Government Accountability

Hawley Reveals New Whistleblower Allegations Exposing ‘Loose’ Security Ahead of Trump Assassination Attempt

Friday, July 19, 2024

Today, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), wrote a letter to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, demanding answers behind the U.S. Secret Service's botched security rollout at President Donald Trump's July 13 rally. The letter comes after multiple whistleblowers contacted Senator Hawley's office with disturbing new information behind the assassination attempt on the former president. "Whistleblowers who have direct knowledge of the event have approached my office....

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Hawley Requests More Records Behind Assassination Attempt on President Trump, Opens Office Whistleblower Tip Line

Wednesday, July 17, 2024

Today, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) sent two oversight letters related to the assassination attempt on President Donald Trump on July 13. Writing to the Inspector General of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Senator Hawley requested responsive records related to the Secret Service’s staggering security failures that day. "This incident represents a staggering security failure by the U.S. Secret Service and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to appropriately...

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Hawley Demands Full-Scale Investigation by Congress into Attempted Assassination of President Trump

Sunday, July 14, 2024

Today U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) sent a letter to U.S. Senator Gary Peters (D-Mich.), calling on the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee (HSGAC) Chairman to immediately launch an investigation into the attempted assassination of former President Trump at a Pennsylvania campaign rally yesterday.  "This HSGAC investigation must include public testimony, hearings, and robust oversight over the relevant federal departments as they respond to this...

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Hawley Statement on Attempted Assassination of President Trump

Saturday, July 13, 2024

Today U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) issued the following statements after the attempted assassination of President Trump.  Pray for President Trump. And for justice.— Josh Hawley (@HawleyMO) July 13, 2024 The Justice Dept needs to release the shooter’s ID immediately and everything known about him. No sweeping it under the rug— Josh Hawley (@HawleyMO) July 14, 2024 It’s a wonder Donald Trump is alive. Let’s call this what it was. An assassination attempt with at least...

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Hawley, Peters, Merkley, Ossoff Announce First-Ever Bipartisan Agreement to Advance Bill Barring Congress Members from Stock Trading

Wednesday, July 10, 2024

At a bipartisan press conference today, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), alongside Senators Gary Peters (D-Mich.), Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.), and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), made the case for banning stock trading for sitting members of Congress and unveiled new legislation to make it a reality. The bipartisan legislation will be considered at the Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee business meeting on July 24. This is the first time a Senate committee will move forward to...

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Hawley Condemns Biden DOJ’s Indictment of Texas Doctor who Sounded Alarm on Illegal Transgender Procedures at Children’s Hospital

Friday, June 21, 2024

U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) sent a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland and FBI Director Christopher Wray, denouncing the Justice Department's prosecution of Dr. Eithan Haim and requesting all documents related to the agency's investigation. President Biden's Justice Department indicted Dr. Haim after he blew the whistle on Texas Children’s Hospital for secretly conducting illegal child sterilization surgeries in the name of transgender healthcare. "This prosecution is intended to...

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Hawley Joins Missouri Radiation Advocates to Give Update on RECA Following Senate Lunch with Johnson

Wednesday, June 12, 2024

Today U.S. Senator Hawley (R-Mo.) joined Missouri radiation advocates in the U.S. Capitol to provide an update on his continued push to reauthorize and expand the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA) that lapsed last week thanks to inaction from House leadership.  Today's RECA update following a Republican Senate lunch with Speaker Johnson comes after the Speaker failed to follow through on his promise to meet with Missouri radiation advocates. ". . . Now, nobody in my state—nobody in...

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Hawley Blasts House Leadership’s Inaction on RECA Expiration Date

Friday, June 07, 2024

U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) released the following statement, calling out Speaker Mike Johnson for the House's failure to reauthorize and expand compensation funds for American radiation victims that expire today due to legislative inaction. RECA expires today because the House has done nothing. I hope when @SpeakerJohnson gets back from Europe he will get focused on America - and make time to meet with radiation survivors, like he promised— Josh Hawley (@HawleyMO) June 7, 2024...

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Hawley Slams Johnson for Plan to Vote on RECA Bill Excluding Missouri, New Mexico, and Hundreds of Thousands of Americans

Tuesday, May 28, 2024

Today U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) released a statement after Speaker Mike Johnson's (R-La.) office informed Senator Hawley that the House would take up a Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA) bill that fails to compensate thousands of victims across the country, including in Missouri, New Mexico, and the Navajo Nation. In March, Speaker Johnson pledged to work with interested parties on a reauthorization measure following the House's failure to take up...

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Hawley Blasts Attempt to Stop RECA Expansion, Pledges No RECA Bill Without Missouri Will Pass Senate

Thursday, May 23, 2024

“There’s nothing clean about this bill . . . It leaves Missouri filthy, dirty with nuclear radiation.” Today U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) blasted the so-called “clean” extension of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA) introduced by Senator Mike Lee (R-Utah). Senator Hawley objected to the proposal which would have extended the program without any additional coverage for the hundreds of thousands of victims across America in places like Missouri. "Well, there is nothing...

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