Press Releases
Hawley Announces Facebook Whistleblower to Testify Before His Subcommittee Next Week
Today, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) announced that Facebook whistleblower Sarah Wynn-Williams will testify before his Judiciary subcommittee next week on allegations that Facebook cooperated with the Communist regime in China to build censorship tools, punish dissidents, and make American users' data available for Chinese use. Big News — Facebook whistleblower Sarah Wynn-Williams will testify NEXT WEEK in public, under oath, before my judiciary subcommittee re: her explosive evidence of Facebook’s cooperation with the Communist regime in China, including FB’s plans to build censorship tools, punish…— Josh Hawley (@HawleyMO) April 2, 2025 Senator Hawley is the chairman of the Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism. More details on the hearing, entitled "A Time for...
Hawley Leads Missouri Delegation in Doubling Down on USPS Audit Request
Today, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) led members of the Missouri Congressional delegation—including Senator Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.), Ann Wagner (Mo.), Robert Onder (Mo.), Jason Smith (Mo.), Sam Graves (Mo.), and Eric Burlison (Mo.) — in sending a letter to USPS Inspector General Tammy Hull requesting an audit of the St. Louis region mail network. This letter follows up on a request the Senator made for an audit of the region nearly a year ago, but the USPS Office of Inspector General chose not to focus on the St. Louis region and instead sent workers to the Kansas City region."Reliable mail service is essential, and these ongoing failures are unacceptable,"said Senator Hawley. "Given the continued problems in the St. Louis area, we urge you once...
Hawley to Introduce Legislation to Restore Fort Leonard Wood Housing
Today, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) announced that he will introduce legislation to fully fund the replacement of all aging military family housing at Fort Leonard Wood. The bill comes after Hawley has already secured $113.5 million in federal funding for Fort Leonard Wood through FY2023 and FY2024 appropriations. Construction on new family housing at the base will begin this year. “We have fought long and hard for the soldiers and families at Fort Leonard Wood because they deserve adequate living conditions in return for all they sacrifice to serve their country,” said Senator Hawley. “We’ve already secured more than $100 million in federal funding to revamp Fort Leonard Wood, and I am hopeful that with the help of the President, we can get this done this...
Senator Hawley Addresses Students at Liberty University Convocation
By U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) | March 31, 2024 | Liberty University On Friday, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) delivered the Convocation Address to students at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia. Listen to Senator Hawley’s full remarks here. Speech excerpts as delivered: "Is not our nation in so many ways spiritually oppressed? Are we not suffering the spiritual oppression of the forces of secularism in our society? For decades now, the forces of secularism--the false gods, if you will, of secularism--have said that Christians should be silent in the public square. That Christians should have no place in law or in business or in academia or in government. The forces of secularism would cut us off from our spiritual history, from our spiritual...
Hawley Blasts Radical Leftists for Supporting Domestic Terrorists Over the Safety of Jewish Students: ‘Lying on a visa is not speech’
Today in a Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee hearing on antisemitism, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) blasted radical Democrats for putting domestic terrorists over the safety of Jewish students on college campuses. He reminded the Committee that American law expressly empowers the Trump administration to revoke the visa of any individual that espouses or supports terrorist activity in the United States. He made this point to a witness defending the deportation of Mahmoud Khalil. “Lying on a visa application is not speech. Seeking to assault Columbia university employees and Jewish students is not speech,” argued Senator Hawley. “You are defending an individual who has espoused the destruction of this country, the destruction of the state of...
Hawley Presses FBI to Probe Biden-Era Targeting of Christians
U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) sent a letter to FBI Director Kash Patel, seeking documents related to the Biden administration’s targeting of Christians. Mere months after calling for a new Church Committee to investigate abuses by the Biden Department of Justice (DOJ), Senator Hawley is now asking the new administration to turn over the details of religious targeting by the Biden DOJ and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).“Under President Biden, the FBI targeted people of faith. The FBI’s Richmond Field Office went so far as to issue a memorandum suggesting that certain traditionalist Catholics might be security risks and proposed infiltrating Catholic parishes. President Biden’s FBI also weaponized the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances ('FACE') Act to target pro-life...
Hawley Exposes Big Tech as Willing Collaborators in Censorship: ‘They Own It’
Today in a hearing of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on the Constitution, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) exposed how Big Tech uses its market power to squelch competition, suppress conservative voices, and even sway voters and control elections, such as when they buried the infamous Hunter Biden laptop story just days before the 2020 presidential election. "It was their decision. They own it. And truthfully Facebook and others had a pattern of censoring long before this," Hawley said, referring to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg's claim that the company was pressured into censorship by the Biden Administration. "They have been avid participants in this censorship campaign." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mC8rkj5p2PM "Companies like Facebook, Meta...
Senator Hawley Calls on Department of Energy to Cancel Grain Belt Express $5 Billion Loan
Today, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) sent a letter to Energy Secretary Chris Wright, urging him to immediately cancel the Biden administration’s last-ditch attempt to force a $4.9 billion loan for the Grain Belt Express transmission line. The Biden administration pushed the nearly $5 billion loan through at the eleventh hour, allowing the government to seize land from Missouri’s farmers and ranchers.“I write once again to bring your attention to the Department of Energy’s $4.9 billion conditional loan to the green-energy Grain Belt Express transmission line. Recently, officials from the Department of Energy confirmed that your department is moving forward with the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) process, a key step in approving the loan. This goes directly against the...
Hawley Applauds Trump Admin’s $20B Investment to Make New Fighter Jets in St. Louis
Today, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) applauded President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's announcement that the Air Force would award Boeing with a $20 billion contract to develop a sixth-generation stealth fighter jet, the F-47, in the St. Louis region. "Once again, St. Louis is leading the way in our nation’s defense. I’m proud that President Trump and Secretary Hegseth have decided that the next generation of our nation’s air power will be made in Missouri, supporting thousands of jobs. Since I arrived in the Senate, I have pushed for funding to develop these next generation aircraft, and I will continue to work to deliver critical military investments in our state," Senator Hawley said. Senator Hawley first pushed for funding of these...
Hawley Introduces Legislation Restraining Rogue Judges’ Nationwide Injunctions
Today, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) introduced legislation to end liberal judges’ serial abuse of power by banning nationwide injunctions. "Unelected district judges are usurping the authority of a duly-elected president and dictating national policy for 330 million Americans," Senator Hawley said. "Congress must stop this unconstitutional weaponization of the judiciary. My bill would be a critical step toward doing just that." Liberal judges slapped the Trump Administration with an unprecedented 15 nationwide injunctions in February alone. In blatant defiance of the Constitution’s separation of powers, these judges are throttling President Trump's efforts to implement commonsense reforms like improving border security; removing waste, fraud, and abuse; and...