Press Releases
Hawley Wins Cancelation of Grain Belt Express
U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) succeeded today in securing the cancelation of a Biden-era Green New Deal loan in Missouri. Following Senator Hawley’s request, the Department of Energy canceled $5 billion in taxpayer funding to the “Grain Belt Express,” a green transmission project that has taken the land of numerous Missouri farmers across eight counties while padding the corporate profits of parent company Invenergy. The Grain Belt Express boondoggle loan has been CANCELLED— Josh Hawley (@HawleyMO) July 23, 2025 The cancelation of the federal loan guarantee comes after Senator Hawley secured a pledge from Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Chris Wright to halt the project. Senator Hawley sent a letter to the DOE in March urging the department to cancel the loan, as well as a...
Hawley Urges RFK Jr. to Reinstate Safety Regulations on Chemical Abortion Drug after Reviewing Studies
Today, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) sent a letter to Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (RFK Jr.) urging him to take immediate action to reinstate safety guardrails on the chemical abortion drug mifepristone. Senator Hawley's letter comes after he secured a pledge from RFK Jr. that he would conduct a safety review of mifepristone. "I write to thank you for your expressed commitment to review the safety data on mifepristone following the publication of alarming new safety studies and to once again request swift action on this matter to protect American women. On April 28, I sent a letter to Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner, Dr. Marty Makary, asking for a timely review of the safety of mifepristone in response to shocking new...
Hawley, Moore Introduce Resolution Condemning International Persecution of Christians
U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), along with Congressman Riley Moore (R-W.Va.), introduced a resolution condemning the persecution of Christians around the world. “Our country was founded on religious liberty. We cannot sit on the sidelines as Christians around the world are being persecuted for declaring Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior. We must condemn these heinous crimes," Senator Hawley said. "Year after year, the number of Christians murdered by extremists in Nigeria has numbered in the thousands. Millions more have been displaced. We cannot allow this to continue. I urge my colleagues to join me in condemning the persecution of Christians around the world by supporting this resolution."“Around the world, our brothers and sisters in Christ face rampant persecution...
Hawley, Blumenthal Unveil Bipartisan Bill Empowering Working Americans to Sue Big Tech, AI Companies for Stealing Creative Works
Today, U.S. Senators Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) introduced bipartisan legislation to protect consumers’ data rights and hold Big Tech companies accountable for illegally pirating creators' copyrighted works to train their artificial intelligence (AI) models. Senator Hawley's legislation follows his recent Senate Judiciary Subcommittee hearing where he sounded the alarm on AI companies' willful engagement in "the largest intellectual property theft in American history." “AI companies are robbing the American people blind while leaving artists, writers, and other creators with zero recourse. It’s time for Congress to give the American worker their day in court to protect their personal data and creative works. My bipartisan...
Hawley Applauds Missouri Judicial Nominees’ Winning Records Ahead of Confirmation Votes
Today, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley spoke on the Senate floor, highlighting the winning records of Missouri's four district court nominees and thanking President Donald Trump for returning constitutionalists to the federal bench after the appointment of radical judges under President Joe Biden. "Each of these four individuals will soon take his or her place on the federal bench, and I am confident will be a great credit, not just to my state but to the United States, where I hope they will serve as federal judges for a very long time to come," Senator Hawley said. The Senate is poised to confirm the following nominees, starting next week. Joshua M. Divine, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern and Western Districts of Missouri; Maria A. Lanahan, to be...
Hawley, Welch Introduce Legislation Targeting ‘Patent Thickets’ to Reduce Prescription Drug Prices
U.S. Senators Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), Peter Welch (D-Vt.) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) introduced the ETHIC Act, which would prevent Big Pharma from gaming our patent system through the use of anticompetitive "patent thickets." “Big Pharma knows exactly what it’s doing in monopolizing the U.S. patent system: driving up drug costs for Americans while preventing generic-drug manufacturers from getting their foot in the market. This bipartisan bill would break up the anticompetitive "patent thickets" that pharmaceutical companies have abused to the detriment of the American patient,” Senator Hawley said. “For decades, Big Pharma has exploited U.S. courts and the patent system through anti-competitive practices that prevent generic and biosimilar competitors from...
Chairman Hawley Exposes Big Tech’s Complicity in Piracy to Train AI Models & Willfulness to Bankrupt U.S. Creative Community
Today, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) chaired a Judiciary subcommittee hearing revealing Big Tech's role behind the unchecked piracy of copyrighted content to fuel companies' artificial intelligence (AI) models. The hearing featured witness testimony from bestselling author David Baldacci as well as AI experts and law professors who lent credence to Senator Hawley's claim: AI companies, namely Meta, have crossed the line of technological innovation into corporate crime."Today's hearing is about the largest intellectual property theft in American history. . . . AI companies are training their models on stolen material, period. . . . And we're not talking about these companies simply scouring the internet for what's publicly available. We're talking about...
Hawley Introduces Amendment to Block Taxpayer Dollars for Biden Green New Deal Projects
Today, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) filed an amendment to the rescissions package currently before the Senate to block the Department of Energy's federal loan guarantees from bankrolling the Grain Belt Express, a Green New Deal project fiercely opposed by Missouri farmers and ranchers. "The Department of Energy should not be using taxpayer dollars to fund green scams at the expense of Missouri’s farmers and ranchers. The Biden Administration shoved the $4.9 billion federal loan guarantee through at the eleventh hour because they knew it was illegal and immoral. It's time to defund the Grain Belt Express once and for all," Senator Hawley said. For years, Senator Hawley has been working to defund the Grain Belt Express and protect...
Hawley Urges DHS Secretary Noem to Declassify Trump Butler Assassination Records
U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) sent a letter to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, calling on the agency to declassify all documents related to the July 13, 2024, assassination attempt on President Trump in Butler, PA. "I write to you following the one-year anniversary of the first assassination attempt against President Donald J. Trump. This occasion marks a deeply troubling chapter in our nation’s history and serves as a reminder of the importance of transparency in preserving public trust during moments of national crisis. To that end, I urge you to take the necessary steps to declassify all documents within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) related to the events of July 13, 2024," Senator Hawley wrote. In...
Hawley Introduces Legislation to Prevent Future Medicaid Cuts, Invest in Rural Hospitals
Today, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) introduced new legislation to invest in rural hospitals and prevent any future cuts to Medicaid hospital funding. Senator Hawley’s legislation builds on provisions he secured for rural hospitals in the recently enacted reconciliation bill. Senator Hawley’s new bill would double the federal investment in rural health care while reversing future changes to Medicaid hospital funding.At Senator Hawley’s behest, the reconciliation bill created for the first time a rural hospital fund. But Congressional leadership also scheduled reductions in states’ provider tax authority to begin in some states as early as 2028. States levy provider taxes to finance a portion of their Medicaid costs, allowing them to access federal Medicaid funds for critical-access...