Press Releases
Hawley Announces Legislation to Ban Bonuses for Postal Service Leadership Until Mail Is Delivered on Time
WASHINGTON -- Today, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) announced he will introduce the No Bonuses for Bad Service Act to prohibit United States Postal Service (USPS) leadership from receiving bonuses or additional compensation until mail service and delivery meet the standards that the American people deserve. The bill comes after Senator Hawley launched an investigation into USPS’ failure to deliver Missourians’ mail on time. "While Missourians don’t receive their mail on time, the Postmaster General receives a hefty bonus each year. I am introducing the No Bonuses for Bad Service Act to ensure postal service leadership isn’t receiving bonuses while Americans’ mail goes undelivered. It’s time for the Postmaster General to do his job and put...
Hawley Requests Additional Disaster Relief Funds for Missouri Following 2025 Tornadoes
WASHINGTON -- U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) requested that the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development fully fund the Community Development Block Grant-Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) program to provide much-needed relief to Missourians. This program can provide additional, flexible resources for long-term rehabilitation and recovery for the St. Louis region following the 2025 tornadoes. Senator Hawley wrote, "I write to urge the subcommittee to allocate robust funding in the next funding vehicle for long-term disaster relief. As you may know, on May 16, 2025, a devastating tornado struck the City of St. Louis, killing at least five people and destroying hundreds of homes and businesses. President Trump rightly approved a major...
Hawley Refers Dark Money Abortion Pill Operation to DOJ for Criminal Investigation
WASHINGTON -- U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) wrote to Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, urging the Department of Justice (DOJ) to investigate and prosecute left-wing dark money operation Plan C. In the criminal referral, Senator Hawley explained how Plan C organized the shipping of chemical abortion pill mifepristone in the mail, in violation of both state and federal law. He requested the DOJ open a criminal investigation into Plan C, its relationship with potential co-conspirator manufacturers, and the network of suppliers it promotes. Senator Hawley wrote, "I write to refer to the Department of Justice new information my office has received concerning an organized international effort to profit from the violation of state and federal law. I believe these...
Hawley Demands Accountability from Meta for Retaliatory Lawfare Treatment of Whistleblower
WASHINGTON -- U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) sent a letter to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg regarding his company's vile treatment of whistleblower Sarah Wynn-Williams. Ms. Wynn-Williams testified to Senator Hawley's subcommittee last year that Meta worked with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to silence CCP critics on Meta's platforms. In retaliation, Meta has moved to gag Ms. Wynn-Williams through retaliatory arbitration. Senator Hawley wrote, "I have recently been made aware of deeply troubling allegations regarding Meta’s treatment of the whistleblower Sarah Wynn-Williams, Meta’s former global head of public policy. Meta's efforts to destroy Ms. Wynn-Williams with lawfare are a matter of grave public concern. As you know, approximately one year ago, at a hearing I...
Hawley Expands Postal Service Investigation, Questions Retention of New York Consultants
WASHINGTON -- Today, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) expanded his investigation into the United States Postal Service (USPS) after Postmaster General David Steiner refused to provide answers for the terrible postal service in Missouri. Senator Hawley questioned USPS’ apparent retention of a New York consulting firm while Missourians’ mail delivery lags, despite Congress passing thePostal Service Reform Act in 2022 to equip the agency to rectify service issues.Senator Hawley wrote, “To date, my office has received no documents in compliance with my June 30 letter. Is it your intention simply to ignore statutory oversight? I expect full compliance with my oversight requests immediately. This letter is to inform you that my office is...
Hawley Negotiates Inclusion of STOP CSAM Act in Senate NDAA
WASHINGTON --Today, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) announced that his legislation to combat child sex abuse material online, the STOP CSAM Act, was added to the text of the defense policy bill currently being considered in the U.S. Senate. Senator Hawley negotiated the inclusion of the STOP CSAM Act into the manager’s amendment of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) following successful passage of his bill out of the Judiciary Committee in a unanimous vote last year. If signed into law, this legislation would crack down on egregious cases of child exploitation online and give victims the right to sue Big Tech platforms. The STOP CSAM Act would crack down on the proliferation of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) online by allowing victims to sue companies that host it....
Hawley Slams Biden DOJ for Illegally Obtaining His Text Messages in Trump Probe
WASHINGTON -- Today, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) released the following statements regarding new developments in the Arctic Frost case, in which he and other senators' personal text messages were illegally acquired by former Special Counsel Jack Smith.
Hawley Launches Investigation into Failures at US Postal Service After Postmaster General Refused to Forego Bonuses
WASHINGTON -- Today, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) launched an investigation into the ongoing mail service failures plaguing Missouri, alongside potential criminal activity in abandoned mail and the alarming distribution of lavish bonuses to U.S. Postal Service (USPS) executives. The investigation follows Senator Hawley's questions to Postmaster General David Steiner in a Senate Homeland Security Committee hearing last week, where he grilled Steiner on why he accepted a large bonus for himself while Missourians continue to suffer from untimely and undelivered mail. The Postmaster General refused, both in the hearing and in subsequent communications, to return the bonus. Senator Hawley then launched an investigation, demanding documents and communications from...
Hawley Demands Postmaster General Return Bonus or Resign After Attempt to Evade Accountability
WASHINGTON -- U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) released the following statement, urging the Postmaster General David Steiner to resign unless he commits to forego bonuses until mail delivery to Missourians is timely. Hawley's statement comes after the Postmaster General wrote a letter to Senator Hawley attempting to shift blame and evade accountability. Last week, Senator Hawley grilled the Postmaster General over why he accepted large bonuses for himself while Missourians’ mail fails to be delivered. The Postmaster General punted accountability after Senator Hawley questioned him in a Senate Homeland Security Committee hearing last week over his agency’s dismal service in Missouri, which included the dumping of a massive pile of mail in St....
Hawley Addresses Teamsters Convention: ‘It’s Time We Stood For What Is Right In America’
U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) addressed the Teamsters International Convention, emphasizing how America's corporations have forgotten right and wrong and placed profit over everyday American workers. Senator Hawley praised the Teamsters for the organization’s role in building the great American economy and its focus on working men and women.This comes after Senator Hawley's Faster Labor Contracts Act passed the House of Representatives. Senator Hawley stated, "The big challenge that we've got today in the United States of America, the big challenge we've got in the economy in America today, is that too many of the people who run the mega corporations have forgotten right from wrong. They've lost their moral compass and we need to help them find it again. These people who sit in the C...