Yesterday U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) held a bipartisan rally at the U.S. Capitol with U.S. Senators Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.), House lawmakers, and victims of nuclear contamination—from the St. Louis area, St. Charles area, and across America—to demand justice and compensation for those who have been harmed by the federal government's decades of negligence. “Dating all the way back to the Manhattan Project, the government used the city of St. Louis as a...
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Senate Adopts Hawley Legislation Providing Funding for Victims of STL Region Nuclear Contamination
Today U.S. Senator Josh Hawley's (R-Mo.) legislation to compensate victims of government-caused nuclear contamination in the greater St. Louis area was adopted by the U.S. Senate. The legislation took the form of an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act. Senator Hawley's legislation was co-sponsored by Senators Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.), and Mike Crapo (R-Idaho). "For fifty years, fifty years the federal government has put into the water,...
SOON: Hawley Secures Vote on Amendment to Provide Funding for Victims of STL Region Nuclear Contamination
This afternoon, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) will bring up his amendment for a full U.S. Senate vote, extending the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA) to include victims of Manhattan Project contamination in the St. Louis region. Remarks will be livestreamed here. WHO: Senator Josh Hawley WHAT: Vote on Senator Hawley's amendment to the NDAA, support for victims of nuclear contamination in the STL region WHEN: Today, July 27, 2023 at approximately...
Hawley Demands DOE Improve Nuclear Contamination Cleanup Efforts at Weldon Spring Site
Today U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) sent a letter to Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Jennifer Granholm, urging the Department conduct additional testing for radioactive contamination at a site in St. Charles County, Mo. After a review of the Weldon Spring site in 2021, the Missouri Department of Natural Resources offered an extensive critique of the DOE's cleanup and monitoring efforts at that location. These concerns were recently made public. "On May 27, 2021, the...
Hawley Urges Senate Hearing on Government-Caused Nuclear Contamination in the St. Louis Region
Today U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) sent a letter to Energy and Natural Resources Chairman Senator Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), urging him to convene a committee hearing to discuss the government-caused nuclear contamination of the St. Louis area as well as the steps that involved government agencies are taking to remediate the area. “Last week, new reports provided stunning information about radioactive contamination in the St. Louis area resulting from the Manhattan Project. ...
Hawley, Gillibrand to Introduce Landmark Bill Banning Stock Trading and Ownership by Congress, Executive Branch Officials and Their Families
U.S. Senators Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) will introduce the bipartisan Ban Stock Trading for Government Officials Act. The legislation would create stringent stock trading bans and disclosure requirements for Congress, senior executive branch officials, and their spouses and dependents. The bill bans stock trading, stock ownership, and blind trusts; imposes heavy penalties for executive branch stock trading; requires reporting of...
NEW: Senator Hawley Demands USACE, DOE, and EPA Answer for St. Louis Contamination
Today U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) sent separate letters to United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Lieutenant General Scott Spellmon, Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Jennifer Granholm, and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan demanding answers on nuclear contamination in the St. Louis region. Senator Hawley's letters followed a disturbing new report of a decades-long effort to downplay and conceal the risks of radioactive...
Hawley Visits St. Louis Area Impacted by Radioactive Waste, Vows Justice for Community
Today, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) traveled to the St. Louis region where he visited the Jana Elementary School and Coldwater Creek, areas both affected by decades-old nuclear waste. During a rally with advocates from the community, Senator Hawley called on the federal government to authorize a fund for St. Louis residents who fell victim to radioactive contamination due to bureaucratic negligence and vowed to do everything in his power to bring the community justice. “Now...
Hawley Announces New Legislation to Compensate Victims of Nuclear Waste in St. Louis Area
Today U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) announced new legislation to create a fund for the victims of radioactive contamination in the St. Louis region. His announcement followed a disturbing new report that details how the federal government and companies responsible for Manhattan Project waste in the region “were aware of health risks, spills, improperly stored contaminants and other problems but often ignored them.” “The people of St. Louis have borne the burden of [the...
Hawley Urges EPA to Report on Coldwater Creek Chemical Spill
U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) sent a letter to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan, requesting a briefing from the EPA on the chemical spill near St. Louis Lambert Airport and Coldwater Creek. The EPA initially responded to contaminated industrial wastewater last week, and reports suggest the public was not immediately notified of the spill. "Last week, your agency responded to a chemical spill near St. Louis Lambert Airport and...