Their stated policy positions and commitments, with quotes and links to the original sources.
Warren’s plan would clarify that attempting to collect a debt after its statute of limitations has expired violates the law. The change would address debt collectors filing claims in bankruptcy on debts they no longer have a right to collect.
Context: Original statement date not established. Source collected on November 12, 2026.
Warren’s plan would disallow debts of creditors that harm debtors by violating consumer financial protection laws. She says the change is intended to strengthen consumer-law deterrence and encourage compliance by creditors and their agents, including mortgage servicers and debt collectors.
Context: Original statement date not established. Source collected on November 12, 2026.
Warren’s plan would extend the federal statute of limitations for actual fraudulent transfers to match the longest state limitation period. It would also add federal criminal penalties for knowingly engaging in, aiding and abetting, or receiving an actual fraudulent transfer.
Context: Original statement date not established. Source collected on November 12, 2026.
Warren’s plan would let bankruptcy courts deny an exemption for an asset when a filer concealed it or lied about it. The change is intended to give courts more tools to address fraud in bankruptcy.
Context: Original statement date not established. Source collected on November 12, 2026.
Warren proposes creating an independent Prison Conditions Monitor within the Department of Justice’s Office of the Inspector General. The Monitor would set enforceable quality standards, audit and investigate contractors, and terminate contracts when providers fall short. She also proposes closing a Freedom of Information Act loophole for private prison subcontractors, prosecuting companies that blatantly violate the law, and allowing people to sue abusive contractors for violating their rights.
Context: Original statement date not established. Source collected on November 12, 2026.
Warren proposes prohibiting contractors from charging incarcerated or detained people for basic services such as phone calls, bank transfers, and health care. She would also restrict exploitative markups on services such as commissary and packages, and prohibit charges for re-entry, supervision, and probation services. The proposal covers contractors serving people inside facilities and those under supervision outside them.
Context: Original statement date not established. Source collected on November 12, 2026.
Elizabeth Warren proposes ending federal contracts with private detention providers used by the Bureau of Prisons, ICE, and the U.S. Marshals Service. She would also seek to extend the ban to state and local facilities by making their receipt of federal public-safety funding conditional on using public facilities. The plan aims to end profit-making from incarceration and detention.
Context: The state and local extension would operate through conditions on federal public-safety funding.
Warren proposed establishing public financing for the national conventions of major political parties, which she said had long been funded by corporations and wealthy donors.
Context: The proposal covers major political parties’ national conventions, held every four years.
Warren proposed reducing the Federal Election Commission from six members to five, with one independent member. She also proposed giving the agency more power to impose fines and more staff resources for investigations, allowing either party to go to federal court if the FEC fails to act on an enforcement matter in a timely way, and restoring its authority to conduct random audits.
Context: Original statement date not established. Source collected on November 12, 2026.
Warren proposed a public-financing program that would provide a 6-to-1 match for contributions under $200, funded by penalties from corporate misconduct and major tax crimes. She also proposed lowering individual contribution limits to $1,000 for campaigns and $10,000 for political parties. She said the changes would encourage candidates to spend less time seeking large donations and more time with ordinary voters.
Context: The proposed matching-fund program would be funded by penalties from corporate malfeasance and major tax crimes.