Press Releases
Warren, Markey Press FEMA on Providing Stable Housing for Hurricane Maria Victims and Reconsidering Denied Applications
Washington, DC - United States Senators Elizabeth Warren and Edward J. Markey today sent a letter to Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Brock Long, requesting that FEMA establish the Disaster Housing Assistance Program (DHAP) to provide stable housing solutions for evacuees from Hurricane Maria and asking that it reconsider denied applications for benefits after new reporting revealed significantly higher proportions of Hurricane Maria applications are denied, … Continue Reading
June 19, 2018
Warren, Brown Call for CFPB Director Nominee to Turn Over Documents on Involvement in Trump Administration's Separation of Children from Their Families
Washington, DC - United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ranking Member of the Senate Banking, Housing, & Urban Affairs Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Protection and Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Ranking Member of the Senate Banking, Housing, & Urban Affairs Committee, today sent a letter to the Program Associate Director for General Government Programs at the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Kathy Kraninger, seeking information on what role she … Continue Reading
June 18, 2018
Warren, Harris, Takano, Adams, Espaillat, Colleagues Press Education Secretary for Action on Student Loan Borrowers of Color
Washington, DC - United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Kamala D. Harris (D-Calif.), along with Representatives Mark Takano (D-Calif.), Alma Adams (D-N.C.), and Adriano Espaillat (D-N.Y.) today sent a bicameral letter signed by 19 other senators and 37 other members of the House of Representatives to Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, raising concerns regarding the challenges facing students of color in the federal student loan system and calling on the Education Department … Continue Reading
June 15, 2018
Warren Bipartisan Bill to Combat Opioid Crisis with E-Prescriptions Passes Senate Finance Committee
Washington, DC - United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) applauded the Senate Finance Committee's passage of her bipartisan bill to combat opioid addiction by requiring electronic prescriptions for controlled substances, including opioids, under Medicare. The bill was included in the Helping to End Addiction and Lessen (HEAL) Substance Use Disorders Act of 2018, which passed with unanimous committee approval. Senator Warren, along with Senators Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), Dean Heller … Continue Reading
June 15, 2018
Warren, Grassley Renew Call for Inclusion of Medical Device Identifiers on Medicare Claim Forms
Washington, DC - United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) sent a letter to Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Scott Gottlieb to reiterate the importance of including medical device identifiers on the updated Medicare claim form and to urge the agency to maintain its support for this change. In its recently-released Medical Device Safety Action Plan, the FDA outlined the agency's efforts to ensure that medical devices meet the agency's gold … Continue Reading
June 14, 2018
Lawmakers Introduce Bill to Establish Puerto Rico Hurricanes Commission
Washington, DC - Today, United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) and Representatives Nydia M. Velázquez (D-N.Y.) and Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-Miss.), the Ranking Democrat on the House Homeland Security Committee, introduced legislation to establish a "9/11-style" independent commission to investigate the federal response to Hurricanes Irma and Maria in Puerto Rico.Introduced in both chambers of Congress, the bill would create a … Continue Reading
June 14, 2018
Warren, Rubio Introduce Bill to Protect Jobs for Workers who Fall Behind on Student Loan Payments
Washington, DC - United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) today introduced the Protecting Job Opportunities for Borrowers (Protecting JOBs) Act, legislation that would help ensure borrowers are not inhibited from working solely because they fell behind on their federal student loan payments. Specifically, the Protecting JOBs Act would prevent states from suspending, revoking or denying state professional, teaching, or driver's licenses solely because … Continue Reading
June 14, 2018
Warren, Reed Offer Amendment to Strengthen Oversight, Restore Accountability & Keep Congress in Loop on New Warhead Development
Washington, DC - In an effort to ensure that Congress continues to have an oversight role in authorizing the development of new, modified, nuclear weapons, United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), a member of the Armed Services Committee, and Jack Reed (D-R.I.), Ranking Member of the Armed Services Committee, are offering an amendment to the 2019 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). The senators say the amendment is needed because the Trump Administration is seeking to … Continue Reading
June 14, 2018
Warren, Krishnamoorthi Call on Inspector General to Investigate Failures of Education Department Ethics Program under Secretary DeVos
Washington, DC - United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Representative Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-Ill.) today asked the Department of Education's Inspector General (IG) Kathleen Tighe to investigate the Department's ethics program. They brought to attention recent reporting that found Robert Eitel, Senior Counselor to Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, played a more central role than previously indicated in the Department's decision to delay the enforcement of the borrower … Continue Reading
June 13, 2018
Young, Warren GAO-IG Act Passes Out of Committee
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Todd Young (R-Ind.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) announced that their legislation to increase oversight of taxpayer dollars spent by federal agencies has advanced out of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee and will be eligible for consideration by the full Senate. The Good Accounting Obligation in Government (GAO-IG) Act requires federal agencies to provide annual reports to Congress on the status of implementing … Continue Reading
