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U.S. SENATE

Elizabeth Warren

DemocratMassachusettsCurrently serving

Sworn into the Senate on Source

What they said 122

Their stated policy positions and commitments, with quotes and links to the original sources.

All statements (122)Campaign (96)After election (18)In office (3)Unresolved period (5)
Campaign position · commitment · Original date not established
Energy & environmentGovernment & elections

Require Tribal consent for projects affecting Tribal Nations

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Warren opposes the Keystone XL, Dakota Access, and Line 3 pipelines, citing threats to waters, lands, agricultural areas, and Tribal Nations, including the absence of full Tribal consent. She commits to revoke improperly granted permits for those pipelines and reject permits for new projects when appropriate processes are not followed. She believes that, absent extraordinary circumstances, projects or federal decisions that significantly affect Tribal communities should not proceed without the affected Tribal Nation’s free, prior, and informed consent.

Context: The consent position includes an exception for extraordinary circumstances; the source does not define that exception.

Campaign position · commitment · Original date not established
Energy & environmentForeign affairs & defenseEconomy, taxes & work

Set climate conditions for trade and imports

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Warren proposes requiring countries to join the Paris Climate Agreement and eliminate domestic fuel subsidies before they can enter trade negotiations with the United States. She also proposes a border carbon adjustment on carbon-intensive imported goods, aimed at discouraging companies from shifting production to countries with weaker greenhouse gas standards. She would seek an agreement to protect subsidies for green products and preferential treatment for green energy from World Trade Organization challenges.

Context: Original statement date not established. Source collected on November 12, 2026.

Campaign position · commitment · Original date not established
Agriculture & foodEnergy & environmentEconomy, taxes & work

Strengthen enforcement against agricultural polluters

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Warren proposes closing loopholes used by industrial livestock operations to pollute and strengthening enforcement of the Clean Air and Clean Water Acts against them. She says the goal is to make these operations pay the full costs of environmental damage. She also proposes using available tools to break up large agribusinesses and reverse anticompetitive mergers.

Context: Original statement date not established. Source collected on November 12, 2026.

Campaign position · commitment · Original date not established
Agriculture & foodEnergy & environment

Fund research into sustainable farming

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Warren proposes directing part of the $400 billion research and development commitment in her Green Manufacturing Plan toward reducing agricultural emissions. This would include a farmer-led Innovation Fund to pilot sustainable farming methods. She also proposes refocusing land grant universities on supporting family farmers and the environment.

Context: The source does not specify the share of the $400 billion commitment that would go to agriculture.

Campaign position · commitment · Original date not established
Agriculture & foodEnergy & environment

Expand conservation support for farmers

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Warren proposes expanding the Conservation Stewardship Program so that every farmer who wants to use their land to fight climate change can participate. The program would fund farmers transitioning to sustainable practices. She also proposes guaranteeing farmers a fair price and paying them to diversify their farms, giving them more support to adopt climate-friendly methods.

Context: Original statement date not established. Source collected on November 12, 2026.

Campaign position · commitment · Original date not established
Economy, taxes & work

Fund state and local help with business regulations

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Warren proposed a competitive federal grant program for states and localities to remove unnecessary rules and help small businesses navigate requirements that remain. Funded efforts could include reviewing and centralizing regulations, expanding one-stop shops for registration and compliance information, and piloting small-business navigators that offer advice and support. She said the reforms should preserve important health, safety, and environmental standards.

Context: Funding would be available to states and localities through a competitive grant program; the plan distinguishes unnecessary requirements from necessary public-protection standards.

Campaign position · commitment · Original date not established
Economy, taxes & work

Enforce antitrust laws against mergers that reduce competition

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Warren pledged to oppose mergers that reduce competition and appoint federal regulators willing to enforce existing antitrust laws, including by using their authority to break up such mergers. She connected this approach to giving small businesses a fair chance across industries, including technology and agriculture.

Context: The proposal refers to mergers found to reduce competition and enforcement under existing law; it does not identify specific future mergers.

Campaign position · commitment · Original date not established
Economy, taxes & work

Expand self-employment assistance programs

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Warren said she would support states seeking to expand self-employment assistance programs, which let unemployed workers receive benefits equivalent to unemployment insurance while getting training and counseling to start a business. She also proposed allowing participants to claim more compensation upfront to finance a business launch and directing programs toward communities where small businesses are declining.

Context: The programs are state efforts supported through federal grants; the plan does not specify how many states or participants would be covered.

Campaign position · commitment · Original date not established
Economy, taxes & work

Broaden access to federal small-business research awards

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Warren proposed spreading Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer awards across a wider variety of small businesses, with particular focus on increasing the diversity of recipients. She also proposed putting more weight on commercializing the research and development those programs fund, so more people could benefit from it.

Context: The proposal concerns the SBIR and STTR programs; it does not specify how award selection or commercialization priorities would change.

Campaign position · commitment · Original date not established
Economy, taxes & work

Cancel up to $50,000 in student loan debt

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Warren said she would use existing laws to cancel up to $50,000 in student loan debt for about 42 million Americans on the first day of her presidency. She argued that reducing this debt burden could help fuel small-business formation; the proposal was part of her broader student-debt cancellation plan.

Context: The stated amount and number of people apply to the referenced student-debt plan; cancellation was proposed, not enacted.