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Hawley Introduces Bill to Keep Corporate America’s Dollars Out of U.S. Politics

Tuesday, October 31, 2023

Today U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) introduced the Ending Corporate Influence on Elections Act to get corporate money out of American politics and dramatically cut back on publicly traded corporations' ability to influence elections. Senator Hawley’s bill will begin to undo the Supreme Court’s 2010 decision in Citizens United v. FEC. "For decades, Corporate America has funneled billions of dollars into elections in favor of politicians who favor their woke,...

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Hawley, Booker Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Crack Down on Child Labor Practices, Hold Corporations Accountable for Violations

Thursday, October 26, 2023

Today U.S. Senators Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) and Cory Booker (D-N.J.) introduced the bipartisan Preventing Child Labor Exploitation Act to prohibit companies that illegally employ children from securing coveted federal government contracts. Senator Hawley's legislation comes as the Department of Labor recently reported a startling 69 percent increase in illegal child labor since 2018. This dramatic uptick in child-labor exploitation includes a series of...

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Hawley Slams Biden Official for Releasing Migrant Children to Human Traffickers

Wednesday, October 25, 2023

Today U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) questioned Robin Dunn Marcos, Director of the Office of Refugee Resettlement, about the ongoing child migrant crisis at the southern border and the 85,000 children that the Biden Administration has lost track of. "Do you really think that you are helping these children by releasing them to labor traffickers and yes, sex traffickers?" asked Senator Hawley. "85,000 children whom you have no contact with and your answer...

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ICYMI Hawley Op-ed: Cap credit-card interest rates to help Americans hammered by Bidenomics

Thursday, September 21, 2023

By U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) | Sept. 20, 2023 | New York Post Exploiting people through high interest rates is wrong.  In a world of Wall Street excess, that simple idea now sounds foreign.  But for thousands of years, it was basic fairness.  “Thou shalt not lend upon usury to thy brother,” declares Deuteronomy 23:19.  The Western world took that principle to heart.  From the Roman Empire on, nations enforced usury laws that severely restricted interest rates on...

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Hawley Presses Tyson Foods CEO on Dangerous Child Labor Practices

Tuesday, September 19, 2023

Today U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) sent a letter to Tyson Foods CEO Donnie King, demanding answers after a disturbing new report from The New York Times exposed unsafe, illegal child labor practices within the company. "I am alarmed by new reports that Tyson Foods has actively participated in dangerous and illegal child labor practices," wrote Senator Hawley. "Any company that employs, facilitates, encourages, or excuses child labor must be held to account. In light of the facts,...

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Hawley Secures Commitment from Tyson Foods to Help Local Farmers, Protect Missouri Jobs

Friday, September 15, 2023

Today U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) released the following statement after securing a commitment from Tyson Foods CEO Donnie King to help Missouri farmers and protect jobs for hard working Missourians. I spoke with the CEO of Tyson Food today, Donnie King. He told me, first, Tyson is willing to sell its facilities in Dexter and Noel, Missouri to any interested party - including a competitor. I was glad to hear it, because anything less would violate antitrust laws. I hope Tyson… —...

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Hawley, Blumenthal Hold Hearing On Principles For Regulating Artificial Intelligence

Wednesday, July 26, 2023

U.S. Senators Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Ranking Member and Chair of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology, and the Law, held a hearing on the guiding principles for regulating artificial intelligence (A.I.) moving forward. Senator Hawley questioned leaders in the A.I. space—including Dario Amodei, Cofounder and CEO of Anthropic, Yoshua Bengio, Professor at the Université de Montréal, and Stuart Russell, Professor of Computer Science at...

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Hawley Delivers Floor Speech Urging Support for His Amendment to Increase Tariffs on China

Friday, June 02, 2023

This evening U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) delivered remarks ahead of the Senate's vote on his amendment, as part of the debt ceiling deal, to raise tariffs on imports from China until the United States’ unsustainable trade deficit with China comes into balance. "In the last 20 years in the state of Missouri, we have lost 60,000 jobs to the People’s Republic of China—that number nationwide is almost 4 million," said Senator Hawley. "We can talk about budget reforms, and...

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Hawley Calls for Higher Tariffs on China, Trade Deficit Reduction in Debt Limit Deal

Wednesday, May 10, 2023

Today U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) introduced the Raising Tariffs on Imports from China Act, new legislation to raise tariffs on imports from China until the United States’ unsustainable bilateral trade deficit comes into balance. Senator Hawley is urging debt limit talks to include reduction of the trade deficit. “Under Joe Biden’s leadership, the Administration has failed to confront the structural deficit that matters most – our trade deficit with...

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New Hawley Bill Holds Corporations Accountable for Exploiting Biden’s Child Smuggling and Labor Crisis

Wednesday, May 03, 2023

Today U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) introduced the Corporate Responsibility for Child Labor Elimination Act, new legislation that would compel large corporations to eradicate unlawful child labor, fueled by Biden’s border crisis, from their operations in the United States. Recent investigative reporting has documented an explosive growth of migrant child labor in the United States and found evidence of unlawful child labor in the supply chains of some of America’s largest...

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