Speech

Today U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) sent a letter to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas calling for the immediate termination of the Department's newly announced "Intelligence Experts Group." "I write with deep concern regarding the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) newly announced 'Intelligence Experts Group.' According to your Department's press release, this entity will be led by at least three individuals who helped suppress the...

Today in a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) questioned Riley Gaines, decorated collegiate swimmer and female sports advocate. Gaines described to Senator Hawley her experiences competing against a transgender athlete, and the trauma she and her teammates endured when their privacy was invaded by being forced to undress in front of a biological male. "You were talking about just the incredible surprise, shall I say to put it gently, of finding a...

Today U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) introduced the Dissolving the Disinformation Governance Board Act which would immediately dissolve the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Disinformation Governance Board and prohibit DHS from ever replicating its attempt to monitor or censor Americans' speech.  Senator Hawley said, “Biden’s so-called Disinformation Board is unconstitutional and must be dissolved immediately. This is nothing short of a censorship committee vested with the...

Today U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) questioned Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas about the Biden Administration’s newly formed “Disinformation Governance Board,” led by anti-free speech advocate Nina Jankowicz. Senator Hawley slammed Secretary Mayorkas for his failure to provide clear answers and called for his resignation. During the first round of questioning, Secretary Mayorkas provided no answers as to why he hired Jankowicz, whom Senator Hawley...

U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) took to the Senate floor to make the case for reforming the global economy and preventing China’s domination.

Senator Josh Hawley delivered a provocative speech yesterday raising the stakes of the debates over big tech and expanding the scope of the discussion beyond privacy and free speech, questioning whether social media actually provides any real value to the American economy and American society.