Elizabeth Warren
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Recent News About Elizabeth Warren
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Senators Warren, Duckworth, Van Hollen, Blumenthal Call on Government Task Force to Adopt Covid-19 Testing as a Preventive Screening Tool
“We urge the USPSTF to issue such a recommendation for all COVID-19 tests, guaranteeing that insured patients will continue to receive these products without a co-pay.”
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New Report From Warren, Warnock, Blumenthal: Uninsured Patients Face Significant Problems Getting Affordable Insulin
Survey of 300+ Pharmacies Found Patients Often Cannot Access Cheaper Generic Insulin; Eli Lilly’s Generic Insulin Costs Almost Four Times More than $25 Target Price
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Icymi: at Subcommittee Hearing on Economic Policy, Experts Agree With Senator Warren on the Risks of Consolidation in the Banking System, Need for Stronger Merger Guidelines
“Too Big to Fail banks pose risks to stability of the financial system and increasing bank concentration puts a damper on small business growth all across this country.” “We need effective regulation and bank supervision that prevent big banks from failing in the first place. We also need to police bank mergers to ensure that big banks have robust competition to ensure they are serving consumers and small businesses.”
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Warren, Senators Urge Justice Department to Do More to Protect Americans’ Right to Travel for Reproductive Health Care
“We encourage you to do all that you can to protect this right and request a briefing from the Reproductive Health Task Force”
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In New Report, Senators Warren, Wyden, Lawmakers Reveal Massive, Likely Illegal Breach of Taxpayer Privacy by Tax Prep Companies With Meta – Call for Agencies to Investigate, Prosecute
“Big Tax Prep has recklessly shared tens of millions of taxpayers’ sensitive personal and financial data with Meta for years” in what “appears to represent a violation of taxpayer privacy laws”
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Senator Warren Raises Concerns Over Conflict of Interest in Dod’s Office of Strategic Capital
“I am concerned that this office is already too cozy with private investment firms.”
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At Hearing, Warren Secures Ethics Commitment Joint Chiefs of Staff Nominee General Brown; Reiterates Concern Over Senior Military Holds
General Brown: “I don't intend to pursue opportunities in the defense sector or as a lobbyist upon retirement from military service.”
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Senator Warren, Representatives Deluzio, Pocan, Garamendi Urge Dod to Tighten Up the Merger Review Process and Publicly Disclose Merger Risks
“We are concerned with DoD’s history of flawed merger reviews, and we write to ensure that the Department conducts a careful thorough review of the L3Harris-Aerojet merger.”
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Warren, Van Hollen, Jacobs Call on DoD to Release Information on Possible Civilian Casualty from Recent Syria Airstrike
U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, and Chris Van Hollen (D-Maryland), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and U.S. Representative Sara Jacobs (D-Calif.), a member of the House Armed Services and Foreign Affairs Committees, sent a letter to Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III, expressing concerns that a recent May 2023 U.S. airstrike in Syria may have killed a civilian. Senators Warren and Van Hollen and Representative Jacobs are asking DoD to publicly release as much of their internal investigation into the airstrike as possible.
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Senators Warren, Booker Call for Severance Pay and Benefits for Employees Following Bed Bath & Beyond Bankruptcy and Layoffs
“We are seeking further information about Bed Bath & Beyond’s “intentional… calculated, and … disgraceful” attempts to evade requirements that it pay severance to its workers, and its plans to treat workers fairly.”
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Senator Warren Renews Call for Cfpb to Rein in Unreasonable Credit Card Late Fees
“This proposed rule is necessary to protect American consumers from the predatory practices of greedy financial institutions and furthers the Biden Administration’s efforts to root out junk fees”
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Warren Statement on the Supreme Court Blocking the President’s Plan to Cancel Student Debt
United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) released the following statement after the Supreme Court blocked President Biden’s plan to cancel student debt.
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Warren Questions Goldman Sachs’ Profiting From Silicon Valley Bank Failure
Goldman Played Conflicting Roles, Profiting from Buying SVB-Held Bonds and Raising Capital for SVB That Contributed to Run on the Bank
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Warren, Markey, Sanders Release Troubling Findings on Medical Credit Cards That Threaten Patients’ Finances
Senators Call on CFPB to Address Financial Risks of Medical Credit Cards and Protect Consumers
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Warren, Brown Open Investigation Into 23 Companies’ Overtime Avoidance Practices and Possible Wage Theft
Companies Label Workers As “Managers” to Deny Workers Billions in Overtime Pay
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Senator Warren Encourages Massachusetts Communities to Apply for Electric School Bus Federal Grants
“Any municipal government entity responsible for providing school bus service to one or more public school systems, or for purchasing, leasing, licensing, or contracting for service of school buses, is eligible to apply, and I highly encourage you to submit an application for this funding opportunity"
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Warren, Senators Call on Hhs Secretary Becerra to Deliver on Commitment to Expanding Voting Access
HHS Has Not Implemented Voter Registration Access through HealthCare.Gov After its 2021 Commitment, Has Not Responded to Senators’ 2022 Questions on Promoting Voting Access
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Senators Warren, Carper, Representatives Sherman, Porter and Beyer Lead 99-member Coalition to Applaud Irs Announcement of New Free Tax Filing Tool
“We stand in strong support of the IRS’s project to make a pilot version of this tool available to taxpayers in filing season 2024.”
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Senators Warren and Collins Lead 46 Senate Colleagues in Reintroducing Refund Equality Act
Legislation Would Remedy Unequal Tax Treatment for Married Same-Sex Couples Prior to the Windsor Decision 10 Years Ago Today
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Senator Warren Urges Financial Regulators to Promote Greater Competition in Banking, Strengthen Bank Merger Review Guidelines
“I have long been concerned with bank concentration and your agencies’ failures to curb the proliferation of banks that are ‘too-big-to-fail.’”