Press Releases
Hawley Secures Commitments from Trump DHS Nominee to Reverse Abuses and Failures of Biden DHS
Today in the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee (HSGAC), U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) questioned South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem, President Trump’s nominee for Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Senator Hawley emphasized several abuses and failures of the Biden-Mayorkas Administration's DHS, which Governor Noem promised to correct. "You already have, what I hope will soon be the distinction of succeeding the worst Secretary in the history of the Department of Homeland Security. Alejandro Mayorkas has been an absolute disgrace to that department, and frankly to this country," said Senator Hawley. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKHl5XGIqJ4 Watch the full clip here. Senator Hawley went on to detail some...
Hawley Questions OMB Nominee on Protecting American Interests in Military Contracting & Defending the Unborn
Yesterday in a hearing with Office of Management and Budget nominee Russ Vought, Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) asked a series of questions ranging from disentangling the United States from the Chinese Communist Party to championing pro-life regulations. Senator Hawley explained how consulting firms like McKinsey & Company receive multi-million-dollar contracts with the U.S. military while also doing business with some of our most lethal opponents. "My view is that if they want to do business with China, I don't recommend it, but I suppose it's fine so long as it's not illegal," Senator Hawley said. "But I don't think they should simultaneously be getting hundreds of millions, approaching a billion dollars, in federal contracts--military contracts--from our...
‘Her Death is Not an Actual Issue?’: Hawley Gets Democrat Witness to Admit Party’s Pro-Illegal Immigrant Playbook
In today's Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) confronted Adam Isacson, a witness invited by Senate Democrats, over his testimony encouraging senators to vote against legislation that would detain criminal illegal migrants. "[Laken Riley's] death is not an actual issue? . . . I just want to make sure the record's clear on this: The spokesman for the minority party is advising the Senate that the Laken Riley Act is a bad idea, " Senator Hawley stated, addressing Isacson and all present in the hearing. "The spokesman for the minority party is saying that Laken Riley's death and migrant crime is not an actual issue. . . . [Laken Riley] is dead because of migrant...
Hawley Introduces Bill Defunding Planned Parenthood
Today, Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) introduced the End Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Providers Act. The bill would defund Planned Parenthood and abortion providers across the nation. "Americans have long made it clear that they oppose taxpayer-funded abortions. But the Biden Administration has plowed forward, ensuring that Planned Parenthood and its affiliates receive tens of millions of dollars annually in federal grants," Senator Hawley said. "It's high time we ended federal support for Planned Parenthood and the abortion industry. My legislation defends the unborn and upholds the will of the American people." President Trump established the “Protect Life Rule” in 2019 to prohibit taxpayer dollars from going toward Planned Parenthood...
Hawley Questions AG Nominee Pam Bondi, Secures Pledge to Investigate Prior Biden DOJ Abuses
In today's Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) questioned Pam Bondi, President Trump's Attorney General pick, on the most "disgraceful chapters" of weaponization carried out by President Biden's Department of Justice. Senator Hawley subsequently secured her commitment to investigate the Biden Administration’s spying in churches and who was responsible. "In the last four years, this Administration has carried out an unprecedented attack and campaign against people of faith," said Senator Hawley. The Biden Admin oversaw the most disgraceful chapter of the DOJ in history: pursuing attack campaigns on people of faith by targeting pregnancy centers and churches.Trump's AG pick, Pam Bondi, pledged to reverse course on this...
Hawley Introduces “Travis’s Law” to Commemorate Missouri Boy, Protect More Americans from Criminal Illegal Aliens
Today, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) introduced "Travis's Law" to honor the legacy of Missouri’s 12-year-old Travis Wolfe—who was killed in a head-on collision by a criminal illegal alien—and prevent other criminal illegal aliens from roaming free. Travis was killed by Endrina Bracho, an illegal alien who was driving in the wrong direction at more than double the posted speed limit. Bracho was charged with six criminal counts, including first-degree involuntary manslaughter and operating a vehicle on a highway without a valid license. But just last month, a judge released Bracho after reducing her bond pending a future trial. She was then detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). “Under President Biden’s open border,...
‘Moral Imperative’: Hawley Makes His Case To Expand The Child Tax Credit & Support Working Families
Today U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) delivered remarks on the Senate floor emphasizing the need for reform and expansion of the Child Tax Credit to more effectively support and cultivate American families. "The test of this Congress will be whether we strengthen America's families and whether we deliver for America's working people," Senator Hawley said. "Because in those families lies the hope of this nation, and in those working people resides the wellspring of our great national strength." The Senator condemned the current state of the economy, saying there is something "fundamentally wrong" with an economy where working people cannot afford to have the children that they want or provide for their children through their own labor....
Hawley Op-Ed: Undoing the damage done
It’s time to repeal Biden’s pro-abortion policies and restore Trump’s pro-life legacy at HHS By U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) | January 13, 2024 | World Magazine Inauguration Day is at hand. A new political era awaits. And on Day One, President Donald Trump can set the moral tone for his second term with the stroke of a pen. He can restore the full suite of pro-life policies that his own Department of Health and Human Services developed during his first term. No priority should be—could be—higher than protecting America’s unborn children. […]Many Americans don’t realize just how consequential agency actions truly are. These rules set the direction of policy for the whole of the government—and federal agencies influence policy in the states, too, through extensive grant...
Hawley, Warren Call on FTC to Release Second PBM Report
Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) and Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), along with Representatives Diana Harshbarger (R-Tenn.) and Jake Auchincloss (D-Mass.), sent a letter to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) urging them to approve the release of a second interim report on pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) at the FTC’s Open Commission Hearing on Tuesday, January 14, 2025. "PBMs were originally created to handle the prescription drug benefit on behalf of health plans, negotiating directly with drug manufacturers and setting pharmacy networks for their contracted payers," the legislators wrote. "But over the years, these once little-known middlemen have morphed into giant, vertically-integrated conglomerates that control every link in the drug coverage and delivery...
2024 RECAP: Hawley Notches Record Legislative, Casework Wins to Cap Off First Term
In 2024, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) continued to prioritize Missourians and fight for hard-working Americans across the country as he concluded his first term in the Senate and looks ahead to his second term during this 119th Congress. Highlights of this past year included introducing legislation to ensure automatic refunds for airline passengers, securing billions of dollars for Missouri military bases, and passing Congress' first-ever bipartisan stock-trading ban through a Senate committee. 2024 Quick Facts 94 bills and resolutions cosponsored 16 pieces of original legislation introduced 3 bills passed in the Senate: Radiation Exposure Compensation Reauthorization Act, the Supporting and Treating Officers in Crisis (STOIC)Act, and the America’s National...