Elizabeth WarrenVerified account

I'm glad to join strong women like ones on our @ussoccer #USWNT to fight for equal pay - in offices, factories, & yes, on the soccer field.

Read my letter to Chair Mary Jo White about my serious concerns with the SEC: http://1.usa.gov/26gOMt1 

This decision is a mockery of the SEC's core mission & the latest example of the SEC failing to punish guilty parties & protect investors.

Just 2 months after Cohen's sanction, the SEC approved the application of a new investment firm co-owned by… Steven Cohen. Seriously.

SAC Capital pled guilty to insider trading in 2013. In Jan, the SEC barred its manager Steven Cohen from managing outside funds until 2018.

In 2008, Wall Street got a bailout. What did those truck drivers, dockworkers & warehouse workers get? They got stuck with bill.

Goldman Sachs & Northern Trust got $41M to manage workers’ pension funds, & they recklessly gambled it on junk bonds & toxic mortgages.

Congrats to @fstockman & @jrinaldi5 on your @BostonGlobe Pulitzer Prizes! All of MA is grateful for your fantastic work. #Pulitzer100

Happy Patriots' Day, Massachusetts! And good luck to the #BostonMarathon runners!

We have a simple ask this #OneBostonDay: Do something nice for someone today. Those are Boston values, & those are American values.

Today we remember the victims & survivors of the Boston Marathon tragedy & the strength of the people of Boston by celebrating #OneBostonDay

It’s time for the @SenateGOP to #doyourjob & hold hearings, consider his nomination in good faith, & give Judge Garland an up-or-down vote.

That’s the definition of “unbelievable” in the real world – but it’s business as usual in the cozy world of Wall Street.

“Unbelievable”? Yes, totally unbelievable that JPM could get tagged as TBTF & then pat each other on the backs & say “heckuva job.”

BIG thanks @SenWarren @CoryBooker @SenSanders for joining 1,000+ others urging UN to end the drug war. http://bit.ly/1SNYPvP  #UNGASS2016

Today, our top regulators warned us about the danger of the biggest banks. We would be foolish to ignore their warnings.

This is a giant warning sign of the central role big banks will play in the next crisis unless Congress & regulators show some backbone.

No execs lost their jobs in exchange for taxpayer rescue. None went to jail. Some, like Jamie Dimon, are still running the same banks.

Big bank execs got rich but when it all predictably blew up, the gov lavished their institutions with billions in bailouts.

The big banks spread risk throughout the system by misleading investors about the quality of mortgages in the securities they were offering.

There would be no crisis without these giant banks that encouraged reckless mortgage lending & funded slimy subprime lenders.

Wall St lobbyists have tried to deflect blame for the 2008 crisis for years. But their revisionist history is untrue & dangerous.

Unless the banks promptly address regulators’ concerns, the gov must push these banks to get smaller & less complex.

5 US banks are big enough that any one could crash the economy again if they failed & weren’t bailed out. It’s a very big deal. It’s scary.

The Tax Filing Simplification Act is a commonsense bill to push the IRS to simplify Tax Day. Learn more: http://warren.senate.gov/taxday 

And the Tax Filing Simplification Act provides a return-free option for those with simple tax situations.

The Tax Filing Simplification Act lets taxpayers download third-party-reported tax information that the IRS already has.

It prohibits the IRS from entering into agreements w/ tax prep companies that restrict its ability to provide free online services.

My bill directs the IRS to develop a free, online tax prep & filing service that taxpayers can use directly w/ the gov.

Today I introduced the Tax Filing Simplification Act to help taxpayers file with less stress & fewer costs.

Congress should be making it easier for Americans to file their taxes, not bowing to the interests of the tax prep industry.

This year, taxpayers will spend an average of 13 hrs prepping taxes & pay $200 for tax prep services.

Read my office’s new report on how the IRS caved to powerful companies w/ a vested interest in complicated taxes: http://www.warren.senate.gov/files/documents/Tax_Maze_Report.pdf …

That means taxpayers have to spend billions – and share personal info with 3rd-parties – just to file taxes.

The tax prep industry has fought zealously to block the IRS from implementing laws to make tax prep & filing easier.

#EqualPayDay isn’t a national day of celebration. It’s a national day of embarrassment.

I cannot believe we’re still standing here debating whether a woman should get fired for asking what the guy down the hall makes.

Today is #EqualPayDay – and I cannot believe I have to give another speech fighting for equal pay for equal work for women.