Press Releases
Warren, Healey Statements on Student Debt Relief for Over 3,500 Massachusetts Student Loan Borrowers Defrauded by Art Institutes
Boston, MA - Today, United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey released the following statements regarding the Biden Administration’s approval of student loan discharge for 317,000 borrowers who attended The Art Institutes, including over 3,500 borrowers in Massachusetts: “For years, the Art Institutes and EDMC lied to students. In 2015, I called on the Department of Education and the Department of Justice to hold EDMC accountable for its shady … Continue Reading
April 30, 2024
Chairing Hearing, Warren Calls for Action to Address Drug Shortages, Guarantee Reliable, High Quality Care for Service Members and Their Families
Washington, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), chair of the Armed Services Subcommittee on Personnel, led a hearing on the Department of Defense’s (DoD) efforts to ensure service members are receiving safe, effective medicines. Senator Warren, in her opening statement, expressed concern that DoD’s overreliance on foreign drug manufacturers may pose risks to DoD’s pharmaceutical supply chains and affect quality of care for service members. Senator Warren highlighted that … Continue Reading
April 30, 2024
Warren Reveals Insurer’s Use of Hidden Kickbacks, Slams 15 Largest Annuity Companies for Opposition to New Retirement Security Rule
Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) wrote to the country’s 15 largest annuity companies, criticizing their opposition to the Department of Labor’s (DOL) Retirement Security Rule and revealing their use of secretive incentives and perks to agents in return for steering consumers toward their products. The recipients include: Allianz Life Insurance, Athene Annuity Life, Brighthouse Financial, Corebridge Financial, Equitable Financial Life Insurance Company, Fidelity … Continue Reading
April 30, 2024
After Massive Change Healthcare Cyber Attack, Warren, Cassidy, Blumenthal Urge Cybersecurity Agency to Crack Down on Crypto-Facilitated Ransomware Attacks Millions of Patients, Healthcare Providers Affected by Payment Disruptions
Washington, D.C. - Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Bill Cassidy (R-La.), and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) wrote to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) urging an assessment of the cybersecurity landscape leading up to, and after, the Change Healthcare cyberattack. Earlier this year, Russian-linked cybercriminal group ALPHV Black Cat conducted a ransomware attack on Change Healthcare, the payment platform for UnitedHealth Group’s Optum. This attack, in which the … Continue Reading
April 30, 2024
Warren, Markey, Auchincloss, and 13 House Members Urge SEC to Open Investigation into UnitedHealth Executives’ Insider Trading Concerns
Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), along with U.S. Representative Jake Auchincloss (D-Mass.), sent a letter to Securities & Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler, urging him to open an insider trading investigation into stock trading by executives at UnitedHealth Group (UnitedHealth). The letter follows reporting from Bloomberg News which revealed that four top executives at UnitedHealth had sold a combined $101.5 million in company … Continue Reading
April 30, 2024
Warren, MA Delegation Urge Secretary of the Air Force to Locate New Information Dominance Systems Center at Hanscom Air Force Base
Boston, MA — United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, along with all the members of the Massachusetts delegation, sent a letter to Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall and to the Chief of Staff to the Air Force General David Wayne Allvin writing in support of the newly announced Information Dominance Systems Center within Air Force Material Command being located at Hanscom Air Force Base (AFB) in Massachusetts. “We urge you to … Continue Reading
April 29, 2024
After Senator Warren's Hearing, Department of Education Transfers Accounts Away From Student Loan Servicer MOHELA
Washington, D.C. - Today, in response to the Department of Education’s announcement that they will transfer student loan borrower accounts away from MOHELA, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) released the following statement: “Less than three weeks after I led a Senate hearing on MOHELA's failures, the Education Department is taking critical action to protect student loan borrowers. After more than tripling in size in the past few years, MOHELA has repeatedly shown that it is incapable … Continue Reading
April 29, 2024
Warren and Marshall Send Bipartisan Letter to Biden Admin for Info to Stop Russian Use of Crypto in Evading Sanctions, Fueling Weapons Program
Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Roger Marshall (R-Kan.) sent a bipartisan letter to Secretary of Defense, Lloyd Austin, Secretary of Treasury, Janet Yellen, Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence, Brian Nelson, National Security Advisor, Jake Sullivan, and FinCEN Director, Andrea Gacki, to relay their concerns about Russia’s use of crypto to evade sanctions and build their war machine, and to push the administration for information on … Continue Reading
April 26, 2024
Warren, Bipartisan Coalition of Lawmakers Demand Explanation from Frontwave Credit Union for Exploitative Overdraft Fees Targeting Marine Recruits
Washington, D.C. - Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), JD Vance (R-Ohio), Laphonza Butler (D-Calif.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), and Representative Sara Jacobs (D-CA) wrote to Frontwave Credit Union, demanding an explanation for its exploitative overdraft fees targeting Marine recruits. This letter follows an investigation from KPBS earlier this year exposing Frontwave’s predatory … Continue Reading
April 25, 2024
Warren and Cassidy Send Bipartisan Letter to DOJ and DHS to Stop Crypto in the Illegal Trade of Child Sexual Abuse Material
Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Bill Cassidy (R-La.) sent a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland and the Secretary of Homeland Security, Alejandro Mayorkas, regarding the use of cryptocurrency in the illegal trade of child sexual abuse material (CSAM). As crypto becomes the payment of choice for buying and selling CSAM, the senators are pushing the Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security for the information needed to begin … Continue Reading
