Press Releases
Sen. Hawley Announces Resolution to Condemn China’s New National Security Law in Hong Kong
U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) announced he will introduce a resolution condemning China’s proposed “sweeping national security law” in Hong Kong that would ban subversion, sedition, and succession.
Sen. Hawley Introduces Resolution Condemning China’s Plans to Violate the Sino-British Joint Declaration and Hong Kong Basic Law
Today, Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) introduced a resolution condemning China’s proposed “sweeping national security law” in Hong Kong that would ban subversion, sedition, and succession. Senator Hawley’s resolution says the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is seeking to erase basic liberties and human rights promised to Hong Kong and is a part of a broader attempt by the CCP to impose its will on the rest of Asia and the free world.
Senator Hawley Asks SBA to Explain Planned Parenthood Loans Scandal
Following reports that Planned Parenthood received at least $80 million in loans intended for small businesses through the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) sent a letter to Small Business Administration (SBA) Administrator Jovita Carranza requesting an explanation from the SBA and an outline of the steps they are taking to correct their error.
Senator Hawley Gives Floor Speech on Reforming the Global Economy, Preventing China’s Domination
U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) took to the Senate floor to make the case for reforming the global economy and preventing China’s domination.
Senator Hawley Calls on Coast Guard to Adopt NTSB Recommendations from Report on Table Rock Lake Tragedy
Today U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) sent a letter to Admiral Karl L. Schultz, Commandant of the United States Coast Guard, urging the adoption of the National Transportation Safety Board’s (NTSB) safety recommendations issued in last month’s report on the 2018 tragedy on Table Rock Lake. In the letter, Senator Hawley notes the accident on Table Rock Lake and the loss of 17 lives could have been prevented if the NTSB’s recommendations dating as far back as 1999 had been adopted and enforced.
Hawley, Colleagues Confront China’s Human Rights Abuses
U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) joined his colleagues in passing the “Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act,” introduced by Senators Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) to confront the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) abuses of Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities in Xinjiang, China. The bill requires that U.S. policy toward China be explicitly linked to human rights violations in Xinjiang by directing the President to impose sanctions related to the CCP’s treatment of Uyghurs and requiring the FBI to report on efforts to protect Uyghurs and Chinese nationals living in the U.S. from CCP intimidation and harassment.
Hawley, Gardner Partner on Coronavirus Economic Recovery Plan to Put Workers First
U.S. Senators Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) and Cory Gardner (R-Colo.) have announced they will team up on a plan, Rehire America, to help workers and businesses recover and strengthen over the coming months. The proposal calls for Congress to incentivize rehiring workers who were laid off due to the pandemic and support a percent of wages for each worker currently on payroll through the end of the year. The proposal also calls for Congress to provide grants for rent, utilities, mortgage interest, and other fixed costs based on historic revenues.
Hawley, Cortez Masto Celebrate Senate Passage of Bipartisan Bill to Help Reduce Police Officer Suicides
U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (D-Nev.) joined Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) in applauding the Senate passage of the Law Enforcement Suicide Data Collection Act, a bipartisan bill to track law enforcement suicides. The bill would require the FBI to collect voluntary, anonymous data on police suicides and attempted suicides from local, state and federal law enforcement agencies to help prevent law enforcement suicides.
Hawley, Fischer, and Colleagues Call for DOJ Antitrust Investigation into Beef Packers
Today, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) joined Senator Deb Fischer (R-Neb.) and a bipartisan group of Senate colleagues in writing a letter to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) calling for an antitrust investigation into the highly concentrated beef packing sector. “Cattlemen across America seriously question the ability for their children to take over what are frequently multi-generational, family-owned operations that have served as the engines for their communities and our country’s food supply,” the senators write. "The precarious market situation for feeders and producers could lead to a widespread collapse of this entire industry, making it susceptible to the forces of vertical integration, which may beset the industry far more quickly than once anticipated. It is critical for...
Hawley Joins Bipartisan Letter Urging Congressional Leaders to Support Pork Producers During Pandemic
U.S. Senator Josh Hawley sent a bipartisan letter with 13 of his Senate colleagues to Congressional leaders seeking additional funding for programs at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) that would assist pork producers who are being forced to depopulate livestock herds because of restaurant and meat processing plant closures during the pandemic. Farmers are facing an animal welfare crisis due to overcrowding and the challenge of providing enough feed and water available to each animal. There are pigs in various stages of the six month growth process that have nowhere to go.