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Government Accountability

Hawley Announces Legislation to Ban Bonuses for Postal Service Leadership Until Mail Is Delivered on Time

Wednesday, July 22, 2026

WASHINGTON -- Today, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) announced he will introduce the No Bonuses for Bad Service Act to prohibit United States Postal Service (USPS) leadership from receiving bonuses or additional compensation until mail service and delivery meet the standards that the American people deserve. The bill comes after Senator Hawley launched an investigation into USPS’ failure to deliver Missourians’ mail on time. "While Missourians don’t receive...

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Hawley Requests Additional Disaster Relief Funds for Missouri Following 2025 Tornadoes

Wednesday, July 22, 2026

WASHINGTON -- U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) requested that the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development fully fund the Community Development Block Grant-Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) program to provide much-needed relief to Missourians. This program can provide additional, flexible resources for long-term rehabilitation and recovery for the St. Louis region following the 2025 tornadoes. Senator Hawley wrote, "I write to urge the...

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Hawley Refers Dark Money Abortion Pill Operation to DOJ for Criminal Investigation

Monday, July 20, 2026

WASHINGTON -- U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) wrote to Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, urging the Department of Justice (DOJ) to investigate and prosecute left-wing dark money operation Plan C. In the criminal referral, Senator Hawley explained how Plan C organized the shipping of chemical abortion pill mifepristone in the mail, in violation of both state and federal law. He requested the DOJ open a criminal investigation into Plan C, its relationship with potential...

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Hawley Expands Postal Service Investigation, Questions Retention of New York Consultants

Thursday, July 16, 2026

WASHINGTON -- Today, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) expanded his investigation into the United States Postal Service (USPS) after Postmaster General David Steiner refused to provide answers for the terrible postal service in Missouri. Senator Hawley questioned USPS’ apparent retention of a New York consulting firm while Missourians’ mail delivery lags, despite Congress passing thePostal Service Reform Act in 2022 to equip the agency to rectify service...

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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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