Press Releases
Hawley Demands Answers from Garland for False Testimony of DOJ Infiltration in Churches
Today U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) sent a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland demanding answers for his false testimonyregarding the Justice Department's targeting and subsequent arrests of people of faith, particularly Catholics, last month in a Senate Judiciary hearing. "Your Department has decided to turn Catholic congregations into front organizations for the FBI, and when asked about it, you’ve decided to fudge the truth before Congress," wrote Senator Hawley. "This is an unconscionable assault on American Catholics’ First Amendment rights and an abdication of your duty to enforce the law without fear or favor. Everyone involved with this chilling surveillance campaign must face accountability." Read the full...
Senator Hawley Visits Southeast Missouri Following Deadly Tornado
Last night U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) traveled to Glenallen, Mo., and Marble Hill, Mo., following the deadly tornado and storms that hit the region. Senator Hawley was briefed by local leaders and officials, toured the damaged neighborhoods, met with residents impacted by the storms, and attended a community prayer meeting.
Senator Hawley Statement on the Deadly Tornado and Storms in Bollinger County, Missouri
Today U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) released the following statement on the devastating tornado and storms that hit Bollinger County, Mo., early this morning:
Senator Hawley Statement on Trump Arraignment
Today U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) released the following statement on the arraignment of former President Trump: Senator Hawley also called the case against former President Trump "beyond absurd" and a "travesty."
Hawley Statement on Army Black Hawk Crash
Today U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) released the following statement on the Army Black Hawk crash near Fort Campbell, Kentucky this week.
Hawley Demands Army Provide Update on Plan to Replace Housing at Fort Leonard Wood
Today U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) sent a letter to the Secretary of the Army Christine Wormuth requesting, for the third time, the Army's plan for replacing the aging homes at Fort Leonard Wood. "I write again to request the Army’s plan for replacing aging homes at Fort Leonard Wood. You committed to share this information in May 2022 and again in October 2022, but the Army still has not sent it," wrote Senator Hawley. "This lack of responsiveness suggests the Army may not actually have a plan for meeting Fort Leonard Wood’s housing requirements in contradiction of your previous assurances. The Army has made some progress—but only under duress and far more remains to be done." He continued, "Service members and their families at Fort Leonard Wood deserve...
Hawley Pushes Biden Administration to Explain their ‘Concierge Service for Illegals’
Today U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) sent a letter to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas demanding answers on the Department's new CBP One app. "Under your leadership, the Department is marketing a new phone app, called CBP One, that allows unauthorized migrants to reserve a time to cross the border, like making a restaurant reservation. How convenient," wrote Senator Hawley. He continued, "I imagine there are plenty of Americans who would appreciate this level of service from their government. Your choice to spend untold sums of taxpayer money—you said you had no idea what it cost—on concierge service for illegals is baffling. It is also revealing. It demonstrates your priorities: open borders, no matter the cost to Americans; no...
Hawley and Warren Lead Bipartisan Legislation to Claw Back Compensation From Executives Responsible for Bank Failures
Today U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Mike Braun (R-Ind.), and Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.), introduced the Failed Bank Executives Clawback Act, bipartisan legislation that would require that, in the event of a bank failures like Silicon Valley Bank, federal regulators claw back all or part of the compensation received by bank executives in the five-year period preceding the failure. Currently, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation’s (FDIC) ability to claw back executive compensation in the event of a bank failure is limited. The Failed Bank Executives Clawback Act would give federal bank regulators the tools they need to hold executives of failed banks responsible for the costs those failures exact on the rest of the banking...
Hawley Request to Unanimously Pass Bill to Ban TikTok Blocked on Senate Floor
Today U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) delivered remarks on the Senate floor and called for unanimous consent on his legislation to ban TikTok in the United States, due to its serious threat to national security, rampant data collection on American users, and the application's close connection to the Chinese Communist Party. "We should act decisively to ban TikTok directly. We shouldn't give new open-ended authority to federal bureaucrats, we should target this threat specifically. That's what this bill does that we have before us today and it goes right at the problem. It bans TikTok in this country, it protects the American people, and it sends the message to Communist China that you cannot buy us," said Senator Hawley. Senator Hawley's call to unanimously...
Hawley Demands FBI and DHS Investigate Deadly Attack on Christian School as Hate Crime
Today U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) sent a letter to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Christopher Wray and U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas calling for an investigation into the deadly massacre that occurred at The Covenant School yesterday as a federal hate crime. "Yesterday the nation witnessed the vicious murder of small schoolchildren in Nashville, Tennessee. [...] It is commonplace to call such horrors 'senseless violence.' But properly speaking, that is false. Police report that the attack here was “targeted”—targeted, that is, against Christians," wrote Senator Hawley. He continued, "The full resources of the federal government must be brought to bear to determine how this crime occurred,...