Hawley Calls for Senate Vote on TikTok, End to CCP Spying

Today U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) released the following statement after the House overwhelmingly passed legislation that would ban TikTok on all American devices, if the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) linked ByteDance refuses to sell the app.

Senator Hawley has been a leader against CCP-linked TikTok. In December 2022,...

Hawley Calls on DOJ to Investigate FICO for Anticompetitive Practices

U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) sent a letter to Assistant Attorney General Jonathan Kanter urging the Department of Justice to investigate The Fair Isaac Corporation’s (FICO) potentially anticompetitive practices. 

“The credit score market is dominated by FICO, a for-profit company operated under a sweetheart deal from the federal government,” wrote Senator Hawley. “Because of this government-granted monopoly, FICO enjoys a 90 percent market share in the business-to-business credit scoring...

Hawley Visits Picket Line at Graybar, Supporting Teamsters in St. Louis

Today U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) released the following statement after his visit with workers on strike at Graybar in Hazelwood, Missouri, to stand with them and protect American jobs.

Senate Passes Hawley Legislation to Compensate Victims of Government Radiation with Strong Bipartisan Support

Today the U.S. Senate passed Senator Josh Hawley's (R-Mo.) legislation to reauthorize and expand the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA), by a vote of 69-30.

"This isn’t about a handout. This isn’t about some kind of welfare program. This is about doing basic justice by the working people of this nation, whom their own government has poisoned. This is the day when we break the cycle of lies from the government, when we break the cycle of passing the buck and irresponsibility from the...

Hawley Lifts Holds on FTC & NTSB Nominees

Today U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) released the following statements, announcing his lift of holds on the nominations of Andrew Ferguson to be a Commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Todd Inman, who is under consideration for the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB). Senator Hawley previously sent a letter to U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) this past December, citing concerns about Ferguson and Inman—two of the Senate Minority Leader's nominees—over their policy...

Hawley, Colleagues Call Out Biden State Dept After Failing to Address Nigeria’s Religious Freedom Violations: ‘You have again failed to meet the moment’

U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) penned a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken regarding the State Department’s ongoing refusal to re-designate Nigeria as a Country of Particular Concern (CPC). The letter points to the horrific massacre of Nigerian Christians this past Christmas season as a recent example of violence targeting Christians and expresses concerns about the deteriorating state of religious freedom in Nigeria.

U.S. Senators Mike Braun (R-Ind.) and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) also...

Senate Committee Passes Hawley, Booker Bipartisan Legislation to Crack Down on Child Labor, Hold Companies Accountable for Violations

Today the U.S. Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee passed Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) and Cory Booker's (D-N.J.) bipartisan Preventing Child Labor Exploitation in Federal Contracting Act to prohibit companies that engage in illegal child labor practices from securing coveted federal government contracts.

"Companies that illegally employ children have no business leveraging lucrative federal government contracts for corporate gain. This bipartisan legislation would hold...

Hawley Op-Ed: Stop Chinese EVs Before They Destroy Our Auto Industry

By U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) | March 5, 2024 | Fox News

Last year, President Biden announced sweeping new mandates on the American auto industry to force a transition to electric vehicles. Under these radical, Green New Deal rules, as many as two-thirds of all cars and trucks sold in the U.S. market by 2032 would have to be EVs. 

These rules were so terrible for consumers – and met with such fierce resistance by American workers – that his administration is already second-guessing them. 

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Hawley Introduces New Bill to Raise Tariffs on China's Green Energy Sector, Protect American Energy Independence

Today U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R Mo.) introduced the Declaring Our Energy Independence From China Act to counter the Biden Administration's energy surrender to America's greatest adversary. This new legislation would raise tariffs on China's green-energy goods to prioritize and protect U.S. energy independence.

“President Biden’s climate agenda undermines U.S. energy independence and will make us more reliant on China,” said Senator Hawley. “We can’t afford energy policies that enrich our...

Hawley Blasts USACE Following News of Nuclear Radiation in Residential Homes

Today U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) sent a letter to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) General Scott Spellmon and Colonel Andy Pannier following reports of more radioactive contamination around residential properties in the St. Louis region.

"Decades of radioactive contamination have devastated the Coldwater Creek region of St. Louis. And this week witnessed yet another nightmare scenario: your disclosure that this contamination may extend beneath residents’ homes. [...] I have repeatedly...