Hawley to Biden Admin: TikTok Must Fully Divest from ByteDance, End CCP Data Collection

Today U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen urging the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) to require TikTok to sever all ties from ByteDance and any other Chinese companies.

Senator Hawley wrote, "Last week, the Chief Operating Officer of TikTok testified in response to my questions that TikTok indeed has engineers in China who are able to access American user data and that the company has taken no measures to ensure that the...

Hawley, Rubio & Colleagues Introduce Felony Murder for Deadly Fentanyl Distribution Act

Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) joined Senator Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and 12 Republican Senate colleagues in introducing the Felony Murder for Deadly Fentanyl Distribution Act to combat the rise of fentanyl being trafficked across our southern border and into our communities.

The Illicit use of fentanyl is now the leading cause of death among Americans aged 18-45. According to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, drug dealers are increasingly targeting children and young people with fentanyl...

ICYMI: Senator Hawley Speaks at National Conservatism Conference

This week U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) delivered a speech at the National Conservatism Conference in Miami, Florida.

"Whatever your own beliefs, whatever your background, the revolution of the Bible is worth defending. It is worth preserving. It is the true source of the rights of man and the liberties we cherish. It has taught us what we know of dignity and equality. The Bible has made us who we are. And it is critical to our future," said Senator Hawley

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The Bible gave us also...

Hawley Legislation to Create Senate Select Committee on Biden's Botched Afghan Withdrawal

Today U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) introduced legislation to establish a Senate Select Committee, granting full subpoena power to investigate and report on President Joe Biden’s botched withdrawal from Afghanistan, which left 13 American service members dead.

"Joe Biden is desperate to evade responsibility for his disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan, but the American people deserve better. They deserve to know why the Administration ignored warnings that Kabul could collapse, why they...

Hawley Blasts Visa, MasterCard, AmEx for Plans to Track Gun Purchases

Today U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) sent a letter to the chief executive officers of Visa, MasterCard, and American Express calling on them to reverse their decision to separately categorize gun-related purchases from other retail transactions, allowing firearm purchases to be more easily tracked. 

"Whether this infringement is by the federal government or powerful corporations seeking to ostracize citizens for exercising their rights, I will oppose all attempts to undermine the Second...

Twitter Whistleblower: Engineers Have Access to Personal User Data, Can 'Tweet as Anybody'

Today in a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) questioned Peiter "Mudge" Zatko, Twitter whistleblower and former head of security for Twitter, who revealed that over 4,000 Twitter engineers have access to user data, including geolocation data, that could be used to dox users. 

Mr. Zatko also revealed that Twitter engineers have the ability to “tweet as anybody” and may have done so. 

"That is a significant concern, 4,000 people with the ability to dox individual...

Whistleblower Allegations Lead Pentagon Watchdog to Open Review into Biden Administration Afghan Vetting Failures

Responding to a letter from U.S. Senators Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) and Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), the Department of Defense (DoD) Office of Inspector General (OIG) announced they will review whistleblower allegations that the Biden Administration failed to properly vet hundreds of Afghan evacuees who have entered the United States, despite appearing on a DoD watchlist that includes known suspected terrorists.

DoD OIG also announced they will review allegations that DoD and National Security Council...

Senator Hawley Demands Answers from DEA on Rainbow Fentanyl Being Peddled to Children

Today U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) sent a letter to Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Administrator Anne Milgram calling for an urgent update on the steps being taken to counter new, so-called "rainbow fentanyl" designed to appeal to children. The DEA recently issued a warning on the deadly drug.

"Issuing a warning is a step in the right direction. But it is not enough. We should stop the flow of deadly drugs across from the southern border, seize all rainbow fentanyl contraband, and...

Hawley Statement on Abbey Gate Bombing One Year Ago Today

Today U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) commented on the terrorist attack one year ago at Hamid Karzai International Airport’s Abbey Gate in Kabul, which claimed the lives of 13 American service members:

Last year, Senator Hawley introduced a resolution honoring Marine Corps Lance Corporal Jared Schmitz and each of the 56 Missourians who gave their lives during the war in Afghanistan. The resolution passed the Senate unanimously in September of 2021.

Senator Hawley has continually demanded acco...