Hawley Announces First Bill in Worker's Agenda to Rebuild America: Ending Normal Trade Relations with China Act

Today U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) announced the first piece of legislation in his new Worker’s Agenda to Rebuild America. The Ending Normal Trade Relations with China Act would revoke China's normal trade relations status to reduce our dependency and protect America’s working class.

China is America’s greatest adversary. To win the fierce economic competition for jobs, industry, and the future, America must return to the long-standing formula for American success: strong and independent...

Hawley COVID Origins Bill Signed Into Law

Today Senator Josh Hawley's COVID Origins Act of 2023 was signed into law by President Biden. The legislation requires the Biden administration to declassify intelligence related to any potential links between the Wuhan Institute of Virology and the origins of the Covid pandemic.  

“Today President Biden finally signed my COVID origins bill into law, following its unanimous and bipartisan passage in Congress,” said Senator Hawley. “The American deserve to know the truth behind the origins of...

Hawley and Braun Introduce New Legislation to Protect Consumers and Community Banks from Big Bank Failures

Following recent news of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) bailout of two failed banks, U.S. Senators Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) and Mike Braun (R-Ind.) introduced the Protecting Consumers from Bailouts Act to protect consumers from new fees and to force the big banks to face up to their mistakes. The Biden administration announced that they will impose “special assessment” fees on banks across the country to pay for the Silicon Valley Bank bailout.

“Consumers and community banks should...

New Hawley Bill Allows Private Citizens to Sue Big Tech Platforms for Hosting CSAM

Today U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) introduced the Everyone can Notice-and-Takedown Distribution of Child Sexual Abuse Material (END CSAM) Act, new legislation allowing private citizens to sue Big Tech platforms for hosting CSAM.

“The exploitation of children online must be stopped,” said Senator Hawley. “Social media companies have proven to be hubs for child sexual abuse material, and they need be held accountable for their failures. My legislation empowers the American people to bring...

Hawley COVID Origins Bill Unanimously Passes House, Awaits Biden’s Signature

Today Senator Hawley's COVID Origins Act of 2023 passed unanimously in the House of Representatives. The bill will require the Biden administration to declassify intelligence related to any potential links between the Wuhan Institute of Virology and the origins of the Covid pandemic.  

"Today the House passed my COVID origins bill with bipartisan support, sending it to the President’s desk,” said Senator Hawley. “This is a great first step in holding China accountable for this crisis, and I...

Hawley Responds to China Opposition to COVID Origins Bill: 'Time is Up. Come Clean'

After the House unanimously passed Senator Hawley's (R-Mo.) COVID-19 Origin Act of 2023, Senator Hawley responded to the Chinese Embassy's letter to his office urging him to abandon his efforts to declassify intelligence related to any potential links between the Wuhan Institute of Virology and the origins of the Covid pandemic.

"I know you are keenly interested in this bill—your own Communist officials have written to my office demanding we renounce it, in their usual lecturing, idiotic style,...

TIKTOK WHISTLEBLOWER: Hawley Demands Thorough Review of Explosive New Allegations

Today U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen, in her capacity as Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), demanding a thorough review of the whistleblower allegations recently brought to Senator Hawley.

"I write regarding new information brought to my attention by a former ByteDance employee with direct knowledge of TikTok’s operating practices," wrote Senator Hawley. "As Chair of the Committee on Foreign...

New Hawley Bill Bans Chinese Corporations from Owning U.S. Farmland, Protects American Farmers

Today U.S. Senator Josh Hawley introduced the This Land is Our Land Act, new legislation to ban Chinese corporations and individuals associated with the Chinese Communist Party from owning United States agricultural land. 

“No Chinese corporation or individual associated with the CCP should be permitted to own American farmland. It undermines the integrity of our nation’s food supply chain, it presents national security threats when the land is in close proximity to military installations, and...

Hawley Introduces Bill Banning Senior Executive Branch Officials from Stock Trading

U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) has introduced the Eliminating Executive Branch Insider Trading Act, which would ban the trading and holding of individual stocks by senior Executive Branch officials, many of whom have decision-making power that impacts the work being done in their respective agencies.

The Wall Street Journal recently reported that nearly one-third of the Energy Department’s senior officials or their families owned stocks related to the agency’s work, despite being warned they...