Warren, Elizabeth

Elizabeth Warren is the senior Democratic member of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, where she leads the minority party's oversight and legislative efforts. As Ranking Member, she shapes the committee's priorities on financial regulation, consumer protection, and housing policy—areas where the committee holds significant power to influence banking rules, hold financial institutions accountable, and advance legislation affecting the nation's financial system. Warren brings deep expertise to this role. Before entering the Senate in 2013, she was a law professor specializing in bankruptcy and commercial law, and she was the driving force behind creating the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which she helped establish during the Obama administration. She also chaired the Congressional Oversight Panel that monitored the government's response to the 2008 financial crisis. Since joining the Banking Committee in 2012, Warren has become known for aggressive questioning of banking regulators and executives, pressing them on enforcement actions against Wall Street and consumer protection. As Ranking Member beginning in 2025, Warren has prioritized preventing "too big to fail" banks from growing larger, protecting community banks, and strengthening financial regulations. She has also focused on lowering costs for working families and holding corporations accountable for price-gouging. Beyond Banking, Warren serves as Ranking Member of the Senate Armed Services Personnel Subcommittee, where she has secured bipartisan wins on military housing, troop health and safety, and defense contractor accountability. A progressive Democrat regarded as a leading voice on economic inequality and consumer rights, Warren has authored multiple books on bankruptcy and middle-class financial pressures, and she ran for president in 2020. She was first elected to the Senate in 2012 as Massachusetts's first female senator and was reelected in 2018 and 2024.