Press Releases
ICYMI: Warren Delivers Commencement Address at North Shore Community College
Lynn, MA - United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) delivered a keynote address at North Shore Community College (NSCC) today at the 58th annual commencement ceremony. Remarks from Senator Elizabeth WarrenAs prepared for deliveryMay 17, 2024 Senator Elizabeth Warren: Hello North Shore! Congratulations! I’m here to celebrate you! President Heineman, thank you very much for inviting me to this year’s ceremony. Today is the 70th anniversary of the historic Brown vs. Board of … Continue Reading
May 17, 2024
ICYMI: At Hearing, Warren Secures Commitments from Fed, FDIC, OCC to Push Forward on Executive Compensation Limitations, Bank Merger Guidance, and Bank Capital Requirements
Washington, D.C. - At a hearing of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) sought commitments from regulators at the Federal Reserve (Fed), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), and the Office of the Comptroller on Currency (OCC) on the FDIC workplace report and pending regulatory priorities. Earlier this month, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton released an independent review of the FDIC’s workplace culture, which found … Continue Reading
May 17, 2024
ICYMI: At Hearing, Warren Calls Out Private Insurers in Medicare Advantage for Accelerating Rural Hospital Crisis, Praises Biden’s Minimum Staffing Rule for Increasing Quality of Care
Washington, D.C. — At a hearing of the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) questioned Michael Topchik, M.A., executive director for the Chartis Center for Rural Health, on the impact of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) newly-finalized minimum staffing rule on quality of care and called out private insurers in Medicare Advantage (MA) for their greedy - and often unlawful - payment practices that threaten to shut down rural hospitals … Continue Reading
May 16, 2024
Warren Statement on Supreme Court Upholding CFPB Is Constitutional
Washington, D.C. — Today, United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) released the following statement regarding the Supreme Court’s 7-2 decision on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: “The CFPB is here to stay. In a 7-2 decision, the Supreme Court followed the law and confirmed that the CFPB’s funding structure is constitutional. For the last decade, the consumer agency has fought the big banks and predatory lenders that try to cheat hardworking people. As of this week, the CFPB … Continue Reading
May 16, 2024
Warren, Carper, Beyer, Porter, Sherman Lead Over 130 Lawmakers Touting Direct File’s Successes, Urges Biden Administration to Expand Program, Make Permanent
Washington, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Tom Carper (D-Del.),U.S Representatives Don Beyer (D-Va.), Katie Porter (D-Calif.), and Brad Sherman (D-Calif.) led over 130 lawmakers - including Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Senate Appropriations Committee Chair Patty Murray (D-Wash.), Senate Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Subcommittee Chair Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), and House … Continue Reading
May 16, 2024
Warren, Omar Lead Colleagues in Urging Regulatory Agencies to Combat Discrimination in Financial System by Curbing ‘De-Risking’ Practices
Washington, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Representative Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) led a letter to the heads of the financial regulatory agencies, urging them to clamp down on discrimination in banking by combating “de-risking,” — a practice that may disproportionately affect Muslim Americans and immigrant communities. “De-risking” is when financial institutions, in an attempt to mitigate suspicious activity, end or restrict business relationships, for example by … Continue Reading
May 15, 2024
Warren, Senators Urge Closure of Inhumane Immigration Detention Centers
Washington, D.C. - Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), Ed Markey (D-Mass.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Peter Welch (D-Vt.), and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), wrote to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), urging them to phase out the use of private detention centers, and close four facilities with well-documented inhumane … Continue Reading
May 15, 2024
Warren, Lawmakers Applaud USTR Decision to End Industry-Fueled Attacks on Arms Control Policies, Criticize Commerce’s Inadequate Steps to Address Assault Weapon Exports
Washington, D.C. - Today, United States Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Representatives Joaquin Castro (D-Texas.), Adriano Espaillat (D-N.Y.) and Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) sent a letter to United States Trade Representative (USTR) Ambassador Katherine Tai writing in support of USTR’s decision to remove the designation of import license requirements for explosives, firearms, and ammunition as trade barriers in the annual National Trade Estimate (NTE) report, while also criticizing the Department of … Continue Reading
May 14, 2024
Warren, Jayapal Slam Treasury Inspector General’s “Irresponsible Whitewash” of Big Accounting Firms’ Revolving Door Influence over Tax Policy, Demand Retraction
Washington, D.C. - Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Representative Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) wrote to the Department of Treasury’s (Treasury) Inspector General (IG), Richard Delmar, demanding a retraction of the IG’s recent report, and conduct a new and thorough review of the scope and significance of revolving door influence-peddling problem by big accounting firms at the Treasury Department. In February 2022, the lawmakers requested the investigation following a report from the New … Continue Reading
May 13, 2024
Warren, McGovern, Lawmakers to President Biden: Use Executive Authority to Lower Food Prices
Washington, D.C. - United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and U.S. Rep. Jim McGovern (D-Mass.) are leading a group of lawmakers in a letter to President Joe Biden encouraging the Biden administration to use its executive authority to take robust actions to lower food prices for families. In the letter, the lawmakers note how corporations have been raking in record profits while families are being hit with higher costs for groceries, and they outline several executive actions that the … Continue Reading
May 10, 2024
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
