Government Accountability

The Senate adopted resolution S.Res.594 last night, which was introduced by U.S. Senators Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) and Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) last month in honor of three Missouri Police Officers who were killed in the line of duty in March. Corporal Benjamin Lee Cooper of the Joplin Police Department, Police Officer Jake Alexander Reed of the Joplin Police Department, and Patrolman Lane Anthony Burns of the Bonne Terre Police Department lost their lives in service to their...

Today U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) exposed President Biden's latest radical leftwing nominee, Katy Huff, nominated for Assistant Secretary of Energy.

Today U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) issued the following statement calling for the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee to hold immediate hearings on President Joe Biden's plan to rescind Title 42:

Today U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) sent a new letter to Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas, expressing deep concern with the administration’s decision to rescind the Title 42 order amid an ongoing humanitarian crisis – with numbers surging – at the southern border. Senator Hawley also inquired about disturbing new reports that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has plans to divert resources from veterans to provide free services for illegal...

U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) issued the following statement on the Joplin police officers who were shot in the line of duty earlier this week: 

 U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) responded to the Biden Administration's announcement of sanctions on the Russian energy sector.

U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) wrote to Attorney General Merrick Garland demanding answers in light of recent revelations about the Biden Administration’s controversial memo instructing the Federal Bureau of Investigation to investigate concerned parents speaking at local school board meetings.   Last year, Garland admitted he drafted the memo in response to a letter from the National School Boards Association (NSBA) smearing parents as...

U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) wrote to Attorney General Merrick Garland this week demanding answers on the Department of Justice's decision to pursue a lenient sentence for a BLM rioter because of what he was protesting. Last year, Montez Terriel Lee, Jr. broke into the Max It Pawn Shop in Minneapolis, Minn., and poured fire accelerant throughout the store. The body of 30-year-old Oscar Lee Stewart was found in the rubble of the pawnshop, and medical examiners attributed...

U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) wrote to Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) demanding they condemn the "Candle Light Vigil for Democracy" organized by antifa activists and to urge members in their caucuses to cancel their planned support of the event. Several Democrats, including Representatives Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.), Andy Kim (D-N.J.), and Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) are reportedly speaking at the event tonight which was organized, in part,...

U.S. Senators Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) and James Lankford (R-Okla.) sent a letter to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas after the Senators uncovered that DHS has not provided the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee or the public with the Fiscal Year 2020 Entry/Exit Overstay Report. The Senators wrote in their letter, “These reports hold vital information for our oversight work of your Department and for the public as the American people seek to...