Press Releases
ICYMI: At Hearing, Warren Highlights CFPB Efforts to Cut Down on Credit Card Fees and Lower Prices for Consumers
Washington, D.C. - At a hearing of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) called out how big credit card issuers are exploiting loopholes in the law to gouge consumers and rake in profits. Adam Rust, Director of Financial Services at the Consumer Federation of America pointed out that while interest rates at smaller financial institutions like credit unions are lower, consumers are often guided by misleading price comparison tools … Continue Reading
May 10, 2024
ICYMI: Chairing Hearing, Warren Highlights Priorities for Military Personnel for Year Ahead, Urges More Investment in Housing, Child Care
Video of Hearing Washington, D.C. — Yesterday, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), chair of the Armed Services Subcommittee on Personnel, led an annual hearing highlighting personnel priorities for the Department of Defense (DoD) and the military services for the coming year. Senator Warren applauded DoD for making progress on recruiting challenges discussed at last year’s posture hearing, and reiterated her call for fiscal reforms at DoD that would lower costs and free up room for … Continue Reading
May 10, 2024
Warren, Lawmakers Slam Judicial Conference’s Leniency on Conflicts of Interest
Washington D.C. - Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), and Representatives Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.), Katie Porter (D-Calif.), and Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) sent a letter to the Judicial Conference (“the Conference”) expressing profound concern with a Fifth Circuit judge’s participation in a case challenging a landmark Consumer Financial Credit Bureau (CFPB) credit card rule while holding stock in Citigroup, the card issuer projected to be impacted most … Continue Reading
May 10, 2024
Warren Urges Sec. Yellen to Swiftly Implement Racial Equity Measures, Make Tax and Banking Policy Fairer for All Americans
Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen, urging her to swiftly implement recommendations from the Treasury Advisory Committee on Racial Equity (TACRE) that would advance racial equity in the U.S. economy and tackle economic disparities within communities of color. TACRE has made over 40 recommendations, and the letter follows a proposed rule that, if implemented, would adopt one: that the Internal Revenue Service … Continue Reading
May 09, 2024
Warren, Marshall, Ruiz, Joyce, Porter, Murphy Introduce Bipartisan, Bicameral Bill to Restore Due Process Rights in Health Care
Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-Kan.), along with Representatives Raul Ruiz, M.D. (D-Calif.) John Joyce, M.D. (R-Pa.), Katie Porter (D-Calif.), and Greg Murphy, M.D. (R-N.C.) introduced the Physician and Patient Safety Act to ensure due process rights for physicians. Federal law does not currently guarantee due process rights to physicians who are contracted, but not directly employed, by hospitals. Increasingly, private equity firms … Continue Reading
May 09, 2024
Ahead of Mother’s Day, Warren and Lawmakers Reintroduce Mamas First Act to Combat Maternal Health Crisis
Washington, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Cory Booker (D-N.J), and Bob Casey (D-Pa); along with U.S. Representatives Gwen Moore (D-Wis.), Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.), Lauren Underwood (D-Ill.), Alma Adams (D-N.C.), and Debbie Dingell (D-Mich.), reintroduced the Mamas First Act, legislation that would address the maternal mortality crisis by expanding Medicaid to include doula and midwifery care. America has the highest maternal mortality rate among wealthy nations, … Continue Reading
May 09, 2024
Warren, Sanders, Merkley Slam Chamber of Commerce for Opposition to Biden Administration’s Proposal to Boost Competition, Lower Drug Prices
Washington, D.C. - Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) wrote to the Chamber of Commerce (Chamber) expressing concern and demanding an explanation for the organization’s opposition to the Biden Administration’s proposal to boost competition and lower drug prices for American families and businesses by allowing agencies to consider price when deciding to exercise their “march-in rights” under the Bayh-Dole Act. Under the Bayh-Dole Act, the … Continue Reading
May 09, 2024
Warren Leads Growing Coalition of Senators Urging Dept. of Education to Hold Student Loan Servicer MOHELA Accountable for Its Failures
Washington D.C. - Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) led a growing coalition of Senators in a letter to the Department of Education (ED) urging the agency to hold student loan servicer MOHELA accountable for its failures. The letter was signed by Senate HELP Committee Chair Bernard Sanders (I-VT), Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden (D-Ore), and Senators Ed Markey (D-Mass.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Laphonza Butler (D-Calif.), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Raphael … Continue Reading
May 08, 2024
Chairing Hearing, Warren Highlights Priorities for Military Personnel for Year Ahead, Urges More Investment in Housing, Child Care
Washington, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), chair of the Armed Services Subcommittee on Personnel, questioned officials from the Department of Defense (DoD) and the military services on their personnel priorities for the coming year. Senator Warren, in her opening statement, applauded the military services for making progress in addressing recruiting challenges discussed at last year’s posture hearing, and reiterated her call for fiscal reforms for DoD that would lower … Continue Reading
May 08, 2024
Warren, Baldwin, Raskin, Kuster, Trone, Pettersen, 86 Lawmakers Reintroduce Landmark Bill to Combat Substance Use Epidemic
Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisc.), and U.S. Representative Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability, along with Representatives Ann Kuster (D-N.H.), David Trone (D-Md.), and Brittany Pettersen (D-Colo.) led 86 lawmakers to reintroduce the Comprehensive Addiction Resources Emergency (CARE) Act, the most ambitious legislation ever introduced in Congress to confront the substance use … Continue Reading
May 08, 2024
Warren, 24 Senators Push for Funding to the Office of Federal Student Aid
Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and 24 members of the U.S. Senate sent a letter to Senator Tammy Baldwin, Chair of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies, and Senator Shelley Moore Capito, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee, encouraging them to provide $2.7 billion in funding to the Office of Federal Student Aid (FSA) in fiscal year (FY) 2025. “Fully funding the President’s request for FSA this … Continue Reading
May 07, 2024
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