April 25, 2024
Warren, Fetterman, Schumer, Blumenauer, Lee, 16 Lawmakers to DEA: Move Swiftly to Reschedule Marijuana
Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and John Fetterman (D-Pa.) and U.S. Representatives Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.) and Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) led 17 lawmakers in a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland and Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Administrator Anne Milgram, expressing their growing frustration that the DEA has not acted to remove marijuana from Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act. They are asking the DEA to swiftly take action and begin to … Continue Reading
April 24, 2024
Warren Calls Out Ineffectiveness of VA’s Privatized Disability Rating Exams, Pushes for Review of Private Contractors’ Service Quality
Washington, D.C. - Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) wrote to the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) calling out the failures of contracted veterans’ compensation and pension (C&P) examinations, following disturbing reports of inadequate and unprofessional treatment of Massachusetts veterans at facilities in the state. Senator Warren asked the VA a series of detailed questions about the VA’s use of private contractors, asking for “a review …of the waiting times for C&P exams, the … Continue Reading
April 23, 2024
Warren Statement on National Security Supplemental Package
Washington, D.C. - United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) released the following statement on the passage of the national security supplemental package: “This funding delivers long overdue support for Ukraine as it defends its democracy against Russia's invasion. I visited Kyiv, witnessing firsthand the courage of the Ukrainian people who will lose this war if we fail to provide assistance. This package also includes life-saving humanitarian aid for Palestinians in Gaza and for … Continue Reading
April 19, 2024
ICYMI: At Hearing, Warren Presses Army Leadership on Military Housing Crisis, Need for Quality, Safe Accommodations
“No landlord should be able to make military families sign NDAs in exchange for providing basic housing. Period.” Video of Exchange (01:32:11-01:38:07) Washington, D.C. — Today, at a hearing of the Senate Committee on Armed Services, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) questioned Army Secretary Christine Wormuth on the need to increase military housing availability and the damaging impact of non-disclosure agreements between private landlords, service members, and their families on … Continue Reading
April 19, 2024
Warren, Markey Question Steward’s Private Creditors, Push for Lenders to Help Keep the Hospitals Afloat
Boston, MA - As Steward hospitals in Massachusetts remain in danger of closure due to high debts rung up by CEO Ralph de la Torre and other top executives, and the hospitals’ previous private equity owners, United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) sent a letter to six private credit funds that are holders of Steward’s debt, asking them a series of questions about their loans and calling on them to offer loan modifications that could potentially help … Continue Reading
April 19, 2024
ICYMI: At Hearing, Warren Highlights Federal Home Loan Banks’ Failures to Meet Affordable Housing Mission, Calls on Housing Regulators to Act
Washington, D.C. - At a hearing of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) called out the Federal Home Loan Banks (FHLBs) for failing to deliver on their mission to provide affordable housing as the country faces a housing crisis. Senator Warren called on the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) to take action as the primary regulator of the FHLBs. In return for an implied government guarantee, favorable regulatory treatment, and … Continue Reading
April 18, 2024
Warren, Cassidy Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Simplify IRS Notices, Empower Hardworking Taxpayers
Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Bill Cassidy (R-La.) introduced the Internal Revenue Service Math and Taxpayer Help (IRS MATH) Act, legislation that would improve math error notices — an Internal Revenue Service (IRS) authority used to quickly adjust taxpayers’ returns. Representatives Brad Schneider (D-Ill.) and Randy Feenstra (R-Iowa) introduced the bill in the House. Each year, millions of Americans receive math error notices reducing their tax … Continue Reading
April 18, 2024
Warren, 8 Senators Press Navient to Cancel Loans of Borrowers Scammed by Fraudulent, For-Profit Colleges and Servicer Misconduct
Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) led eight of her colleagues in sending a letter to David L. Yowan, President and Chief Executive Officer of student loan servicer Navient, urging the servicer to cancel decades-old private student loans pushed onto borrowers attending fraudulent, for-profit colleges. The letter comes as Navient plans to transfer its 2.7 million student borrower loan portfolio to the Higher Education Loan Authority of the State of Missouri … Continue Reading
April 18, 2024
ICYMI: At Hearing, Warren Calls Out Big Tech for Misleading Americans on Digital Trade, Highlights Biden Administration’s Actions to Protect Americans’ Data
Washington, D.C. - At a hearing of the U.S. Senate Finance Committee, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) pushed back on Big Tech’s misleading claims that “free data flows” provisions in trade agreements will help combat China’s digital authoritarianism, when the opposite in fact is true. Senator Warren asked Ambassador Katherine Tai, the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), about the Biden administration’s actions to prevent Big Tech from co-opting U.S. trade policy for its own ends and to … Continue Reading
April 18, 2024
Senator Warren and Rep. Khanna Reintroduce Bill to Stop Wall Street from Profiting Off Water and Water Rights
Washington, D.C. - Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Representative Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) have re-introduced the Future of Water Act to amend the Commodity Exchange Act to prohibit the trading of water and water rights in commodity futures contracts. Under current law, water prices are vulnerable to manipulation and speculation from futures markets. Without limitations on these markets, passive investors are incentivized to purchase acres of farmland purely for the commoditized water … Continue Reading
