Press Releases
Hawley Demands Defense Department Reverse Reported Downgrading of Missouri Army Hospital
Senator Hawley (R-Mo.) sent a letter to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin regarding reports that the Defense Health Agency may downgrade the General Leonard Wood Army Community Hospital to a clinic. "The planned downgrade of the newly built hospital at Fort Leonard Wood is an insult to service members, their families, and rural Missourians in the area. Eliminating a hospital at a major Army training center is frankly shocking," Senator Hawley wrote. "How does DoD expect to conduct any training, including Basic Combat Training and the various advanced schools at Ft. Leonard Wood, if the nearest emergency room is over 40 miles away?" The Senator also outlined the safety factors, economic impact, logistical impositions, and burden to taxpayers that downgrading the...
Hawley Blasts Alleged Utah-Only RECA Proposal
U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) released the following statements regarding an alleged Utah-only Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA) proposal circulating in the House of Representatives. Senator Hawley strongly opposes the inclusion of this proposal in a year-end spending bill. I’m told House Republicans are considering sneaking a stripped-down version of RECA - covering only part of Utah and nothing else - into the CR. This would be an incredible betrayal to the hundreds of thousands of good people poisoned by their government— Josh Hawley (@HawleyMO) December 9, 2024 Shoving a Utah-only version of RECA into the CR not only betrays working people across the nation, it will jeopardize passage of the CR— Josh Hawley (@HawleyMO) December 9, 2024 The Senate has...
Hawley, Durbin Introduce Bipartisan Bill Protecting Employees of Bankrupt Businesses
U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) joined U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) in introducing the Protecting Employees and Retirees in Business Bankruptcies Act. The bill would empower rank-and-file employees in the bankruptcy process, allowing them to retain more of their wages, benefits, and retirement savings when their employer files for bankruptcy. Current laws don’t prioritize employees during bankruptcy proceedings–they prioritize the bankrupt business’s creditors. This bill would change that, granting employee claims higher priority and placing restrictions on golden parachutes for executives. “When companies go bankrupt, workers—and not predatory creditors—should be taken care of first. This legislation would prioritize workers' claims to wages, benefits, and...
‘You’ve Exhausted my Patience’: Hawley Presses USPS for Answers Behind New Postal Plan & Harms to Rural America
U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) today pressed Louis DeJoy, United States Postal Service (USPS) CEO and Postmaster General, on his agency's Regional Transportation Optimization plan—a new delivery strategy that would disproportionately affect rural post offices, including 754 of Missouri's 926 post offices. "I'm going to work with everybody I can across this dais to protect delivery to rural America, and if I have to go down with the ship, I'll go down with the ship," Senator Hawley stated. "But, I'm going to do everything I can to kill [the Regional Transportation Optimization plan]. Senator Hawley went on to cite the Missouri Farm Bureau and rural electric cooperatives’ opposition to the new USPS plan. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHf-bWdxd5k Senator Hawley...
Hawley Leads Colleagues in Opposing Potential NDAA Provision Forcing Women to Register for Draft
Today U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) led colleagues in opposing any potential language in the Fiscal Year 2025 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that would require American women to register for the Selective Service System. Senators Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Steve Daines (R-Mont.), James Lankford (R-Okla.), Mike Lee (R-Utah), Roger Marshall (R-Kan.), and Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.) joined in opposition.“For the third time in four years, Democrats are attempting to force women into the draft. Let’s be clear: American women have a proud legacy of service in our Armed Forces, especially so because their service has always been voluntary. Never in our history have women been forced to register for the draft. Yet the Biden administration and Senate Democrats want to discard...
‘Terrible Experience’: Hawley Exposes Airline Execs for Unfair Fees, Passenger Harassment
U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) confronted executives of America's major airlines today for charging billions in nonsensical fees and harassing passengers who have already paid for their flights. "You guys do appreciate that flying on your airlines is a disaster, don't you?" Senator Hawley remarked. "Flying on your airlines is horrible. It's terrible experience." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjj54B522F0 Senator Hawley specifically called out the corporate greed of Spirit Airlines and Frontier Airlines for charging customers radically different prices for bags. " . . . You made clear that money is your bottom line—I get that. But, why is it that you're charging some people, what, triple, quadruple the amount [for luggage]?" Senator Hawley asked. Senator...
Hawley Demands DOJ, FBI Halt Destruction of Records & Vows to Investigate Justice System Abuses Under Garland, Wray
U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) wrote a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland and FBI Director Christopher Wray, condemning reports of agency personnel destroying documents and vowing to investigate their misconduct, including the targeting of President-elect Trump, pro-life Americans, and Catholics throughout the country. "With sunlight now on the horizon, I’m not surprised by last-ditch efforts to stonewall the incoming administration. But those efforts will fail," Senator Hawley wrote. He committed to investigating these abuses in the years to come, noting, "As a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee who will hold the chairmanship of a Subcommittee in the forthcoming Congress, I intend to investigate your respective agencies’ illicit...
Hawley Leads Missouri Delegation in Urging Biden to Issue Disaster Declaration
Today, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) led members of the Missouri Congressional delegation—including Senator Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.), Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer (Mo.), Rep. Mark Alford (Mo.), and Rep. Jason Smith (Mo.)—in urging President Joe Biden to approve Missouri Governor Mike Parson’s request for a major disaster declaration following severe storms and flooding in Missouri last month. The storms generated at least two tornadoes, high winds, six to ten inches of rain, and flooding across eastern and southern Missouri. "These storms caused significant damage to private and public property and tragically took the lives of at least seven people. State and local governments continue to grapple with the fallout from these severe weather events," the Missouri lawmakers wrote. "We...
Senate Committee Passes Hawley Legislation Honoring National Churchill Museum as National Historic Landmark
The United States Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources passed U.S. Senator Josh Hawley's (R-Mo.) legislation to designate America’s National Churchill Museum as a National Historic Landmark. “Nearly 80 years ago, Sir Winston Churchill marked the beginning of the Cold War with his ‘Iron Curtain’ speech in Fulton, Missouri. I am proud to honor one of the world’s greatest leaders, and one of America’s closest allies, with this legislation," Senator Hawley said at the time of the bill's introduction. The museum, located on the Westminster College campus in Fulton, Missouri, was the site of Churchill's famous words, “From Stettin in the Baltic, to Trieste in the Adriatic, an iron curtain has descended across the continent" on March 5, 1946. In the 1960s to...
Hawley Praises Trump’s AG Pick, Calls for New Church Commission to Investigate DOJ & FBI Abuses
U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) released the following statements, praising President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for U.S. Attorney General, Pam Bondi, and urging the incoming Department of Justice to investigate all corruption within the agency and begin reforming it top to bottom. Congrats to my friend @PamBondi! She’ll be a fabulous AG. Now we need a new Church Commission to investigate the abuses of DOJ & FBI - the persecution of Trump & conservatives, the spying on Christians, the targeting of prolifers. I will lead the charge in the Senate. And I know… https://t.co/N4ubU2A9hE— Josh Hawley (@HawleyMO) November 22, 2024 We need a new Church Commission to bring to light ALL the abuses at DOJ & FBI of the last decade. From the Russia hoax to the illegal spying to...