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Hawley Urges Biden Admin to Keep China Tariffs in Place, Open Investigation into Unfair Trade Practices

Monday, May 09, 2022

Today U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) sent a letter to U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai calling on the Biden Administration to maintain tariffs on Chinese goods and to initiate a new investigation into the Chinese Communist Party’s unfair trade practices.  "China repeatedly violates the rules of international trade and unapologetically steals and cheats in its economic relationship with the United States,” wrote Senator Hawley. “The...

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Senator Hawley Urges Commerce Committee to Adopt Enhanced Duck Boat Safety Measures in 2022 Coast Guard Reauthorization

Thursday, April 07, 2022

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...

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Hawley Leads Bipartisan Legislation to Purge Slave Labor from Corporate Supply Chains

Tuesday, February 08, 2022

U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) introduced the bipartisan Slave-Free Business Certification Act to target forced labor in global supply chains and hold multinational corporations accountable. The legislation establishes new corporate supply chain disclosure requirements, mandates regular audits, puts CEOs on the hook for their company’s use of forced labor, and creates stiff penalties for firms that fail to uphold minimum standards for human rights. Senator Kirsten...

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Real Clear Politics: Hawley Pushes Stepped-Up Human Trafficking Reforms

Wednesday, January 26, 2022

This week U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) talked to Real Clear Politics about the necessity of tougher legislation against human trafficking. ...Congress is expected to reauthorize the Trafficking Victims Protection Act this year, and Hawley, RealClearPolitics is first to report, plans to introduce a host of reforms to strike harder at human traffickers while also providing new support for victims as they try to get back on their feet. “We are a nation of liberators, and the fight...

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2021 RECAP: Senator Hawley Continues Fighting for Missouri

Thursday, December 16, 2021

In 2021 U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) continued fighting for Missouri by standing in opposition to the Biden-Harris-Schumer-Pelosi agenda, working across the aisle to advance key legislative priorities, and serving the needs of constituents all across the state. 2021 Quick Stats 3 bills passed into law  30 bills introduced  4 resolutions introduced  34 amendments filed  More than 100 bills cosponsored  More than 270 one-on-one interviews with Missouri...

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Hawley, Blunt Ask Biden Administration for Answers on Goodfellow Federal Center Oversight Following Toxic Exposure

Tuesday, December 07, 2021

U.S. Senators Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) and Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) wrote a letter to the General Services Administration (GSA) demanding answers on oversight failures over the Goodfellow Federal Center, in St. Louis, Mo., which exposed workers and a childcare facility to “widespread, longstanding” contaminants including asbestos, lead, mercury, arsenic and explosive materials.”  A report from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch says that GSA officials “deliberately misled tenants about...

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Senator Hawley Joins Braun and Colleagues in Officially Challenging Biden’s Vaccine Mandate

Friday, November 05, 2021

U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) joined Senator Mike Braun (R-Ind.), and 38 Republican colleagues in formally moving to disapprove and nullify President Biden’s vaccine mandate on private employees under the Congressional Review Act, the official process for Congress to eliminate an Executive Branch rule. The Biden administration has announced U.S. businesses have until Jan. 4, 2022, to comply with their vaccine mandate.   “Joe Biden’s vaccine mandate is an...

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Senator Hawley Delivers National Conservatism Keynote on the Left’s Attack on Men in America

Monday, November 01, 2021

Last night U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) delivered a keynote address at the National Conservatism Conference in Orlando, Fla. He addressed the future of the American man and highlighted the need to strengthen and empower American men so that they can serve as an “unrivaled force for good in the world.”  Speech text as prepared for delivery:  Good evening. It is a pleasure to be with you tonight.  I had the honor to be at your inaugural conference two years ago. After that...

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Hawley Op-ed in NYT: The Only Way to Solve Our Supply Chain Crisis Is to Rethink Trade

Friday, October 29, 2021

U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) has published an op-ed in theNew York Times on America's supply crisis and his new bill to fix it, the Make in America to Sell in America Act:  The failure of the nation’s productive capacity to keep up with its needs was not inevitable. It was a choice. Over the last 30 years, experts and politicians in Washington from both parties helped build a global economic system that prioritized the free flow of capital over the wages of American workers, and the...

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Senator Hawley Demands Answers on Airlines’ use of Pandemic Funds, Widespread Layoffs from Biden Vaccine Mandate

Monday, October 18, 2021

U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) sent a letter to the Special Inspector General for Pandemic Recovery, Brian D. Miller, and acting Inspector General Richard K. Delmar urging an investigation into the widespread layoffs of airline workers who declined to submit themselves to President Biden’s vaccine mandate and the potential misuse of CARES Act funds by airlines. Senator Hawley writes, “The Congress provided unprecedented funds to airlines and other companies during the COVID-19 pandemic, on...

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