Government Accountability

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...

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...

“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...

Today U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) spoke on the Senate floor, calling for the House of Representatives to immediately reauthorize and expand the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA). RECA funding—which is set to expire on June 7—compensates American victims whom the federal government has poisoned through its nuclear testing programs. Senator Hawley specifically addressed Speaker Mike Johnson, urging him to send RECA to the House floor...

Today U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) sent a letter to U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland, pressing President Biden's Department of Justice to investigate the third-party funding behind the violent, coordinated antisemitic protests currently plaguing college campuses across the country. "Earlier this week, Politico detailed the vast amounts of dark money subsidizing this mayhem. Their report found that key groups backing the campus...

Today in a Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) questioned Department of the Interior Secretary Deb Haaland over reports that her agency has met with foreign dark-money groups that actively fund left-wing environmental initiatives.  "Is it common practice at your department to meet with dark-money groups off the books and conceal it from the public?" asked Senator Hawley. Senator Hawley continued to press...

Today U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) joined Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) in sending a bipartisan, bicameral letter to Speaker Mike Johnson, urging House leadership to immediately reauthorize and expand theRadiation Exposure Compensation Reauthorization Act (RECA) before compensation for radiation victims expires on June 7, 2024. "Between 1945 and 1992, the U.S. conducted 206 above-ground nuclear weapons tests, dispersing radioactive material across vast swathes of the...

Last night, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) spoke with Fox News, updating viewers on his fight to reauthorize the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA) and compensate Missourians whom the federal government has poisoned by failing to properly dispose of radioactive waste from its nuclear testing programs. In the first segment of a four-part series, Senator Hawley joined members of grassroots advocacy group "Just Moms" in detailing the brunt of the burden Missourians...

U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) released the following statements, warning against a new power grab by the FBI through Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) section 702 reauthorization—which the House of Representatives has already passed and the Senate is currently negotiating. Senator Hawley announced the introduction of an amendment to protect Americans from this further government overreach. Senator Hawley has repeatedly condemned the FBI for abusing...

Today in a hearing of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) blasted Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Jennifer Granholm for lying about her personal stock holdings and for presiding over a culture of corruption where senior DOE employees trade and own stocks related to the agency’s work. Hawley also pressed Granholm on her connection to dark money organizations funded by billionaires.  "You are presiding over...