When the WHO declared COVID-19 a global pandemic one year ago today, our country didn’t know what was around the corner. Over half a million lives lost. Tens of millions sick. Jobs gone and businesses shuttered. Unthinkable grief without hugs for comfort.
Our doctors, nurses, hospital staff, public health experts and scientists have worked around the clock, one grueling day after another, to stop the virus. They’ve carried the weight of the world on their shoulders – our hopes and our heartbreak. They deserve our thanks every day.
And our essential workers – including grocery store workers, farm workers, warehouse workers, meatpacking workers, restaurant workers, and delivery workers – have risked their health in the scariest conditions to keep us safe and fed. We’re in their debt.
On this one-year anniversary, I’m optimistic about the future. We have vaccines and a strong relief package on the way. The numbers are looking better. But our hearts still hurt from everything and everyone that this pandemic has stolen from us.
Today we remember the family, friends, and neighbors we loved – and we search for a way to settle this loss in our hearts. We need each other more than ever, working together to build tomorrow, and the next day, and the next day, with opportunities for better days ahead.

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11 Mar
The #AmericanRescueAct is a historic piece of legislation for our country’s recovery from this pandemic and economic crisis. But I want to take a moment to mention some of the big wins we fought for to help families back home in Massachusetts:
Our state and local governments had to pick up the tab when Trump didn't come up with a federal plan to fight this pandemic. The relief bill has $8.1 billion for Massachusetts state and local government funding with much more flexibility than the CARES Act.
We need child care for parents to go back to work – and I fought for $50 billion in child care funding nationwide. Massachusetts is going to see $512 million to support child care providers and help families afford care, and $13.6 million for Head Start.
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6 Mar
Democrats passed a historic relief package to expand vaccines, safely reopen schools, and help families. It’s a powerful bill that will make a real difference. There’s a lot of good stuff in it but I want to highlight two things:
I’ve been fighting alongside @SenTinaSmith for a $50 billion child care bailout since April. Great news: the relief bill finally gets us there to help child care providers keep their doors open. Now we need to build a child care system that works for families.
I’m happy that my bill with @SenatorMenendez to make any student loan forgiveness tax-free was included in the COVID relief bill. This clears the way for President Biden to #CancelStudentDebt without burdening student borrowers with thousands of dollars in unexpected taxes.
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22 Dec 20
Even as vaccine distribution begins, testing will remain a critical tool in containing COVID-19. High-quality, frequent testing should be easily available to everyone, which is why I'm introducing new legislation to expand federally-funded testing. cnbc.com/2020/12/22/sen…
My bill does what we should have been doing months ago: requiring the federal government to publicly manufacture COVID tests and supplies for state, local, territorial, and tribal health care providers and programs free of charge.
My bill also requires the federal government to provide COVID testing to schools, child care centers, nursing homes, homeless shelters, religious centers, prisons and jails, factories and other businesses that employ essential workers, and other high-risk locations.
Read 4 tweets
18 Dec 20
The Republicans’ last-ditch attempt to cut the Fed’s emergency lending powers is more than technical language in a bill. This is about the recovery of our small businesses and ability of states and towns to keep providing critical services we all rely on. nbcnews.com/politics/congr…
After denying meaningful relief for months, Republicans are now attempting to cut off one of the only sources of funding that can help mom & pop stores keep the lights on and prevent teachers, firefighters, and other public workers from getting laid off.
Instead, it will be hard-working and struggling Americans who are most affected. And we know that communities of color are hit the hardest when our economy tanks. Black and brown Americans will feel the brunt of the impact if the Fed can’t step in to help our struggling economy.
Read 5 tweets
9 Dec 20
As a law professor, I found that most bankruptcies are from an illness, job loss, or family death/breakup. COVID is pushing families over a financial cliff, and our system isn't providing relief. So @RepJerryNadler and I have a new bill to #FixBankruptcy. warren.senate.gov/newsroom/press… We need to fix our broken bankruptcy system for struggling f
Our Consumer Bankruptcy Reform Act simplifies and modernizes the consumer bankruptcy system to help people struggling with debt – starting by creating a single system for all consumers, streamlining the filing process, and reducing filing fees. #FixBankruptcy
Our bill helps bankruptcy filers care for their families by helping renters with back rent avoid eviction, making student loan debt dischargeable, and letting people protect their homes and cars during the bankruptcy process. #FixBankruptcy
Read 7 tweets
4 Dec 20
People still have questions about who benefits most if we #CancelStudentDebt. @SenSchumer and I set the record straight on who struggles with student loans and why it falls particularly hard on Black and Latinx students. Check out our new @Blavity op-ed. blavity.com/why-we-elizabe…
Let’s just be clear: millionaires and billionaires don’t need to take out student loans, nor do their kids. Student loans are for people whose family couldn’t afford to write a check for college but who still tried to get an education anyway. #CancelStudentDebt
Up to 40% of people with student loan debt – and the majority of Black students – don’t have a degree years after starting college. Maybe they couldn’t afford to finish, needed to work, didn’t have child care, life happened – whatever. #CancelStudentDebt
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