and more. Their conversation is available here and a transcript is available … Continue Reading
March 10, 2025
Warren, Wyden, Sanders Press RFK Jr. on Big Pharma Influence Following Mar-a-Lago Dinners
Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), along with Senate Finance Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), and Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Ranking Member Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), pressed Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on his promises to “clean up corruption” and “stop the revolving door between industry and government,” following reports that Kennedy attended multiple “million-dollar” dinners with Big Pharma executives at … Continue Reading
March 07, 2025
In New Response to Lawmakers, Joint Committee on Taxation Reveals GOP Use of “Magic Math” Would Be Unprecedented
Washington, D.C. - In a new response to a recent letter sent by U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.), Mark R. Warner (D-Va.), Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), and Peter Welch (D-Vt.), the nonpartisan Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) revealed the unprecedented nature of Republicans’ proposed “magic math” to pay for billionaire tax cuts and falsely claim no cost to American taxpayers. On February 19, the lawmakers sent a letter to JCT, pressing for answers on the … Continue Reading
March 06, 2025
At Hearing, Trump’s Deputy Treasury Secretary Nominee Admits Republicans’ “Magic Math” Won’t Pay for Billionaire Tax Cuts
Washington, D.C. - At a hearing of the Senate Finance Committee, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) questioned Dr. Michael Faulkender, President Trump’s nominee for Deputy Secretary of the Treasury, on Republicans’ “magic math” for their plans to cut taxes for the ultra-wealthy. Republican leaders are increasingly supportive of using a “current policy baseline” for their tax package to hide the true cost of their proposed $4.6 trillion tax package. Congress’ independent scorekeepers … Continue Reading
March 06, 2025
ICYMI: At Hearing, Military Transportation Command Chief Agrees with Warren: Right-To-Repair is Crucial for National Security
Washington, D.C. - At a hearing of the Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) questioned General Randall Reed, Commander for Transportation Command (TRANSCOM), about the importance of the military’s ability to have the right to repair its own equipment. TRANSCOM is responsible for air, land, and sea transportation that provides logistical support for troops around the world but is facing increasing challenges … Continue Reading
March 06, 2025
Warren, Booker, Senators Raise Alarm About Reports of X Officials Leveraging Musk’s Government Position to Drive Ad Revenue
Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Cory Booker (D-N.J.) led Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), and Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) in sending a letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi, raising concerns about reports that Elon Musk’s social media company “X” (formerly Twitter) is leveraging his influential position in the Trump Administration to extract revenue from advertisers. If Musk uses his government position to protect those who … Continue Reading
March 06, 2025
Warren, Senators Call for Investigation into Trump’s Purge of Workers Protecting Americans’ Health and Safety
Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisc.) Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) sent a letter to the Government Accountability Office (GAO) requesting an investigation into how the recent mass firings of probationary federal workers have impacted Americans’ … Continue Reading