Press Releases
Senator Hawley’s GUARD Act to Protect Kids from AI Chatbots Passes Committee Unanimously
WASHINGTON -- Today, the Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously passed Senator Hawley's GUARD Act, a bill to protect children from abusive sexual content, inducement to commit self-harm, and emotional companions through AI chatbots. This bipartisan legislation imposes criminal penalties on companies whose AI chatbots engage in sexually explicit conduct with minors or solicit minors to commit self-harm or violence. It also bans AI companions for minors and mandates AI chatbots to disclose their non-human and non-professional status. Parents of children who lost their lives or committed self-harm at the direction of AI chatbots watched as the Committee advanced the bill. The GUARD Act would: Ban AI companies from providing AI companions that simulate interpersonal...
Hawley Calls for Congressional Hearing Following Third Assassination Attempt on President Trump
WASHINGTON -- Today, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo) sent a letter to Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Rand Paul, urging him to hold an oversight hearing on the third apparent assassination attempt on President Trump. The letter comes after the crazed gunman was charged with attempted assassination. Senator Hawley wrote, "On the evening of April 25, a crazed gunman charged past security at the Washington Hilton and attempted to attack attendees of the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, including President Trump and members of his cabinet. Thankfully, the threat was swiftly neutralized by the Secret Service; one brave officer was injured in the response. But this latest incident—the third apparent attempt on President...
Senator Hawley Calls on House to Extend Ban on Taxpayer-Funded Transgender Treatments for Minors
Federal Ban on Medicaid Payments to Planned Parenthood and Similar Providers Expires on July 4, 2026 WASHINGTON -- Today, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo) sent a letter to Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, urging him to extend the ban on any federal funding for trans-treatment and abortion providers in the upcoming Budget Resolution. Senator Hawley’s amendment to extend the ban was narrowly rejected by the Senate this week, and he is now calling on the House to act. Senator Hawley wrote, "Last night, the Senate rejected my efforts to ban taxpayer funding for transgender treatments for minor children. The ball is now in your court. If the House fails to act immediately as part of reconciliation, billions of Federal dollars will go to Planned Parenthood and other...
Hawley Files Budget Amendment to Extend Ban on Planned Parenthood Funding
WASHINGTON -- Today, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) filed an amendment to the Senate Budget Resolution to extend the prohibition on federal payments to abortion providers. In the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, Congress enacted a one-year ban on federal payments under the Medicaid program to Planned Parenthood and other abortion providers. That ban expires on July 4, 2026. Senator Hawley plans to force a vote on his amendment during the Senate’s upcoming consideration of the Budget Resolution. Senator Hawley has consistently called for a termination of all federal funding to abortion providers. At the start of this Congress, Senator Hawley introduced theEnd Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Providers Act, which would strip Planned Parenthood and...
Hawley Introduces Bipartisan, Bicameral Know Your Labor Rights Act
WASHINGTON -- Today, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), alongside Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH), Congressman Riley Moore (R-WV), and Congresswoman Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-WA), introduced the Know Your Labor Rights Act, another plank of Senator Hawley's broader framework to protect American workers. This legislation would require all employers to post and maintain notices to employees of their labor rights and notify new employees of those rights upon their hiring. "American workers have a right to unionize in the workplace and fight for fair wages," said Senator Hawley. "That's why I'm introducing legislation to ensure that employees have basic visibility into their fundamental rights." “Greedy corporations and corrupt managers in nearly...
Hawley Introduces Bill to Strip Pensions From Members of Congress Convicted of Sex Crimes
WASHINGTON -- Today, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) introduced the No Pensions for Congressional Predators Act to prohibit members of Congress convicted of felony sex crimes from receiving their federal pensions. Currently, members forfeit their pensions if convicted of certain felonies, but no such provision exists for sex crimes. "Right now, a member of Congress can be convicted of sexual abuse and still receive a taxpayer-funded pension. That is unacceptable," said Senator Hawley. "I'm introducing legislation to end this loophole and ensure that lawmakers are never compensated with taxpayer dollars after such a breach of trust. The only thing the government should be paying for is a jail cell for these people.” The No...
Hawley Demands State Farm Fulfill Payouts Following Last Year’s Devastating Missouri Tornadoes
WASHINGTON -- Today, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) sent a letter to State Farm President and CEO Jon Farney, demanding accountability for State Farm's reportedly slow walking payouts—or failing to pay out altogether—of insurance claims made by Missourians harmed by tornadoes that blew through eastern Missouri last May. Shortly before the storms, a State Farm executive testified to Senator Hawley's Subcommittee that the insurance company swiftly pays its policyholders. Senator Hawley is demanding answers on why this hasn't proven true for Missourians. After launching a bipartisan investigation last year into the practice of the largest insurance companies subjecting policyholders to delays and underpayments after devastating tornadoes, Senator Hawley continues to demand...
Hawley, Durbin, New Mexico Attorney General Demand Action to Protect Children Online
WASHINGTON -- Today, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), and New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez stood alongside child safety advocates to demand that Congress take decisive action to protect America’s children online by passing critical bipartisan legislation, including Hawley's and Durbin’s STOP CSAM Act. The legislation would crack down on the proliferation of online child sexual abuse material (CSAM) by allowing victims to sue companies that host it. The STOP CSAM Act advanced out of committee unanimously. Today’s press conference comes after a jury in New Mexico found that Meta misled users about the safety of its platforms and enabled sexual exploitation of young users and another jury in California...
Hawley Urges DOJ to Open Investigation into Chemical Abortion Drug Manufacturer
WASHINGTON -- Today, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) sent a letter to Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, urging the Department of Justice to open an investigation into Danco Laboratories, the manufacturer of the dangerous chemical abortion drug that has harmed thousands of women and ended the lives of countless unborn children. Senator Hawley demanded that the Department fulfill its mandate by investigating Danco’s original FDA approval, ongoing regulatory compliance, manufacture and distribution pipeline, potentially deceptive marketing practices, and disclosure of safety risks pertaining to the company’s sole product—the chemical abortion drug, mifepristone. The letter comes after Senator Hawley opened his own investigation into Danco...
Hawley Sends Letter to HHS Urging Reversal of Title X Grants to Planned Parenthood
WASHINGTON -- Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) sent a letter to the Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in response to the agency's decision to extend Biden-era Title X grants for Planned Parenthood, the nation’s largest abortion provider. This action comes despite promises Secretary Kennedy made to Senator Hawley in his 2025 confirmation hearing. “I write to express my alarm at the recent decision to release another year of Title X grant funding to abortion providers. These grants, originally approved by the Biden Administration, will now directly subsidize organizations like Planned Parenthood that perform hundreds of thousands of abortions each year. I urge you to reverse course,” Senator Hawley wrote. He...