Press Releases
Warren, Markey Investigation Finds That EdTech Student Surveillance Platforms Need Urgent Federal Action to Protect Students
Washington, DC - United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today released the findings of the October 2021 investigation they opened into four educational technology companies — Gaggle.net, Bark Technologies, GoGuardian, and Securly Inc. — regarding their use of artificial intelligence (AI) and algorithmic systems to monitor students’ online activity. The senators sought to determine whether these products were surveilling students inappropriately, … Continue Reading
March 30, 2022
Warren, Whitehouse Call on Treasury, SEC to Close Loophole Exempting the $11 Trillion Private Investment Industry from Anti-Money Laundering and Anti-Terrorism Requirements
Washington, D.C. - United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Banking and Finance Committees, and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), a member of the Senate Finance Committee, sent a letter calling on Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen and Chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Gary Gensler to close the loophole that exempts the $11 trillion private investment industry from anti-money laundering (AML) and countering the financing of terrorism … Continue Reading
March 29, 2022
After New Revelations of Ginni Thomas’s Efforts to Overturn the 2020 Election, Warren and Jayapal Lead 22 Colleagues in Bicameral Letter Demanding Explanation from Justice Clarence Thomas on Failure to Recuse from Key Supreme Court Decisions and Seeking Future Recusals
Washington, D.C. - United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Representative Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) led 22 colleagues in a bicameral letter to Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and Chief Justice John Roberts demanding answers regarding Justice Thomas’s potential violation of federal ethics law, after last week’s explosive reporting on the efforts of his wife, Ms. Virginia “Ginni” Thomas, to overturn the results of the 2020 election. Justice Thomas was the lone dissenting … Continue Reading
March 28, 2022
Warren, Baldwin, Carper, Warner Commend Budget Provision to Reform Executive Compensation
Washington, D.C - U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisc.), Thomas Carper (D-Del.), and Mark Warner (D-Va.), members of the Senate Corporate Governance Working Group, released the following statement to commend President Biden’s budget proposal to restrict stock sales by corporate executives: “We are pleased that President Biden’s Budget calls for addressing the misaligned incentives that encourage excessive stock buybacks, often at the expense of investments in … Continue Reading
March 25, 2022
ICYMI: At Hearing, Senator Warren Calls on Housing Regulators to Combat Algorithmic Bias That Contribute to the Racial Wealth Gap
Video of Hearing ExchangeWashington, D.C. - In case you missed it, yesterday during a hearing of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (BHUA) Committee, United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) highlighted the role that automated valuation models (AVMs) - computer programs that use data to estimate home values - play in perpetuating racial disparities in the home appraisal process. While these systems could be a tool to reduce bias in appraisals, they often rely on data … Continue Reading
March 24, 2022
Warren Slams Giant Ocean Carrier Conglomerates for Driving Up Consumer Costs While Making Record Profits
Washington, D.C. - United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) sent a letter to the nine shipping companies that comprise the three giant ocean carrier alliances that dominate marine shipping, expressing concern that the companies are exploiting antitrust exemptions and driving up prices during the COVID-19 pandemic. In the letter, Senator Warren calls out the opportunistic business practices by the companies which have exacerbated shipping cost increases and supply chain problems, … Continue Reading
March 24, 2022
Sens. Warren, Durbin, Brown, Reps. Jayapal and Takano Urge Department of Education to Discharge Debt for Defrauded Corinthian College Students
Washington D.C. — U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Senator Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), and U.S. Representatives Pramila Jaypal (D-Wash.) and Mark Takano (D-Calif.) wrote a letter to Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona, urging the Department of Education (ED) to swiftly discharge the loans of borrowers defrauded by predatory for-profit colleges and universities, including those operated by Corinthian College. Seven years after defrauded … Continue Reading
March 23, 2022
ICYMI: On Senate Floor, Senator Warren Applauds Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Professional Diversity, Urges Colleagues to Support Her Confirmation to the Supreme Court
“If confirmed, she will be the first Black woman to sit on the Supreme Court, bringing long overdue representation to the bench. After serving as an Assistant Federal Public Defender in Washington, D.C., Judge Jackson will also be the first former federal public defender to serve on our nation’s highest court."“It matters that someone nominated to sit on our nation’s highest court has represented people other than corporate clients. It matters that someone nominated has had … Continue Reading
March 23, 2022
Warren, Baldwin, Colleagues Urge Biden Administration to Designate Cameroon for Temporary Protected Status
Washington, D.C. — United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) joined with aa group of colleagues in a letter to President Biden, urging the administration to designate Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Cameroon, which would provide lifesaving protection to Cameroonians currently in the United States. Cameroon is experiencing multiple, worsening humanitarian crises - 4.4 million Cameroonians are in need of humanitarian assistance, 2.6 million Cameroonians … Continue Reading
March 23, 2022
Warren, Markey Call on President Biden to Deploy Clean Energy and Energy-Efficient Electric Technologies in Response to Putin’s Energy Market Disruption
Washington, D.C. - United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), along with Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) sent a letter to President Biden, urging him to employ his existing executive authorities to advance the development and widespread adoption of clean energy and energy-efficient electric technologies, such as heat pumps, in order to reduce dependence on Russia and other authoritarian petrostates, … Continue Reading
