National Security

Hawley Brings Home Wins for Missouri in 2024 National Defense Bill

Thursday, December 19, 2024

U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) voted for passage of the Servicemember Quality of Life and National Defense Authorization Act which allocates billions to Missouri defense projects, including updates to Fort Leonard Wood's training barracks and new weapons systems for Whiteman Air Force Base. Senator Hawley led the charge to strip a preliminary provision in this year's defense bill that would have registered women for the draft. This language was notably dropped from final...

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Hawley Leads Colleagues in Opposing Potential NDAA Provision Forcing Women to Register for Draft

Thursday, December 05, 2024

Today U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) led colleagues in opposing any potential language in the Fiscal Year 2025 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that would require American women to register for the Selective Service System. Senators Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Steve Daines (R-Mont.), James Lankford (R-Okla.), Mike Lee (R-Utah), Roger Marshall (R-Kan.), and Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.) joined in opposition.“For the third time in four years, Democrats are attempting to force...

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Hawley, Blumenthal Hold Hearing On Dangers of Chinese Hacks and Offshore Supply Chains

Tuesday, November 19, 2024

U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Ranking Member and Chair of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology, and the Law, held a hearing on China's cybersecurity threat and the implications of American tech companies’ dependence on China-based supply chains.  Senator Hawley questioned experts and CEOs in the cybersecurity space—including Adam Meyers, CrowdStrike Senior Vice President; Sam Bresnick, Research Fellow at Georgetown’s Center for Security...

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BREAKING: Hawley Demands Secret Service Director Rowe Resign Over DHS Panel Findings From Butler Rally

Thursday, October 17, 2024

Today U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) issued the following statements calling for U.S. Secret Service Acting Director Ronald Rowe to resign. The Senator's call for Rowe to resign comes after an independent review panel commissioned by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released a report of major Secret Service failures at the Butler Rally in July where former President Trump was shot.  "The findings of the DHS review panel re: the Butler attempted assassination of Donald Trump are...

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Hawley Goes Public with Details from Conversation with Secret Service Director Rowe: ‘Stonewalling Must Stop’

Wednesday, September 25, 2024

Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) released the following statements following a phone call he had with Acting Secret Service Director Ronald Rowe earlier today: "I just had an extraordinary conversation with Director Rowe at the Secret Service, who called me personally to dispute a whistleblower allegation—but refuses to respond in writing. Just as he has declined to respond substantively to ANY of the whistleblowers’ allegations. "Rowe complained about whistleblowers & complained about requests...

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Hawley Blasts McKinsey’s Ties to China, Rebukes Witness for Equating Consulting Firms with Soybean Farmers

Tuesday, September 24, 2024

In today's Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee (HSGAC) hearing, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) made the case for his legislation, the Time to Choose Act, which would restrict consulting firms like McKinsey & Company from receiving government contracts while, at the same time, advising U.S. adversaries like China. "Why are [U.S. consulting firms] getting taxpayer money, advising our military, and, simultaneously, advising the Chinese military?" Senator...

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Hawley Releases NEW Whistleblower Tip: Secret Service Denies Trump Campaign Requests for Rally

Tuesday, September 24, 2024

U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) revealed a new troubling whistleblower allegation detailing the Secret Service's refusal to provide former President Donald Trump with the resources and manpower needed for a rally in Wisconsin—effectively forcing his campaign to cancel the event.  Addressing Director Rowe directly, Senator Hawley wrote, "At your recent press conference on September 20, you stated that former President Trump is receiving “the highest level of Secret...

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Hawley Demands Secret Service Respond to Whistleblower Allegations Regarding Second Assassination Attempt of Trump

Thursday, September 19, 2024

U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) sent a letter to U.S. Secret Service Acting Director Ronald Rowe detailing new whistleblower allegations about the Secret Service's apparent failures to secure known vulnerabilities at former President Trump’s golf course in West Palm Beach, Fla., this past Sunday, Sept. 15. "[A]n individual who has in fact protected President Trump at that very location—alleges there are ‘known vulnerabilities’ in the fence line surrounding the course: places...

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Senate Committee Unanimously Adopts Hawley Legislation Requiring Secret Service to Disclose All Documents on Failed Assassination Attempt Against Trump

Wednesday, September 18, 2024

The Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee (HSGAC) today unanimously adopted U.S. Senator Josh Hawley's (R-Mo.) amendment requiring Acting Secret Service Director Ronald Rowe to submit to HSGAC, the committee of jurisdiction, any and all information in its possession pertaining to the July 13 assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump. HSGAC Chairman Gary Peters (D-Mich.) also pledged to vote on related legislation in committee next week. "Given the way...

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BREAKING: Hawley Unveils New Whistleblower Report Detailing Secret Service Failures Surrounding the Attempted Assassination of President Trump

Monday, September 16, 2024

The Hawley Report has been shared with the House Task Force on the Attempted Assassination of Donald J. Trump to supplement their investigation WASHINGTON --  In the wake of a second assassination attempt against former President Donald J. Trump, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) unveiled a new, 22-page whistleblower report detailing the failures of the United States Secret Service in connection with the July 13 attempted assassination of former President Trump. The Hawley Report has been...

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