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Hawley COVID Origins Bill Signed Into Law
Today Senator Josh Hawley's COVID Origins Act of 2023 was signed into law by President Biden. The legislation requires the Biden administration to declassify intelligence related to any potential links between the Wuhan Institute of Virology and the origins of the Covid pandemic. “Today President Biden finally signed my COVID origins bill into law, following its unanimous and bipartisan passage in Congress,” said Senator Hawley. “The American deserve to know the truth behind the origins of the pandemic and we must begin the process of holding China accountable.” Senator Hawley's COVID Origins Act of 2023 passed the Senate unanimously for the second time early this month and subsequently passed the House of...
Hawley Announces First Bill in Worker’s Agenda to Rebuild America: Ending Normal Trade Relations with China Act
Today U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) announced the first piece of legislation in his new Worker’s Agenda to Rebuild America. The Ending Normal Trade Relations with China Act would revoke China's normal trade relations status to reduce our dependency and protect America’s working class. China is America’s greatest adversary. To win the fierce economic competition for jobs, industry, and the future, America must return to the long-standing formula for American success: strong and independent workers. Years of short-sighted decisions by policymakers in Washington have only perpetuated the problem. “As we face a new age of competition with China, we need an agenda in Washington that will make our working class strong and independent. We can start by revoking the sweetheart...
New Hawley Bill Allows Private Citizens to Sue Big Tech Platforms for Hosting CSAM
Today U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) introduced the Everyone can Notice-and-Takedown Distribution of Child Sexual Abuse Material (END CSAM) Act, new legislation allowing private citizens to sue Big Tech platforms for hosting CSAM. “The exploitation of children online must be stopped,” said Senator Hawley. “Social media companies have proven to be hubs for child sexual abuse material, and they need be held accountable for their failures. My legislation empowers the American people to bring suit against these Big Tech companies, protecting our children online and cleaning up the internet in the process.” The END CSAM Act would: Create a legal framework through which private plaintiffs can sue, on behalf of the government, companies that host child...
Hawley and Braun Introduce New Legislation to Protect Consumers and Community Banks from Big Bank Failures
Following recent news of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) bailout of two failed banks, U.S. Senators Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) and Mike Braun (R-Ind.) introduced the Protecting Consumers from Bailouts Act to protect consumers from new fees and to force the big banks to face up to their mistakes. The Biden administration announced that they will impose “special assessment” fees on banks across the country to pay for the Silicon Valley Bank bailout. “Consumers and community banks should not have to shoulder the cost of fiscal irresponsibility by big financial institutions,” said Senator Hawley. “The Biden administration wants to take money from the American taxpayer and local banks through new fees so they can use it to bail out...
Hawley Announces Legislation to Protect Customers and Community Banks From New Fees Following SVB Bailout
Following the news that the Biden Administration will impose special assessment fees on banks across the country to bail out Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) depositors, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) announced new legislation to protect customers and community banks. Senator Hawley also criticized the taxpayer handout to SVB.
Hawley Responds to China Opposition to COVID Origins Bill: ‘Time is Up. Come Clean’
After the House unanimously passed Senator Hawley's (R-Mo.) COVID-19 Origin Act of 2023, Senator Hawley responded to the Chinese Embassy's letter to his office urging him to abandon his efforts to declassify intelligence related to any potential links between the Wuhan Institute of Virology and the origins of the Covid pandemic. "I know you are keenly interested in this bill—your own Communist officials have written to my office demanding we renounce it, in their usual lecturing, idiotic style," wrote Senator Hawley. "But the bill will soon be law—unless you can convince President Biden to veto it. Time is up. Come clean about your role in spreading COVID to the world." Read the full letter here or below. March 10, 2023 Dear...
Hawley COVID Origins Bill Unanimously Passes House, Awaits Biden’s Signature
Today Senator Hawley's COVID Origins Act of 2023 passed unanimously in the House of Representatives. The bill will require the Biden administration to declassify intelligence related to any potential links between the Wuhan Institute of Virology and the origins of the Covid pandemic. "Today the House passed my COVID origins bill with bipartisan support, sending it to the President’s desk,” said Senator Hawley. “This is a great first step in holding China accountable for this crisis, and I urge President Biden to sign it immediately. The American people deserve to know the truth.” Senator Hawley's COVID Origins Act of 2023 passed the Senate unanimously for the second time last week. Senators Hawley and Braun previously introduced...
TIKTOK WHISTLEBLOWER: Hawley Demands Thorough Review of Explosive New Allegations
Today U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen, in her capacity as Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), demanding a thorough review of the whistleblower allegations recently brought to Senator Hawley. "I write regarding new information brought to my attention by a former ByteDance employee with direct knowledge of TikTok’s operating practices," wrote Senator Hawley. "As Chair of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), you are responsible for reviewing certain foreign transactions in the United States to determine potential threats to national security. This whistleblower’s allegations are deeply concerning. They also appear to contradict public...
New Hawley Bill Bans Chinese Corporations from Owning U.S. Farmland, Protects American Farmers
Today U.S. Senator Josh Hawley introduced the This Land is Our Land Act, new legislation to ban Chinese corporations and individuals associated with the Chinese Communist Party from owning United States agricultural land. “No Chinese corporation or individual associated with the CCP should be permitted to own American farmland. It undermines the integrity of our nation’s food supply chain, it presents national security threats when the land is in close proximity to military installations, and it hurts American farmers,” said Senator Hawley China’s ownership of U.S. agricultural land has increased dramatically over the past decade. At the end of 2020, Chinese entities held more than 338,000 acres of land, a 350% increase from the...
Hawley Introduces Bill Banning Senior Executive Branch Officials from Stock Trading
U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) has introduced the Eliminating Executive Branch Insider Trading Act, which would ban the trading and holding of individual stocks by senior Executive Branch officials, many of whom have decision-making power that impacts the work being done in their respective agencies. The Wall Street Journal recently reported that nearly one-third of the Energy Department’s senior officials or their families owned stocks related to the agency’s work, despite being warned they could be in violation of federal conflict-of-interest rules. "Senior members of the Executive Branch – who have access to privileged information – shouldn’t be using it to get rich," said Senator Hawley. "The American people have entrusted these civil...