March 23, 2022
At Hearing, Warren Calls for Passing Historic Investments in Home and Community-Based Care
Video of HearingWashington, D.C. - At a hearing of the Senate Special Committee on Aging, United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) called for historic investments in home and community-based care to expand access to services and ensure that home care workers can earn a living wage, enjoy real benefits, and can form and join a union. Despite providing essential support for adults, people with disabilities, and their loved ones, home care workers are three times more likely to live … Continue Reading
March 22, 2022
Senator Warren, Rep. Ro Khanna Introduce Bill to Prevent Large Corporations From Profiting Off Water and Water Rights
Washington, D.C. — Today, United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and United States Representative Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) led a bicameral group of colleagues in introducing the Future of Water Act to amend the Commodity Exchange Act to prohibit futures trading of water or water rights and protect our country’s water. Water is a basic human right that must be managed and protected as a public trust resource.As climate change has increased the severity and frequency of drought in … Continue Reading
March 17, 2022
At Hearing, Warren Warns Putin and Russian Elites Could Use Crypto to Hide Their Wealth and Evade Economic Sanctions
Washington, D.C. — During a U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) expressed concern that cryptocurrency could be used by Russian President Vladimir Putin and his cronies to undermine the international community's economic sanctions against Russia following its invasion of Ukraine. Senator Warren highlighted the various cryptocurrency tools that could make it easier for sanctioned individuals to hide their wealth and … Continue Reading
March 17, 2022
Warren, Wyden Demand Answers About Wells Fargo's Discriminatory Mortgage-Refinancing Practices Against Black Homeowners
Washington, D.C. - United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, and Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Chair of the Senate Finance Committee, sent a letter to Charles Scharf, CEO and President of Wells Fargo, demanding answers from the bank after a Bloomberg report found that in 2020, Wells Fargo was the only major lender in the United States to accept less than half of mortgage-refinancing applications from … Continue Reading
March 17, 2022
Warren, Reed, Warner, Tester, Colleagues Introduce the Digital Asset Sanctions Compliance Enhancement Act of 2022
Washington, D.C. - Today, Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Jack Reed, Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Mark Warner, and Senate Defense Appropriations Subcommittee Chair Jon Tester introduced the Digital Asset Sanctions Compliance Enhancement Act to ensure that Vladimir Putin and Russian elites don't use digital assets to undermine the international community’s economic sanctions against Russia following its invasion of Ukraine. … Continue Reading
March 16, 2022
At Hearing, Warren Calls out Big Pharma for Price-Gouging
“Big drug manufacturers have outsized market power and face little, if any, competition for their brand name drugs - so they are free to increase prices as much as they want.”Earlier today, Senator Warren and her colleagues slammed PhRMA’s evasive and misleading information about high drug prices and pressed them to answer for their members’ shady behavior Video of Hearing ExchangeWashington, D.C. - At today’s Senate Finance Committee hearing, United States Senator Elizabeth Warren … Continue Reading
March 16, 2022
Massachusetts Congressional Delegation Announces Over $104 Million in Federal Grants to Combat Homelessness
Washington, D.C. - United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), along with Representatives Richard E. Neal (D-MA-01), James P. McGovern (D-Mass.), Stephen F. Lynch (D-Mass.), Bill Keating (D-Mass.), Assistant Speaker Katherine Clark (D-Mass.), Seth Moulton (D-Mass.), Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.), Lori Trahan (D-Mass.), and Jake Auchincloss (D-Mass.), today announced that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has awarded $104,616,107 … Continue Reading
March 16, 2022
Warren, Jones Introduce Bicameral Legislation to Ban Anticompetitive Mergers, Restore Competition, and Bring Down Prices for Consumers
Washington, D.C. — United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and United States Representative Mondaire Jones (D-N.Y.) introduced bicameral legislation to help stomp out rampant industry consolidation that allows companies to raise consumer prices and mistreat workers. The Prohibiting Anticompetitive Mergers Act would ban the biggest, most anticompetitive mergers and give the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) the teeth to reject deals in the first … Continue Reading
March 16, 2022
Warren, Durbin, Leahy, Padilla, Merkley Encourage Biden Administration's Efforts To Aid Families Separated Under Trump’s Cruel "Zero-Tolerance" Policy
Washington, D.C. - United States Senator Elizbeth Warren (D-Mass.); Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee; Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee; Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Chair of the Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration; Senator Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.); and fifteen of their Senate colleagues sent a letter to President Biden in support of his administration’s continued efforts to provide a just … Continue Reading
March 16, 2022
Warren, Klobuchar, Porter, Schakowsky, Colleagues Call Out Drug Manufacturers For Providing Misleading Information on High Drug Prices
Washington, D.C. - United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) and Representatives Katie Porter (D-Calif.) and Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.), along with Senators Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Representatives Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.) and Susan Wild (D-Pa.), sent a letter to the CEO of the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) after receiving an inadequate response to their March 1, 2022 letter. In their initial letter, the … Continue Reading