June 13, 2018
Members of Congress Press FEMA, HHS on Federal Government's Failures on Puerto Rico Fatality Count Following Hurricane Maria
Washington, DC - United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Representative Nydia M. Velázquez (D-N.Y.), and Representative Bennie G. Thompson (D-Miss.), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, led their Senate and House colleagues in a follow-up letter to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) seeking information about the federal government's role in the official accounting of fatalities due to Hurricane … Continue Reading
June 12, 2018
Warren Statement on the United States-North Korea Summit
Washington, DC - United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) today released the following statement after the conclusion of the United States-North Korea Summit:"Yesterday's photo op doesn't change the fact that a nuclear-armed North Korea is a threat to the security of the United States, our allies, and the world. Generations of North Korean leaders have made and broken promises before -- this Administration's success will be judged on whether it can eliminate Kim's nuclear weapons … Continue Reading
June 11, 2018
Warren and Smith Press HHS Secretary Azar on Broken Promises in Trump Drug Pricing Proposal Prior to Appearance Before Congress
Washington, DC - United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Tina Smith (D-Minn.) sent a 12-page letter to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar with 38 questions seeking new information to address their concerns about President Trump's inadequate new proposals to reduce drug prices and his broken campaign promises to "negotiate like crazy" for lower drug prices. Last month, the senators also sent letters to the top ten drug company CEOs asking if they had … Continue Reading
June 08, 2018
Senators Open Inquiry on President Trump's Reckless Comments on Jobs Report
Washington, DC - United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), and Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) today sent letters to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), and the White House Council of Economic Advisers (CEA) expressing concern over President Donald Trump's reckless comments on market-moving economic data prior to their public release. The senators noted that this was a … Continue Reading
June 07, 2018
Warren, Gardner, Joyce and Blumenauer Unveil Bicameral, Bipartisan Legislation to Protect State Marijuana Policies
Washington, DC - U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Cory Gardner (R-Colo.) and U.S. Representatives David Joyce (R-Ohio) and Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.) today introduced the bicameral, bipartisan Strengthening the Tenth Amendment Through Entrusting States Act (STATES Act) to ensure that each state has the right to determine for itself the best approach to marijuana within its borders. The bill also extends these protections to Washington D.C, U.S. territories, and federally … Continue Reading
June 07, 2018
Senators Warren and Markey Meet with Puerto Rican Evacuees from Western Massachusetts, Demand Trump Administration Take Action on Housing Assistance for Families
Washington, DC - Massachusetts Senators Elizabeth Warren and Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today met with Puerto Rican families from Western Massachusetts and pledged to continue fighting for a long-term housing solution. At the end of May, Senators Warren and Markey introduced the Housing Victims of Major Disasters Act of 2018, legislation that would activate the Disaster Housing Assistance Program (DHAP) to provide stable housing for survivors of major hurricanes. DHAP is a partnership between … Continue Reading
June 06, 2018
Warren Delivers Floor Speech Honoring Robert F. Kennedy
Washington, DC - In a floor speech delivered today on the Senate floor, United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) paid tribute to former United States Senator Robert "Bobby" Kennedy (D-N.Y.) on the 50th anniversary of his assassination.The full text of her remarks is available below.Remarks by Senator Elizabeth Warren June 6, 2018Mr. President, I rise today to honor the life and legacy of an American treasure: Bobby Kennedy.Robert Kennedy lived his life with courage and conviction, … Continue Reading
June 05, 2018
Senator Warren Delivers Speech on Dangers of Deregulation
Washington, DC - United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) delivered a major speech today in which she discussed how giant corporations and wealthy individuals are working to roll back regulations that protect the health, safety, and economic well-being of the American people. The Senator's remarks kicked off a symposium hosted by the Coalition for Sensible Safeguards titled "The War on Regulation: Good for Corporations, Bad for the Public."Senator Warren's speech today was the … Continue Reading
May 31, 2018
Senators Introduce Bill to Provide Stable Housing for Hurricane Survivors
Washington, DC - A group of eight U.S. senators today announced legislation that would activate the Disaster Housing Assistance Program (DHAP) to provide stable housing for survivors of major hurricanes. The senators introduced the legislation after the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) refused to activate DHAP despite urgent need and requests from Members of Congress and from the Governor of Puerto Rico. The Housing Victims of Major Disasters Act of 2018 will be introduced by … Continue Reading
May 31, 2018
Senadores Presentan Proyecto de Ley para Proporcionar Viviendas Estables para los Sobrevivientes de Huracanes
Washington, DC - Hoy, un grupo de ocho senadores estadounidenses anunció un proyecto de ley que activaría el Programa para Asistencia de Vivienda por Desastre (DHAP, por sus siglas en inglés) para proporcionar viviendas estables para los sobrevivientes de grandes huracanes. Los senadores anunciaron el proyecto de ley después de que la Agencia Federal para el Manejo de Emergencias (FEMA, por sus siglas en inglés) se negó a activar DHAP a pesar de la necesidad urgente y las solicitudes de … Continue Reading
