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Senators Hawley and Baldwin Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Keep Workers Inspecting Train Tracks

Thursday, March 05, 2026

WASHINGTON --  U.S. Senators Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) and Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) introduced the Secure Tracks Act, requiring railroads to use human workers for critically important track inspections, while also allowing railroads to slowly incorporate automated track inspection (ATI) technology. ATI technology would aid human inspectors by detecting track defects, but it fails to catch a variety of issues that can cause train derailments.“Safety must be our top...

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Hawley Urges Boeing to Negotiate with Missouri Workers on Strike

Tuesday, November 04, 2025

WASHINGTON -- Today, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) sent a letter to Boeing's President and CEO Kelly Ortberg, urging him to negotiate in good faith with Boeing's 3,300 machinists currently on strike in St. Louis.  Senator Hawley wrote, "As you know, these nearly 3,300 machinists have been on strike for fourteen weeks. That’s fourteen weeks without a paycheck and access to healthcare.  A few weeks ago, I heard from Joshua Arnold—a decade-plus Boeing Defense shop...

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Hawley Secures Pledge from Trump’s Labor Nominee to Put American Workers First, Hold Companies Accountable for Labor Abuses

Wednesday, February 19, 2025

Today in a Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Senate Committee hearing with Department of Labor nominee Lori Chavez-DeRemer, U.S. Senator Hawley (R-Mo.) secured commitments that, if confirmed, Chavez-DeRemer would implement President Trump’s pro-worker agenda to put American workers first and crack down on mega-corporations that are violating labor laws by exploiting children. “Let me just give you an example of bad corporate behavior, Tyson’s Food has closed down two major plants...

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Hawley Introduces Bill Restoring Healthcare Workers’ Conscience Rights

Thursday, January 09, 2025

Today, Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) introduced the Defense of Conscience in Healthcare Act, a bill that would restore one of President Trump’s first-term policies and direct the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to firmly protect the conscience rights of healthcare providers.  "Our constitutional and God-given right to religious freedom isn't nullified when someone puts on scrubs or a white coat," Senator Hawley said. "The Biden Administration...

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Hawley, Durbin Introduce Bipartisan Bill Expanding Nationwide Background Checks for Childcare Workers

Thursday, September 26, 2024

U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, along with U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, introduced bipartisan legislation to ensure all contractors working with children are authorized to have to a nationwide background check. The new bill, which would amend the National Child Protection Act of 1993(NCPA), would expand mandatory nationwide background checks for all individuals under contract with a...

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Hawley, Gillibrand Announce Bipartisan Legislation to Protect Postal Workers from Rising Crime

Monday, May 20, 2024

U.S. Senators Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) introduced the bipartisan Protect Our Letter Carriers Act to protect postal workers from an alarming uptick in violent assaults committed against them and modernize postal collection boxes to crack down on mail theft.  “Postal carriers work day in and day out to fulfill critical needs, like package deliveries, that Americans often take for granted. The recent uptick in violent assaults...

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Hawley Introduces New Bill to Raise Tariffs on Chinese EVs, Protect American Autoworkers

Wednesday, February 28, 2024

Today U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) introduced the Protecting American Autoworkers from China Act, new legislation that would counter the threat posed to the U.S. auto industry by raising tariffs on autos imported from China and closing the backdoor Chinese automakers use to evade U.S. trade laws. “If Joe Biden wants to support American autoworkers, he should start by protecting them from the existential threat posed by China,” said Senator Hawley. “We must put...

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Hawley Op-Ed: The Border Bill’s Assault on American Workers

Tuesday, February 06, 2024

By U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) | Feb. 5, 2024 | Compact Magazine This week, the Senate is supposedly voting on the biggest immigration overhaul in decades.  That is a polite way of saying that US workers are on the chopping block. The Senate’s “border deal” is a terrible bargain hashed out behind closed doors, one that sells out the American working class in favor of illegal immigrants, the biggest corporations, and Wall Street.   […]  America’s big corporations...

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Hawley Slams Biden Admin for Prioritizing its Radical, Pro-China Climate Agenda over American Workers

Thursday, January 11, 2024

Today U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) called out the Biden Administration over its hyper-fixation on a radical climate agenda that is propping up China's manufacturers on the backs of American workers. During an Energy Committee hearing, Senator Hawley questioned U.S. Department of Energy Deputy Secretary David Turk about the Administration’s policies and advocated for the nation's autoworkers, including those at the General Motors plant in Wentzville, Mo., who fought for fair...

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Hawley, Sanders, Brown, and Colleagues Introduce Senate Resolution in Solidarity with UAW Workers on Strike

Wednesday, October 18, 2023

Today U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) joined Senators Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), along with 31 Democrat colleagues in the Senate, to introduce a resolution in solidarity with United Auto Workers (UAW) across America who are bargaining for a fair contract, including 34,000 currently on strike. Senator Hawley has been a strong supporter of the autoworkers throughout their strike, calling for better hours, higher pay,...

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