Rural Missouri

U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) today pressed Louis DeJoy, United States Postal Service (USPS) CEO and Postmaster General, on his agency's Regional Transportation Optimization plan—a new delivery strategy that would disproportionately affect rural post offices, including 754 of Missouri's 926 post offices. "I'm going to work with everybody I can across this dais to protect delivery to rural America, and if I have to go down with the ship, I'll go down with the ship," Senator...

Today, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) led members of the Missouri Congressional delegation—including Senator Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.), Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer (Mo.), Rep. Mark Alford (Mo.), and Rep. Jason Smith (Mo.)—in urging President Joe Biden to approve Missouri Governor Mike Parson’s request for a major disaster declaration following severe storms and flooding in Missouri last month. The storms generated at least two tornadoes, high winds, six to ten inches of rain, and flooding across...

The United States Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources passed U.S. Senator Josh Hawley's (R-Mo.) legislation to designate America’s National Churchill Museum as a National Historic Landmark.  “Nearly 80 years ago, Sir Winston Churchill marked the beginning of the Cold War with his ‘Iron Curtain’ speech in Fulton, Missouri. I am proud to honor one of the world’s greatest leaders, and one of America’s closest allies, with this legislation," Senator Hawley said at the time of the...

Today in a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee (HSGAC) nominations hearing for the United States Postal Service (USPS) Board of Governors, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) questioned Val Demings, William Zollars, and Gordon Hartogensis on their commitment to combatting rural mail delivery issues. Senator Hawley confronted the nominees about the Postal Service’s proposed “Regional Transportation Optimization” plan that would harm mail delivery in rural areas across the...

In a Senate Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs hearing today, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) pressed Eric Beightel, the Biden-appointed Executive Director of the Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council, on his agency's endorsement of the Grain Belt Express. This green-energy transmission corridor is set to cut across Missouri, confiscating farmers' land in its tracks while failing to adequately compensate landowners.  "Why is it a good idea to...

U.S. Senators Josh Hawley, (R-Mo.) Eric Schmitt, and Congressman Jason Smith sent a letter to President Joe Biden, urging him to approve Missouri Governor Parson's disaster declaration request for urgent financial relief. The lawmakers' letter comes after devastating storms battered Missouri last month, damaging countless homes and businesses.  "On Wednesday, June 12, Governor Parson requested a major disaster declaration after multiple severe weather events occurred in the State of Missouri...