Press Releases
Hawley Leads Missouri Delegation in Urging Biden to Issue Disaster Declaration
Today, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) led members of the Missouri Congressional delegation—including Senator Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.), Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer (Mo.), Rep. Mark Alford (Mo.), and Rep. Jason Smith (Mo.)—in urging President Joe Biden to approve Missouri Governor Mike Parson’s request for a major disaster declaration following severe storms and flooding in Missouri last month. The storms generated at least two tornadoes, high winds, six to ten inches of rain, and flooding across eastern and southern Missouri. "These storms caused significant damage to private and public property and tragically took the lives of at least seven people. State and local governments continue to grapple with the fallout from these severe weather events," the Missouri lawmakers wrote. "We...
Senate Committee Passes Hawley Legislation Honoring National Churchill Museum as National Historic Landmark
The United States Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources passed U.S. Senator Josh Hawley's (R-Mo.) legislation to designate America’s National Churchill Museum as a National Historic Landmark. “Nearly 80 years ago, Sir Winston Churchill marked the beginning of the Cold War with his ‘Iron Curtain’ speech in Fulton, Missouri. I am proud to honor one of the world’s greatest leaders, and one of America’s closest allies, with this legislation," Senator Hawley said at the time of the bill's introduction. The museum, located on the Westminster College campus in Fulton, Missouri, was the site of Churchill's famous words, “From Stettin in the Baltic, to Trieste in the Adriatic, an iron curtain has descended across the continent" on March 5, 1946. In the 1960s to...
Hawley Praises Trump’s AG Pick, Calls for New Church Commission to Investigate DOJ & FBI Abuses
U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) released the following statements, praising President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for U.S. Attorney General, Pam Bondi, and urging the incoming Department of Justice to investigate all corruption within the agency and begin reforming it top to bottom. Congrats to my friend @PamBondi! She’ll be a fabulous AG. Now we need a new Church Commission to investigate the abuses of DOJ & FBI - the persecution of Trump & conservatives, the spying on Christians, the targeting of prolifers. I will lead the charge in the Senate. And I know… https://t.co/N4ubU2A9hE— Josh Hawley (@HawleyMO) November 22, 2024 We need a new Church Commission to bring to light ALL the abuses at DOJ & FBI of the last decade. From the Russia hoax to the illegal spying to...
‘Brazen Attempt to Avoid Oversight’: Hawley Slams Mayorkas & Wray For Canceling Public Testimony
U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) released the following statement slamming Biden's DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and FBI Director Christopher Wray for canceling their scheduled public testimony before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. Secretary Mayorkas and Director Wray’s refusal to testify publicly today in the Senate is an outrage - and a brazen attempt to avoid oversight for the political abuses at FEMA, the FBI and more. I look forward to Director Wray’s resignation— Josh Hawley (@HawleyMO) November 21, 2024 Secretary Mayorkas' latest instance of avoiding responsibility comes the day after Jose Ibarra, an illegal immigrant convicted of murdering 22-year-old Laken Riley of Georgia, was sentenced to life in prison without parole....
Hawley, Blumenthal Hold Hearing On Dangers of Chinese Hacks and Offshore Supply Chains
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 and Emerging Technology; and Isaac Stone Fish, CEO of Strategy Risks—on the threats of China's role in American security, American jobs, and Taiwan's independence. "I hope it is a wake up call for our entire government, our entire country that we face with China a peer competitor of a kind we...
‘Classic, Collusive Monopoly Behavior’: Hawley Calls Out Credit Card Companies for Killing Competition, Demands Congress Cap Interest Rates
In a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing today, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) questioned executives from Visa and Mastercard on their credit card companies' record profit margins made at the expense of American card owners and small businesses. Addressing Linda Kirkpatrick, President of Mastercard for the Americas, and Bill Sheedy, Senior Advisor to Visa Inc.'s CEO, Senator Hawley noted the credit card debt crisis that’s crushing Americans: "You've got debt like we've never seen before in American history." "[Visa and Mastercard's] profit margins are as high or higher than they've ever been. You have 80 percent of the relevant market in the credit card interchange fees that we're talking about, and, yet, you couldn't survive if...
Hawley Urges USPS Nominees to Protect Rural Mail Delivery
Today in a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee (HSGAC) nominations hearing for the United States Postal Service (USPS) Board of Governors, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) questioned Val Demings, William Zollars, and Gordon Hartogensis on their commitment to combatting rural mail delivery issues. Senator Hawley confronted the nominees about the Postal Service’s proposed “Regional Transportation Optimization” plan that would harm mail delivery in rural areas across the country, including in Missouri. He referenced the letter the Missouri Farm Bureau sent yesterday to the Postmaster General raising similar concerns. The Senator asked for the nominees’ commitment to “reconsider this proposal and make sure rural Americans […] are getting full and regular delivery of...
Hawley Calls for Full-Scale Investigation into FEMA’s Discrimination Against Trump Supporters in Need of Disaster Relief Aid
U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) wrote a letter to Inspector General Joseph Cuffari, who oversees investigations into the Department of Homeland Security and its agencies, calling on him to review complaints of a Biden Administration supervisor who directed her team to avoid providing federal assistance to Floridians who displayed support for President-elect Donald Trump. Senator Hawley's letter comes after new reporting revealed—and FEMA subsequently confirmed—a top-down order by officials within the agency to discriminate against Trump supporters whose homes were recently ravaged by Hurricane Milton. "I urge you to launch a comprehensive investigation into this incident to ensure that no American is denied disaster relief due to their political beliefs," Senator Hawley...
BREAKING: Hawley Demands Secret Service Director Rowe Resign Over DHS Panel Findings From Butler Rally
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 incredibly disturbing - and confirm what whistleblowers have repeatedly told me. It is clear now the current leadership of the USSS must go, and that begins with Acting Director Rowe," wrote Senator Hawley. "The DHS review panel found error upon error, mistake upon mistake in Butler, almost...
Hawley Reveals NEW Whistleblower Allegations: Secret Service Hiding Truth about Trump Protection
U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) sent letters to both U.S. Secret Service Acting Director Ronald Rowe and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Inspector General Joseph Cuffari, outlining a new whistleblower claim that Secret Service leadership is denying government auditors access to certain events in an effort to hide the fact former President Trump is not getting the highest level of protection. Senator Hawley wrote to Acting Director Rowe, saying “You of course have publicly stated that former President Trump is receiving ‘the highest level of Secret Service protection’ and that ‘he’s getting everything.’ This new whistleblower information troublingly contradicts your public statements.” The Senator also provided questions to Rowe and his agency, to which he requested prompt...