Press Releases
Hawley & Durbin Announce Reintroduction of Anti-CSAM Legislation
Ahead of today’s Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on child safety online, Senators Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) and Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) announced that they will reintroduce the STOP CSAM Act. The legislation will crack down on the proliferation of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) online by allowing victims to sue companies that host this material. The Judiciary Committee unanimously advanced this legislation last Congress. “Congress has already waited too long to protect kids online and while we’ve stalled social media companies have continued to be hubs for child sexual abuse material. We can’t waste any more time,” said Senator Hawley. “Let’s give parents and victims the ability to hold these companies accountable and sue them. Anything less,...
Hawley Announces Legislation to Audit U.S. Tax Dollars Sent to Ukraine
U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) released the following statements this afternoon, demanding a new inspector general be created to investigate the billions in American tax dollars spent on aid to Ukraine. I will again introduce on the floor of the Senate legislation to create a watchdog whose *sole responsibility* is auditing every dollar spent on Ukraine - and reporting back to the American people— Josh Hawley (@HawleyMO) February 18, 2025 I will again introduce on the floor of the Senate legislation to create a watchdog whose *sole responsibility* is auditing every dollar spent on Ukraine - and reporting back to the American people— Josh Hawley (@HawleyMO) February 18, 2025 Senator Hawley is renewing his push today for an independent watchdog to oversee and...
Hawley Secures Commitments from Trump Education Nominee on Title IX Protections, Combating Campus Antisemitism
Today in a Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) committee hearing, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley questioned Linda McMahon, President Donald Trump's nominee to lead the Department of Education, about guaranteeing basic safety for women on college campuses and cracking down on campus radicalism. Senator Hawley brought up Title IX protections for female students, both on the athletic field and in places such as locker rooms and dormitories. He noted President Trump's recent executive order safeguarding women's sports and spaces but noted that some universities have vowed to defy it. "What can be done to ensure that these colleges comply with the law, and that women are safe on campus, and that women are able to play sports without men interfering?" the Senator asked. McMahon...
Hawley Questions Trump DOJ Antitrust Nominee on Antitrust Enforcement
Today in a Senate Judiciary Nomination hearing, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) questioned Gail Slater, President Trump’s nominee to be Assistant Attorney General for the Antitrust Division at the Department of Justice. Senator Hawley focused his questioning on Big Tech and antitrust enforcement, and the future of Artificial Intelligence (AI). "I am extremely concerned about what the emergence of AI and monopoly power in AI will mean for American consumers," said Senator Hawley. "We have got to give power back to individual Americans to protect their rights. Antitrust enforcement by the U.S. government is a critical part of that," he concluded. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXzOk1gyz1c Click here, or above to watch the full...
Hawley Presses Postmaster General to Withdraw Detrimental Rural Delivery Proposal
Today U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) sent a letter to U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy regarding a recent advisory opinion issued by the Postal Regulatory Commission that the Postal Service’s proposed Regional Transportation Optimization (RTO) would further delay mail delivery for Americans in rural areas. "I urge you to halt implementation of this plan for the sake of rural Americans who depend on the mail and in accordance with the Post Office’s mission to serve all Americans," wrote Senator Hawley. ". . . [T]hese proposed changes will leave America’s rural communities—including many in my home state of Missouri—with further degraded mail service at a time when rural families already face significant challenges with their mail." Senator Hawley has fought for rural...
Hawley, Whitehouse Reintroduce Bill to Support Law Enforcement, Prevent Officer Suicides
U.S. Senators Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) today reintroduced the Supporting and Treating Officers in Crisis (STOIC) Act to expand support resources for law enforcement officers. The bill is also cosponsored by U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), Christopher Coons (D-Del.), and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa).The bipartisan legislation would reauthorize grant funding for law enforcement family-support services and establish suicide-prevention programs and mental health services within law enforcement communities. “Congress should have the backs of those who have ours,” said Senator Hawley. “Since it's initial passage, the STOIC Act has delivered life-saving resources to law enforcement officers who combat not only...
Hawley, Marshall Demand Answers from Ford for Terminating Jack Cooper Partnership, Destroying Hundreds of Missouri Jobs
U.S. Senators Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) and Roger Marshall (R-Kan.) sent a letter to Ford CEO Jim Farley, demanding an explanation behind his company's abrupt decision to terminate its long-standing labor partnership with Jack Cooper, a Kansas City-based company. Ford's decision now leaves 400 Kansas City-area employees without a job. The Senators call out Ford for prematurely ending its contract with Jack Cooper before the deadline and without explanation. "For over four decades, Jack Cooper has been a reliable partner to Ford, fulfilling all performance standards and playing an important role in Ford’s success. To end such a relationship without a clear and justified cause strikes us as a profound betrayal of American workers, who have buoyed Ford for...
Hawley, Sanders Introduce Bill to Curb Exploitative Credit Card Interest Rates, Provide Relief to Working Americans
Today, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) and Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) introduced bipartisan legislation to immediately cap credit card interest rates at ten percent for five years. The legislation follows President Trump’s campaign promise of a ten percent interest rate cap. “Working Americans are drowning in record credit card debt while the biggest credit card issuers get richer and richer by hiking their interest rates to the moon. It’s not just wrong, it’s exploitative. And it needs to end,” Senator Hawley said. “Capping credit card interest rates at 10%, just like President Trump campaigned on, is a simple way to provide meaningful relief to working people. Let’s do it.” “During the campaign, President Trump pledged to cap credit card interest...
Hawley Secures Commitments from HHS Nominee RFK on Crucial Social Issues
Today in a hearing with Department of Health and Human Services nominee Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) secured commitments on four crucial social issues: so-called "gender affirming care," fetal tissue research, Title X funding for abortions, and the chemical abortion drug mifepristone. Senator Hawley asked Kennedy if he would rescind the Biden Administration's mandate that every doctor in America who receives federal funding--including pediatricians--must prescribe puberty blockers and perform gender "transition" surgeries on children, regardless of their conscience. "This rule purported to preempt all state law," Senator Hawley said. "So in states like mine and many others, where the voters have said we don't want...
Hawley Secures Promises from Kash Patel to Clean Up FBI, End Biden’s Abuses
U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) today secured the commitment of Kash Patel, President Donald Trump's pick to lead the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), to end the Biden-era FBI attacks on Christians and parents and seek accountability for those responsible. During his Senate Judiciary confirmation hearing, Patel assured Senator Hawley that he would, "[F]ully utilize, if confirmed, the investigative powers of the FBI to give you the information you require and also to hold those accountable who violated the sacred trust placed upon the FBI." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oje8o1mwxWc Watch the full exchange here, or click on the image above. Senator Hawley highlighted the FBI’s political persecutions of pro-life Christians exercising their...