Press Releases
Hawley to Introduce Legislation Restricting Lower Court Judges from Issuing Nationwide Injunctions
Today, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) announced he will introduce legislation to restrict local district court judges’ ability to issue nationwide injunctions and therefore stymie President Donald Trump’s agenda. District Court judges have issued RECORD numbers of national injunctions against the Trump administration - a dramatic abuse of judicial authority. I will introduce legislation to stop this abuse for good— Josh Hawley (@HawleyMO) March 20, 2025 Yesterday, Senator Hawley criticized the blanket overreach of local district court judges in issuing nationwide injunctions that tie the hands of the executive branch.
Hawley Secures Pledge from EPA to Clean Up Radioactive Waste During Administrator Zeldin’s Visit to St. Louis
Today, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) led discussions and toured nuclear-damaged sites in the St. Louis region with the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Administrator, Lee Zeldin. Administrator Zeldin pledgedto Senator Hawley that his agency would finally begin cleaning up the decades-old radioactive waste still afflicting Missourians since the Manhattan Project at the West Lake Landfill. Senator Hawley first hosted a round-table discussion with Administrator Zeldin at Bridgeton City Hall, featuring survivors and advocates within the St. Louis area who have directly or indirectly suffered the effects of the government's radioactive waste. From there, the Senator and Administrator toured the West Lake Landfill and Coldwater Creek, areas the government...
Hawley Statement on Tornadoes Across Missouri
U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) released the following statement after deadly tornadoes touched down across Missouri last night. The Senator and his team are standing by to assist those impacted and are in contact with state and local officials. Following the devastating storms and tornadoes last night across Missouri, my team is in contact with state and local officials to help in every way we can. We are standing by to request any disaster relief possible. Erin’s and my hearts go out to the families who lost loved ones…— Josh Hawley (@HawleyMO) March 15, 2025
Hawley Acts to Ensure Dr. Oz Aligns with President Trump’s Positions
Following Dr. Mehmet Oz’s confirmation hearing today in the Senate Finance Committee, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) directed a list of written questions to Dr. Oz. Senator Hawley’s request for answers comes after he expressed previous concerns about Dr. Oz’s ability to deliver on President Trump’s agenda, especially regarding transgender and pro-life policies. Some of Senator Hawley’s questions to Dr. Oz include: On your television program, you hosted various transgender advocates as well as a surgeon who performed transgender surgery. You also invited minor children to discuss switching genders and praised parents for helping their children “transition.” Have your views on this issue changed since you hosted your television show? In the past, you have said you did not want to...
Hawley Introduces Legislation to End Taxes on Overtime Pay, Deliver Relief for Working Americans
Today, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley introduced original legislation to end taxes on overtime pay. The Senator's "No Tax On Overtime Act of 2025" fulfills a campaign promise from President Trump to deliver relief for working families following four years of economically debilitating Biden-era policies. "For decades, working Americans have been left behind by both parties. Mega corporations have gotten richer and richer while workers struggle to get ahead and Washington turns a blind eye," said Senator Hawley. "President Trump promised to change the status quo and put American workers first by ending taxes on overtime pay. Let's follow through on that promise and deliver a win for workers." Senator Hawley has a strong record of advocating for fair wages for Missourians and all...
Senator Hawley Chairs Hearing on Fighting Online Child Sexual Abuse Material, Calls for Empowering Big Tech’s Victims
Today in the first Judiciary Committee subcommittee hearing of the 119th Congress, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.)—chair of the Senate Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism, alongside Ranking Member Dick Durbin (D-Ill.)—urged the Committee to quickly pass their marquee legislation, the STOP CSAM Act, to better protect children online. Senator Hawley focused on the rapid rise in online child exploitation material, emphasizing that victims currently have no legal recourse against Big Tech companies that allow CSAM to proliferate on their platforms. “Today, there are more than 104 million known reported images of child sexual abuse online. This is truly a crisis. It is an epidemic,” said Senator Hawley.“It is time to allow the...
Hawley to Lead Hearing with Durbin on Combatting CSAM, Protecting Kids Online
Today, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.)—Chair of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism—will convene a hearing, alongside Ranking Member Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), on the need to pass the lawmakers' legislation to combat the Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM) crisis online. This first Judiciary subcommittee hearing of the 119th Congress will feature witnesses directly or indirectly impacted by CSAM, including survivors, advocates, and law enforcement experts. Senator Hawley has called this subcommittee hearing in a renewed push to pass his bipartisan Stop CSAM Act after the Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously advanced the bill last Congress. "Social media companies are rife with child sex abuse material, and Big Tech does nothing...
Hawley, Booker Reintroduce Bipartisan Legislation to Eradicate Child Labor, Hold Bad Actors Accountable
Today, U.S. Senators Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) and Cory Booker (D-N.J) reintroduced the Preventing Child Labor Exploitation in Federal Contracting Act, which would prohibit corporations that engage in illegal child labor practices from securing federal contracts. The bill passed out of the U.S. Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee with strong bipartisan support last year.“Companies that illegally employ children should not be rewarded with lucrative federal government contracts that make corporations millions,” said Senator Hawley. “This bipartisan legislation would hold companies accountable for engaging in child labor exploitation and rightfully ensure offenders face consequences.”“Right now in America, big corporations are exploiting children in workplaces where...
Hawley Op-Ed: Chavez-DeRemer Is The Realization Of Trump’s Pro-Worker Platform
By U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) | March 6, 2024 | The Daily Caller For decades, both Democrats and Republicans put the interests of Wall Street over the interests of hardworking American families. [...] That all changed with Donald Trump. He offered a different vision — redefining the GOP as the party of working people, winning victories on promises of better jobs, reshoring manufacturing and industry, and immigration policies that put American workers first. And my Republican colleagues in the Senate were happy to get on board. Already, however, it seems the Old Thinking is rearing its head again. Some of my colleagues are balking at President Trump’s choice of Lori Chavez-DeRemer for Secretary of Labor. As her confirmation hangs in the balance,...
Hawley Confronts Democrat Witness for Sympathizing with Violent Antisemitic Protesters, Discriminatory DEI
In a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing today, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) confronted Kevin Rachlin, the Washington director of The Nexus Project, over his refusal to unequivocally condemn university campuses' coddling of antisemitic criminals. The Senator went on to press Rachlin—a witness invited by Senate Democrats—about Rachlin's support for universities' DEI systems and the reverse discrimination they promote. "If you come to this country on a student visa, you are here as a guest of the United States for particular purposes," Senator Hawley stated. "If you assault a Jewish student on campus, you ought to be out of here. And we ought to make it clear to people that we are no going to tolerate it," he continued, triggering a loud applause...