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Government Accountability

Hawley Launches Investigation into Failures at US Postal Service After Postmaster General Refused to Forego Bonuses

Tuesday, June 30, 2026

WASHINGTON -- Today, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) launched an investigation into the ongoing mail service failures plaguing Missouri, alongside potential criminal activity in abandoned mail and the alarming distribution of lavish bonuses to U.S. Postal Service (USPS) executives. The investigation follows Senator Hawley's questions to Postmaster General David Steiner in a Senate Homeland Security Committee hearing last week, where he grilled Steiner on why he...

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Hawley Presses Postmaster General for Accountability for Undelivered Mail in Missouri

Wednesday, June 24, 2026

WASHINGTON -- Today, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) grilled the Postmaster General of the United States Postal Service, David P. Steiner, in a Senate Homeland Security hearing over his agency's dismal service and untimely mail delivery in Missouri. Senator Hawley also questioned why Postmaster General Steiner has accepted large bonuses for himself while Missourians' mail fails to be delivered. Senator Hawley began, pointing to a poster behind him, "I want to show you a...

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‘Transgender Madness’: Hawley Calls for Investigation into Planned Parenthood Medicare and Medicaid Fraud

Friday, June 12, 2026

WASHINGTON -- U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) sent a letter to the  Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz, urging him to investigate Planned Parenthood and its role in pushing transgender ideology onto children. This letter comes after Senator Hawley's effort to renew the ban on Planned Parenthood receiving federal Medicaid payments. "I appreciate your focus on combatting fraud in our nation’s healthcare programs and ensuring that...

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Hawley Op-Ed: RECA Compensation Soars Past $100 Million, Overdue Justice for Missourians

Monday, June 08, 2026

WASHINGTON -- U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) authored the following op-ed in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch following a major milestone for his expansion of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA), which began paying out benefits to survivors and their families in Missouri last year. Read the full op-ed here or below.  Our state just passed a major milestone. The federal government has now paid out more than $100 million to the Missouri families poisoned by their government’s reckless...

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Hawley Leads Delegation Urging Approval for New Federal Relief for Recent Missouri Tornadoes

Tuesday, June 02, 2026

WASHINGTON -- Today, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo) led the Missouri congressional delegation in sending a letter to President Trump in support of Missouri Governor Mike Kehoe’s request for a major federal disaster declaration. This comes after the devastating tornadoes and storms that struck Missouri from April 23 through April 28, 2026.  Senator Hawley wrote, "We write to support Missouri Governor Mike Kehoe’s May 22 request for a major federal disaster declaration, pursuant...

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Hawley Urges Senate to Pass His Provision Included in Reconciliation Bill to Rescue Trafficked Kids

Wednesday, May 20, 2026

WASHINGTON -- In a floor speech today, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) urgedhis colleagues to pass his provision added to the GOP reconciliation package to rescue trafficked children. This comes after Senator Hawley successfully included his language in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) funding bill to allocate $108.5 million for hiring 200 child exploitation investigators and forensic analysts. The GOP reconciliation bill to fund DHS is expected to be...

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Hawley’s Legislation Combating Child Exploitation Passes Out of Committee, Included in Reconciliation

Tuesday, May 19, 2026

The Renewed Hope Act now heads to Senate floor following committee vote WASHINGTON -- Today, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley's (R-Mo.) provision to crack down on child exploitation advanced out of the Senate Homeland Security Committee as a part of the GOP reconciliation bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Senator Hawley successfully included his language to allocate $108.5 million for hiring 200 child exploitation investigators and forensic analysts. Currently, DHS has only seven...

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Whistleblower Testifies That Biden Admin Violated Hawley Law to Declassify Lab Leak Info

Wednesday, May 13, 2026

WASHINGTON -- Today, a CIA whistleblower testified before the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee (HSGAC) about the intelligence community’s handling of information related to the origins of COVID-19. In January 2023, Senator Hawley’s legislation to declassify "any and all” information related to COVID’s origins—including information that would substantiate the lab leak hypothesis—passed Congress unanimously and was signed into law. Today’s whistleblower testified that...

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Hawley Calls for Congressional Hearing Following Third Assassination Attempt on President Trump 

Monday, April 27, 2026

WASHINGTON -- Today, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo) sent a letter to Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Rand Paul, urging him to hold an oversight hearing on the third apparent assassination attempt on President Trump. The letter comes after the crazed gunman was charged with attempted assassination. Senator Hawley wrote, "On the evening of April 25, a crazed gunman charged past security at the Washington Hilton and attempted to attack...

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Hawley Introduces Bill to Strip Pensions From Members of Congress Convicted of Sex Crimes

Thursday, April 16, 2026

WASHINGTON -- Today, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) introduced the No Pensions for Congressional Predators Act to prohibit members of Congress convicted of felony sex crimes from receiving their federal pensions. Currently, members forfeit their pensions if convicted of certain felonies, but no such provision exists for sex crimes.  "Right now, a member of Congress can be convicted of sexual abuse and still receive a taxpayer-funded pension. That is...

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