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.

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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...

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, 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...

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....

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...

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...

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...

Democrats Block Hawley Bill to Get Tough on Child Sex Offenders

U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) went to the Senate Floor today to call for unanimous consent to pass his PROTECT Act of 2022, which protects children from sexual exploitation by enhancing the penalties for possessing child pornography and preventing judges from sentencing offenders below federal guidelines. Senator Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) objected and blocked the bill from passing.

Senator Hawley said, “Child sex trafficking is an exploding epidemic in my state, and around our country. Children are...

Senator Hawley Calls Out Liberal Lies, Opposes Judge Jackson’s Nomination

Today U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) delivered his closing statement in the Senate Judiciary Markup for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Supreme Court nomination.

In his closing statement, Senator Hawley reinforced his stance against Judge Jackson’s record for lenient sentencing for pedophiles, and continued to express his opposition to her nomination. Judge Jackson refused to respond when asked about her sentencing record in various child pornography cases during her confirmation hearings.


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