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Government Accountability

Hawley Holds RECA Victory Rally to Celebrate Justice for Victims of Radioactive Waste

Tuesday, July 08, 2025

Today, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) led a RECA victory rally in St. Louis to celebrate new funding for radioactive waste survivors in Missouri and other states. His announcement comes after a two-year battle that resulted in theRadiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA) expansion in the “Big, Beautiful Bill,” which President Trump signed into law last week. The Senator's expansion provision revives RECA for survivors, allows tens of thousands of new claimants to...

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Hawley Praises House Passage of Reconciliation Bill with Historic RECA Expansion Included

Thursday, July 03, 2025

Today, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) championed the House of Representatives' passage of the President's landmark reconciliation legislation, the One Big, Beautiful Bill Act, in which the senator secured the largest expansion ever of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA), as well as an additional $1 billion in funding for Missouri Medicaid providers and recipients. Senator Hawley originally called on Congress to compensate victims of...

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Hawley Calls on Biden to Release Autopen Consent Records, Grills Democrats for Covering Up Biden’s Cognitive Decline

Wednesday, June 18, 2025

In a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) called on former President Joe Biden to release documents showing that he consented to his staff’s use of the autopen.“Today, I call on former President Biden and his staff: release the documents… Show us the documents where the President authorized the use of the pen for every single pardon and clemency and stay application. Let's see it. Let's see all of it. And if you won't do it, we should subpoena those documents,...

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Hawley Secures Historic RECA Expansion in Base Text of ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’

Thursday, June 12, 2025

U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) announced today that the largest expansion to date of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act has been included in the text of the “Big, Beautiful Bill.” This historic provision is a victory for nuclear radiation survivors in Missouri and across America—and a major win for the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) movement. "The federal government dumped nuclear waste in the backyards of Missourians for decades—and then lied about it....

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Hawley Takes Liberal Professor to Task for Flip-Flopping on Injunctions Stance

Wednesday, June 04, 2025

In a joint Senate Judiciary subcommittee hearing, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) took Kate Shaw, a professor at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, to task over her double standard for nationwide injunctions issued against the Trump Administration versus those against the Biden Administration. Senator Hawley repeatedly called out Shaw for lacking a "principle" to guide her legal opinion regarding when nationwide injunctions constitute the appropriate remedy for a legal...

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Hawley Urges DOJ to ‘Reconsider’ Stance in Missouri Mifepristone Case

Wednesday, May 07, 2025

Today, Senator Hawley (R-Mo.) sent a letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi, urging the Justice Department to reconsider its defense of the Biden Administration’s policy on mifepristone, which allows women to receive the abortion drug with virtually no safeguards. The case is currently pending before a federal district court.  A bombshell new study found that more than 1 in 10 women who use mifepristone experience sepsis, infection, hemorrhaging, an emergency room visit, or...

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Hawley Calls on FDA to Reinstate Abortion Drug Safety Regulations: ‘The Time to Act is Now’

Monday, April 28, 2025

Today, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) sent a letter to Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Marty Makary about new research showing that the safety risks of the chemical abortion drug mifepristone are far greater than the FDA currently acknowledges. Senator Hawley points to Dr. Makary’s recent comments that he has “no plans to take action” on mifepristone and urges him to reconsider in light of this new data.In his letter, Senator Hawley recounts an exchange he...

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Hawley Reintroduces PELOSI Act to Ban Congress from Trading Stocks

Monday, April 28, 2025

Today, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) reintroduced the Preventing Elected Leaders from Owning Securities and Investments (PELOSI) Act, which would ban members of Congress from trading or holding individual stocks. The move comes after President Trump announced he would sign such a bill into law if it crossed his desk. "Members of Congress should be fighting for the people they were elected to serve—not day trading at the expense of their constituents," stated Senator...

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Hawley Applauds EPA’s Expedited Plan to Clean Up West Lake Landfill

Monday, April 14, 2025

Today, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) applauded Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin for announcing an expedited plan to clean up St. Louis’ West Lake Landfill two years earlier than originally planned. The EPA's newly released report comes after Senator Hawley hosted Administrator Zeldin at West Lake Landfill and Coldwater Creek last month so he could witness the radioactive waste and its aftermath firsthand.  In the...

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Hawley, Kim Demand Answers from Major Companies after Backlog, Soaring Prices Hamper Fire Department Readiness

Thursday, April 03, 2025

Today, U.S. Senators Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) and Andy Kim (D-N.J.), the Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Subcommittee on Disaster Management, directed a letter to the CEOs of three major companies – REV Group, Oshkosh Corp., and Rosenbauer America – demanding answers for the rampant issues because of massive consolidation in the fire truck market. The Senators’ letter raises questions after fire departments nationwide, including those in Missouri, reported increased costs and...

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