Press Releases
Hawley Opens Investigation into Google for Failure to Remove Child Sex Abuse Material
WASHINGTON -- U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) sent a letter to Alphabet Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Sundar Pichai, informing the company that his Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism is opening an investigation into the role that Big Tech platforms like Google play in the crisis of child trafficking and online exploitation. "Yesterday, the Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism, which I chair, convened a hearing to investigate gaps in enforcement efforts to stop child sex trafficking. The testimony was shocking. Witnesses described an explosion of child sex abuse material (CSAM) online, which surpassed 100 million separate images and videos of suspected abuse in 2023 alone. We also learned at least 89,000 children depicted in...
Hawley Exposes Child Trafficking and Online Sexual Exploitation in Subcommittee Hearing
Featuring Testimony from Tim Tebow, Experts, and Parents WASHINGTON -- Today, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism, held a hearing exposing the rampant child trafficking that exploits and abuses the most vulnerable among us. Senator Hawley heard testimony from Tim Tebow, Founder and CEO of the Tim Tebow Foundation, on the courageous work he and his organization do to rescue children and combat corrupt trafficking networks. "Let me ask you about some folks who are in the dark hour of need," Senator Hawley said. "I've got a chart... showing the increase in the production of child sex abuse material just in the United States online... in 2023 alone, there were 104,370,572 separate images and videos of suspected...
Hawley, Merkley Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Ban Wall Street from Buying Single-Family Homes
WASHINGTON -- Today, U.S. Senators Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) introduced the Homes for American Families Act and an update of the HOPE for Homeownership Act, a comprehensive package to prohibit large institutional investors from buying up single-family homes. Their legislation is a response to the homeownership crisis in America, which has been exacerbated by deep-pocketed Wall Street investors flooding the housing market and purchasing homes. "Wall Street has exploited the American housing crisis, turning the nation's housing stock into a portfolio of rental properties," said Senator Hawley. "Families deserve to be able to buy their own homes and achieve the American dream without competing with big investment companies...
Senator Hawley Calls for Minnesota AG Keith Ellison to be INDICTED
WASHINGTON -- Today, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-mo.) grilled Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison for cooperating with fraudsters in his state and called for him to resign. Senator Hawley questioned Ellison, "You are familiar with the $9 billion in historic fraud out of your state, including the $250 million in the Feeding Our Future program alone?" "I am familiar with it," Ellison responded. "Because the people who ran the Feeding Our Future program came to you in your official office in the state capitol, December 11, 2021 and asked for your help in getting investigators off their backs," stated Hawley. "They complained to you for upwards of an hour about state investigators going after them, and they begged you to help them, and you agreed to it...
Hawley, Blumenthal Introduce Bill to Prevent Data Centers from Increasing Electricity Costs for Americans
WASHINGTON -- Today, U.S. Senators Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) and Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Ct.) introduced the Guaranteeing Rate Insulation from Data Centers (GRID) Act to stop data centers from driving up energy costs. Over the last several years, data center construction has taken off, creating enormous strains on our energy infrastructure. And this AI-fueled boom shows no signs of slowing down—in fact, data centers’ demand for power is expected to double over the next four years. Senator Hawley’s new bill would require data centers to have their own power sources, ensuring that the costs of their business are not passed on to American consumers. President Trump has rightly stated that he “never want[s] Americans to pay higher Electricity bills because...
Hawley, Warren Introduce Bill to Break Up Big Medicine
WASHINGTON -- Senators Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) introduced the Break Up Big Medicine Act to address rampant consolidation in the healthcare industry that drives up prices, squashes competition, and hurts working people. “Americans are paying more and more for healthcare while the quality of care gets worse and worse. In their quest to put profits over people, Big Pharma and the insurance companies continue to gobble up every independent healthcare provider and pharmacy they can find,” said Senator Hawley. “Working Americans deserve better. This bipartisan legislation is a massive step towards making healthcare affordable for every American.”“There’s no question that massive health care companies have created layers of...
Hawley Exposes Fraud in State and Federal Programs and Dark Money Funding Web
WASHINGTON -- Yesterday, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) chaired a hearing in his Homeland Security Subcommittee exposing the widespread fraud in state and federal programs, as well as the dark money groups sponsoring radical left-wing subversion in America’s streets. “You testified that about a trillion dollars you think is lost in fraud every year. Where's this money going?” Chairman Hawley asked Haywood Talcove, CEO of Lexis Nexis Risk Solutions. Talcove responded, “It goes to terrorism, it goes to child trafficking, it goes to drugs... and then it's used to purchase luxury items, cars, purses, homes. That's all funded by people like me that pay taxes... $115 million an hour.” Senator Hawley asked, "How do they get their hands on it?" Talcove...
Hawley Grills Netflix CEO for Promoting Transgender Ideology, Secures Commitment to Protect American Jobs
WASHINGTON -- Today, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) grilled Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos on Netflix’s promotion of transgender ideology in its streaming content. He also secured a commitment from Netflix to protect American jobs in its proposed merger with Warner Bros. Relating to LGBTQ material on Netflix’s platform, Senator Hawley asked,“Why does almost half of your children’s program feature this highly controversial, highly sexualized material? That just seems strange to me. That can’t possibly reflect the population.”Sarandos answered, “I don’t have any idea where that number would come from or what that would be. I don’t believe that’s been your personal experience, but I can’t speak to that.”Senator Hawley cut him off, saying, “What do you mean you don’t...
Hawley Urges DOJ to Investigate Left-Wing Dark Money Groups Funding Anti-ICE Protests
WASHINGTON -- Today, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) sent a letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi, urging the Department of Justice to investigate radical left-wing organizations and individuals funding anti-ICE protests—including those with possible ties to the Chinese Communist Party."I write to request that the Department of Justice open a comprehensive investigation into the funding and coordination of recent so-called 'grassroots' anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) campaigns in Minnesota and nationwide. Recent reports suggest that these campaigns, while presented as organic civil protest, are in fact substantially financed and professionally coordinated by wealthy left-wing organizations and individuals—including those with possible ties to the Chinese Communist...
Hawley Applauds Launch of Online Portal for Radiation Survivors to Submit RECA Claim
WASHINGTON -- Today, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo) applauded the Department of Justice (DOJ) for creating an online portal for radioactive waste survivors to upload their claims for life-saving assistance. This comes after Senator Hawley's expansion of the Radioactive Exposure Compensation Act (RECA) was signed into law last year. In July 2025, Senator Hawley secured the largest expansion ever to the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA), signed into law as part of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. This legislation will deliver compensation to those who lived near West Lake Landfill and Coldwater Creek and were exposed to radioactive waste. Over 700 Missourians have already received nearly $35 million in compensation. This...