Press Releases
Hawley Calls on Biden to Answer for Baby Formula Shortage, Consider Defense Production Act
U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) is calling on the FDA to answer for the growing shortage of baby formula around the nation. In an interview on Fox News today, he asked, "What is the FDA doing with its time? There’s no explanation for this. Missouri, my state, is one of the states in the country that is over 50 percent out of stock. Not only is it not acceptable, this isn’t sustainable.” He went on to demand that the Biden Administration do more, referencing use of the Defense Production Act to ramp-up production:
Hawley, Blunt Resolution Honoring Fallen Missouri Officers Passes Senate
The Senate adopted resolution S.Res.594 last night, which was introduced by U.S. Senators Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) and Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) last month in honor of three Missouri Police Officers who were killed in the line of duty in March. Corporal Benjamin Lee Cooper of the Joplin Police Department, Police Officer Jake Alexander Reed of the Joplin Police Department, and Patrolman Lane Anthony Burns of the Bonne Terre Police Department lost their lives in service to their communities. The resolution expresses condolences to their families and also recognizes the countless selfless and heroic actions carried out by local law enforcement officers in Missouri and across the country. Text of the resolution can be found here and below: Title: Honoring the...
Hawley Introduces Bill to Strip Disney of Special Copyright Protections
Today U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) introduced the Copyright Clause Restoration Act, a new bill to strip woke corporations like Disney of special copyright protections. Senator Hawley’s bill would limit new copyright protections to 56 years and make the change retroactive for massive corporations like Disney that have been granted unnecessarily long copyright monopolies. Senator Hawley said, “the age of Republican handouts to Big Business is over. Thanks to special copyright protections from Congress, woke corporations like Disney have earned billions while increasingly pandering to woke activists. It’s time to take away Disney’s special privileges and open up a new era of creativity and innovation.” Under Congress’s current sweetheart deal, companies like Disney have been granted...
Hawley Demands Biden Take Action Following Attacks on Pro-Life Groups, Intimidation of Justices
Today U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) sent a letter to U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland demanding the Department of Justice (DOJ) investigate recent violent attacks on pro-life organizations, and intimidation of Supreme Court Justices. Senator Hawley writes that, despite devoting substantial resources to investigate parents at school board meetings, the Biden DOJ has failed to take action against radical activists who have committed clear violations of federal law. "Across the nation, radical pro-abortion activists have begun a campaign of violence, destruction, and intimidation in response to the leak of a draft document from the Supreme Court. You must vigorously investigate and prosecute the crimes committed in recent days. The rule...
Hawley Urges Biden Admin to Keep China Tariffs in Place, Open Investigation into Unfair Trade Practices
Today U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) sent a letter to U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai calling on the Biden Administration to maintain tariffs on Chinese goods and to initiate a new investigation into the Chinese Communist Party’s unfair trade practices. "China repeatedly violates the rules of international trade and unapologetically steals and cheats in its economic relationship with the United States,” wrote Senator Hawley. “The objective of these tariffs was to recalibrate the nation’s bilateral trading relationship with our primary economic competitor, and to level the playing field for American workers and communities which have long suffered from unfair practices perpetrated by China after its accession to the World Trade...
Hawley Exposes Biden Energy Nominee’s Radical Leftwing Record
Today U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) exposed President Biden's latest radical leftwing nominee, Katy Huff, nominated for Assistant Secretary of Energy.
Hawley Demands Answers on Housing Crisis at Fort Leonard Wood
In a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing today, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) pressed Secretary of the Army Christine E. Wormuth and Chief of Staff of the Army General James C. McConville for answers about military housing at Fort Leonard Wood. Last June, Senator Hawley asked the Secretary and General McConville for information about the Army’s plans to replace housing on base. Following that exchange, the Army confirmed it had allocated funding for housing at Fort Leonard Wood. More recently, however, the Army informed the Senator's office that funding was no longer available. Concerned by the Army's lack of progress, Senator Hawley demanded answers directly from the Army's leaders. Senator Hawley said, “I asked you and General McConville...
Hawley Bill to Dissolve DHS Disinformation Board, Disclose All Documents Related to Formation
Today U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) introduced the Dissolving the Disinformation Governance Board Act which would immediately dissolve the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Disinformation Governance Board and prohibit DHS from ever replicating its attempt to monitor or censor Americans' speech. Senator Hawley said, “Biden’s so-called Disinformation Board is unconstitutional and must be dissolved immediately. This is nothing short of a censorship committee vested with the full powers of the federal government to monitor dissenting speech and opposing viewpoints under the guise of national security. The American people need a full accounting of who signed off on this board and who approved such a radical, anti-free speech activist to lead it.” Last week, Senator...
Hawley Op-Ed: Supreme Court Roe v Wade leak was plan to bully Justices but they must not back down
By U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) | May 4, 2022 | Fox News I once clerked at the Supreme Court. Over the years, I’ve litigated there too, and I’ve never seen anything like the leak of the Supreme Court’s draft opinion in the abortion case, Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. Justice Alito’s draft majority opinion is powerful, overturning Roe and returning the question of abortion to the people. The opinion is everything a constitutionalist could hope for. This leak looks like an effort to derail it, and delegitimize the Court in the process. [...] And now the left is celebrating the individual who leaked this draft opinion, whoever it was. Brian Fallon, executive director of the dark-money activist group Demand...
‘HUMAN GEYSER OF MISINFORMATION:’ Hawley Slams Head of Biden Disinformation Board, Calls for Mayorkas’ Resignation
Today U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) questioned Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas about the Biden Administration’s newly formed “Disinformation Governance Board,” led by anti-free speech advocate Nina Jankowicz. Senator Hawley slammed Secretary Mayorkas for his failure to provide clear answers and called for his resignation. During the first round of questioning, Secretary Mayorkas provided no answers as to why he hired Jankowicz, whom Senator Hawley described as “human geyser of misinformation.” Senator Hawley then called on Secretary Mayorkas to turn over all agency records related to the formation of the Board and the appointment of Jankowicz. In the final round of questioning Secretary Mayorkas was unable to...