Press Releases
Hawley Slams Biden Administration’s ‘Disinformation Governance Board,’ Demands It Be Dissolved
Today U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) sent a letter to Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas expressing deep concern about the agency's new Disinformation Governance Board and demanding it be dissolved. Senator Hawley cited as a particular concern DHS’s appointment of Nina Jankowicz, an anti-free speech activist with a long history of partisan attacks, to lead the board. "I confess, I at first thought this announcement was satire. Surely no American Administration would ever use the power of Government to sit in judgment on the First Amendment speech of its own citizens. Sadly, I was mistaken. Rather than protecting our border or the American homeland, you have chosen to make policing Americans’ speech your priority," wrote Senator Hawley. He continued,...
Hawley, Blunt Urge Dept. of Interior to Reinstate Police Escorts for Honor Flights
Today U.S. Senators Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) and Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) sent a letter to Department of Interior Secretary Deb Haaland urging the Department to reinstate police escorts for American veterans traveling to Washington, DC, as part of the Honor Flight Network. Senator Hawley and Senator Blunt wrote, "To say that the Honor Flight Network is performing a national service is an understatement. For thousands of American veterans, these trips are a once in a lifetime opportunity for honor, reflection, and remembrance that simply cannot be replaced. The Department of the Interior has historically played an important role in making these trips possible by providing U.S. Park Police escorts for buses carrying Honor Flight veterans to the National Mall." The Senators...
Hawley Calls for Public Audit of Past Twitter Censorship
Today U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) sent a letter to Twitter's new owner, Elon Musk, calling for a comprehensive public audit of Twitter's past censorship practices. Senator Hawley writes, "In recent years, Twitter has intervened in American discourse with an increasingly heavy hand, attempting to shape the information environment for overtly partisan reasons. Algorithms didn’t make those calls; employees did. And at this point, the American people deserve to know the truth about what went on at Twitter for years behind closed doors." He continues, “A public audit like this will prove essential, as you start to rebuild a culture of free speech and open discourse at Twitter, to determining where exactly things went wrong on the platform and who is principally...
Hawley Slams Gmail’s Bias Against Republican Candidates, Demands Answers From Google
Today U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) sent a letter to Google CEO Sundar Pichai, demanding explanations for a recent academic study finding filtering that Gmail's spam filtering algorithm was significantly more likely to mark Republican fundraising emails as spam than Democrat fundraising emails. The letter comes amid ongoing debates over free speech around the sale of tech giant Twitter and censorship issues that have persisted in the tech industry for years. In his letter to Google, Senator Hawley wrote, “While 90% of emails from Democratic politicians reached their intended recipients, the number for Republican candidates was only 23% at worst. Even worse, Google’s bias against Republican candidates becomes more pronounced as an election gets closer. […] The study...
Hawley, Blunt to Introduce Resolution Honoring the Lives of Fallen Missouri Police Officers
U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) and Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) will introduce a resolution 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 loss of Corporal Cooper, Officer Reed, and Patrolman Burns is a tragedy and their heroic actions will not be forgotten” said Senator Hawley. “I thank the brave men and women who wear blue across our state. They selflessly risk their lives every day for our safety.“ “Every time a law enforcement officer reports for their shift, neither they nor their...
Hawley Introduces the Taiwan Weapons Exports Act
Today Senator Hawley (R-Mo.) introduced the Taiwan Weapons Exports Act, which would fast-track delivery of critical weapons to Taiwan by expediting Congressional approval and eliminating administrative roadblocks. The threat of a Chinese invasion of Taiwan is growing rapidly. Critical to deterring such an invasion is ensuring Taiwan has the weapons it needs to defend itself, including naval mines, anti-tank missiles, man-portable air defense systems, and other asymmetric defense capabilities. This legislation would help the United States get these weapons to Taiwan as quickly as possible. "The Biden administration waited for Russia to invade before surging lethal aid to Ukraine,” Senator Hawley said. “We can’t afford to the make same mistake in the Indo-Pacific....
Senator Hawley Urges Commerce Committee to Adopt Enhanced Duck Boat Safety Measures in 2022 Coast Guard Reauthorization
Following new updates in the case of the tragic duck boat accident on Table Rock Lake in Branson, Mo., in 2018, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) sent a new letter today to the Senate Commerce Committee highlighting the need to include enhanced duck boat safety measures in the 2022 Coast Guard reauthorization, which is currently pending in the committee. Sen. Hawley, who was Attorney General of Missouri at the time of the tragic duck boat accident on Table Rock Lake, has followed the issue extensively in the Senate. In addition to urging the Coast Guard to adopt updated NTSB safety recommendations for amphibious vessels, he led the Senate’s bipartisan passage of his “Duck Boat Safety Enhancement Act” in November 2020. “Since that time, the findings and...
Hawley Objects to Biden Nominee Over Administration’s Continued Foreign Policy Debacles
Today U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) objected to expediting the confirmation of a Biden Department of Defense nominee in a continued effort to demand more accountability amid the Biden administration’s foreign policy disasters. As Sen. Hawley said on the floor, not a single Administration official has been fired or held accountable for their role in the Afghanistan withdrawal disaster, which resulted in the loss of 13 American service members and hundreds or more Americans left behind Taliban lines. Sen. Hawley also called the Administration to account for its failures in Ukraine, demanding that the White House and Democratic colleagues provide Ukraine with more of the assistance President Volodymyr Zelensky has been urgently requesting, including MiG fighter...
Hawley Calls for Immediate Hearings on Biden’s Title 42 Rollback
Today U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) issued the following statement calling for the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee to hold immediate hearings on President Joe Biden's plan to rescind Title 42:
Hawley Rips Biden Admin over DHS Plans to Rescind Title 42, Allocate Veteran Resources to Illegal Immigrants
Today U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) sent a new letter to Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas, expressing deep concern with the administration’s decision to rescind the Title 42 order amid an ongoing humanitarian crisis – with numbers surging – at the southern border. Senator Hawley also inquired about disturbing new reports that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has plans to divert resources from veterans to provide free services for illegal immigrants. “Rather than enforce our immigration laws, the Biden Administration has repeatedly changed existing policy to encourage, facilitate, and obscure illegal immigration. President Biden halted construction of the border wall, reinforced DACA, and limited ICE enforcement actions....