Press Releases
Hawley Slams Biden DOJ for FBI Order to Investigate Opposition to CRT at Local School Boards
Today, during Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) grilled Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco over the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) recent memo instructing the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to more closely monitor local school board meetings. Senator Hawley said the administration is attempting to chill the speech of parents concerned about their children and making unprecedented use of the FBI. Senator Hawley said, “All I can say is this is truly extraordinary. I think you know it is. It’s unprecedented and you can’t point to a single instance where anything like this has happened before. And I think parents across this country are going to be stunned to learn, stunned, that if they show up at a local school board meeting, where they have the...
Senator Hawley and Colleagues Introduce Bill Establishing Select Committee to Investigate Afghanistan Withdrawal
U.S. Senators Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), Rick Scott (R-Fla.), and a group of their Senate colleagues introduced a bill to establish a bipartisan Joint Select Committee on Afghanistan, composed of members of the House and Senate, to conduct a full investigation into President Biden’s failed and tragic withdrawal of U.S. forces from Afghanistan that stranded hundreds of Americans behind enemy lines, left billions of dollars in U.S. military equipment in the hands of terrorists, and took the lives of 13 brave U.S. service members. This joint select committee would follow the precedent set in the aftermath of the Iran-Contra affair. Last week, Senator Hawley expressed deep frustration with the Biden administration’s continued finger-pointing over the Afghanistan withdrawal failures, demanding...
Biden Administration’s Continued Lack of Accountability Leads Hawley to Call for Investigation into Afghanistan Failures
Today in the Senate Armed Services Committee hearing, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) expressed deep frustration with the Biden administration’s continued finger-pointing over the Afghanistan withdrawal failures, demanding that Congress investigate what went wrong and hold decision makers accountable. “We need an investigation right now into what happened here with this evacuation and with this drawdown. We need a Select Committee. We need hearings held in public to get to the bottom of this decision,” Senator Hawley said. “What is happening before our eyes here with various officials […] is outrageous when you have 13 service members who are dead, because of decisions that, ultimately, the President of the United States made,” he continued. Senator Hawley concluded by saying, “The...
Hawley Bill to Allow Parents to Sue Big Tech for Harm to Children
Today U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) introduced new legislation to make social media companies liable for bodily or mental harm their products cause to children. Senator Hawley’s bill would close the Section 230 loophole protecting these companies and allow parents to sue and obtain damages from social media companies wholly or partly responsible for harm to users under 16. Senator Hawley said, “Facebook has long had evidence of the harmful effects their products have on children but covered it up because it would hurt their profits. These Big Tech monopolies know exactly how addictive and manipulative their products are but they’re content to rake in billions by exploiting children. Parents need to be given the tools to take back control.” Senator Hawley’s bill follows reporting from...
Hawley: Biden was Fighting “Phony Culture War” While Americans in Afghanistan Paid the Price
On the Senate floor today, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) lambasted President Joe Biden for waging a “phony culture war” while ignoring the chaos unfolding in Afghanistan as a result of his administration’s failed withdrawal. Senator Hawley also called out Democrats in Congress for looking the other way on Biden’s failed withdrawal, saying he will “force the Senate to actually vote on Joe Biden’s nominees for leadership positions in the Departments of State and Defense. In the face of this crisis, in the face of this debacle, the least the Senate can do is vote.”
Hawley, Blunt Resolution Honoring Lance Corporal Schmitz and Fallen Missourians Passes Senate
Last night, the Senate passed U.S. Senator Josh Hawley’s (R-Mo.) resolution honoring Marine Corps Lance Corporal Jared Schmitz of Wentzille, Mo., and each of the 56 Missourians who gave their lives during the war in Afghanistan. U.S. Senator Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) cosponsored the resolution and Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer (MO-3) introduced a companion resolution in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Senator Hawley and Colleagues Send Letter to SASC Chairman Demanding More Time to Question Austin, Milley, McKenzie at Hearing Next Week
U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) and several colleagues sent a letter to Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Jack Reed (D-R.I.) today in response to concerns that committee members would be capped at one round of five-minute questioning during the long-awaited hearing on the Biden administration’s disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan, set for next Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2021 on Capitol Hill. Senators Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.), Rick Scott (R-Fla.), Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) and Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) signed onto the letter, demanding members get more time to question Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Milley and Commander of U.S. Central Command General Kenneth McKenzie next week.
Hawley Grills Facebook on Instagram’s Harms, Negative Effects on Teens
During today’s Senate Judiciary Antitrust Subcommittee hearing, Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) grilled Steve Satterfield, Facebook’s Vice President of Privacy & Public Policy, about the safety of platforms like Instagram and Facebook for teenage users. Satterfield repeatedly declined to provide clarity on internal research from Facebook showing the negative effects their services have on users.
Hawley Demands Answers from Google About Pro-Life Censorship
U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) sent a letter to Google CEO Sundar Pichai demanding an explanation as to why ads placed by Live Action and Choose Life Marketing have seemingly been censored.
Sen. Hawley Honors Fallen Missourians, Pledges to Hold State, DoD Nominees Until Top Officials Resign Over Afghanistan Disaster
U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) gave a speech on the Senate Floor honoring Marine Corps Lance Corporal Jared Schmitz of Wentzville, Mo. and each of the 56 Missourians who made the ultimate sacrifice in the war in Afghanistan. In his speech he pledged to hold the nomination of any nominee for the Department of Defense or for the Department of State until Secretary Austin, Secretary Blinken, and Jake Sullivan resign.