WASHINGTON, May 10 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: 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  more

WASHINGTON, May 10 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: 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 refor  more

WASHINGTON, May 10 -- Rep. Katherine Clark, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: The Massachusetts Congressional delegation of Democratic Whip Katherine Clark (MA-5), Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), and Chairman Richard E. Neal (MA-1), Chairman James P. McGovern (MA-2), Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-3), Congressman Jake Auchincloss (MA-4), Congressman Seth Moulton (MA-6), Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-7), Congressman Stephen F. Lynch (MA-8)  more

WASHINGTON, May 9 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: List of MA HUD Funding by Program (PDF) Washington (May 9, 2024) - The Massachusetts Congressional delegation of Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), and Chairman Richard E. Neal (MA-01), Chairman James P. McGovern (MA-02), Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03), Congressman Jake Auchincloss (MA-04), Democratic Whip Katherine Clark (MA-05), Congressman Seth Moulton (MA-06),  more

WASHINGTON, May 9 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Bans family seating fees, mandates automatic refunds for cancelled flights, invests in airport climate resiliency Washington (May 9, 2024) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, and longtime champion for consumer and worker protections, released the following statement today after the Senate passed the Federal Aviation Administ  more

WASHINGTON, May 10 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: 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 th  more

WASHINGTON, May 10 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: 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 wh  more