US Senator Josh Hawley (MO)
Recent News About US Senator Josh Hawley (MO)
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Payments Group ‘applauds Congress for repudiating the experimental, draconian’ credit card regs sponsored by Sen. Hawley
The Electronic Payments Coalition (EPC) said this week that it "applauds Congress" for ending the 118th Congress' legislative session without passing the "Credit Card Competition Act of 2023" (CCCA), which is co-sponsored by U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.)
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Payments Group President: Hawley-backed credit card bill is 'crony capitalism at its worst'
Richard Hunt, executive chairman of the Electronic Payments Coalition (EPC), said new credit card regulations sponsored by U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) are examples of "crony capitalism at its worst."
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Defense Credit Union Council to Sens. Hawley, Schmitt: Proposed credit card regs ‘will risk military financial readiness’
An association representing U.S. military credit unions sent a letter to Missouri’s U.S. Senators in opposition to proposed credit card regulations pending in the U.S. Senate.
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Hawley, Braun Slam Biden Administration for Failure to Release All Information on COVID-19 Origins, Demand Full Report
On June 27, 2023, U.S. Senators Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) and Mike Braun (R-Ind.) sent a letter to Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines, after the Director and the Biden Administration failed to comply with the Senators' COVID-19 Origin Act of 2023, by releasing an incomplete report on the origins of COVID-19 well beyond the statutory deadline.
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Hawley Demands Oversight Hearing After Biden Energy Secretary's False Statements About Holding Stocks
U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) sent a letter to U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Chairman Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) on June 21, 2023, urging him to schedule an oversight hearing to investigate the false statements Department of Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm admitted to making to Senator Hawley during an April committee hearing.
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'Any Man Could've Walked Into Our Locker Room,' Riley Gaines Recounts to Senator Hawley
On June 21, 2023, in a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) questioned Riley Gaines, decorated collegiate swimmer and female sports advocate. Gaines described to Senator Hawley her experiences competing against a transgender athlete, and the trauma she and her teammates endured when their privacy was invaded by being forced to undress in front of a biological male.
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Hawley and Braun Demand Biden Implement COVID Origins Act
U.S. Senators Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) and Mike Braun (R-Ind.) have sent a letter to President Biden demanding he implement the COVID-19 Origin Act of 2023, and declassify and release all information related to the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Hawley, Peters Bill to Improve and Protect Rural Hospitals' Cybersecurity Advances in Senate
On June 14, 2023, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley's (R-Mo.) Rural Hospital Cybersecurity Enhancement Act, cosponsored by Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee (HSGAC) Chairman Gary Peters (D-Mich.) and Senator Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.), passed through committee and now heads to the Senate floor.
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Hawley, Blumenthal Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Protect Consumers and Deny AI Companies Section 230 Immunity
On June 14, 2023, U.S. Senators Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) – the Ranking Member and the Chair of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology, and the Law, respectively – introduced the No Section 230 Immunity for AI Act.
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Hawley Demands Answers from Biden Energy Secretary for Misleading Congress About Holding Stocks
On June 13, 2023, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) sent a letter to Department of Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm demanding an explanation for misleading Senator Hawley during a Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing.
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Hawley and Braun Demand Biden Implement COVID Origins Act
U.S. Senators Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) and Mike Braun (R-Ind.) have sent a letter to President Biden demanding he implement the COVID-19 Origin Act of 2023, and declassify and release all information related to the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Hawley Announces Guiding Principles for Future AI Legislation
On June 7, 2023. U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) announced his guiding principles for the future of American artificial intelligence (AI) legislation.
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Hawley and Blumenthal Demand Answers from Meta, Warn of Misuse After 'Leak' of Meta's AI Model
U.S. Senators Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Ranking Member and Chair of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology, and the Law, wrote a new letter to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, seeking information about the “leak” of its Large Language Model Meta AI (LLaMA) program.
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Hawley Delivers Floor Speech Urging Support for His Amendment to Increase Tariffs on China
On June 2, 2023. U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) delivered remarks ahead of the Senate's vote on his amendment, as part of the debt ceiling deal, to raise tariffs on imports from China until the United States’ unsustainable trade deficit with China comes into balance.
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Hawley to Vote No on Debt Ceiling Deal
On June 1, 2023, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) released the following statement on his intent to vote 'no' on the debt ceiling deal.
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Hawley Co-Chairs A.I. Judiciary Subcommittee Hearing, Raises Concerns about Election Integrity and Company Liability
On May 16, 2023, in the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology, and the Law hearing on oversight of artificial intelligence (A.I.), U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), Ranking Member of the subcommittee, questioned leaders in the A.I. space, including Sam Altman, Chief Executive Officer of OpenAI.
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NEW: Hawley Outlines Missouri Priorities for Upcoming Farm Bill
On May 15, 2023 , U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) sent a letter to U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) and Ranking Member John Boozman (R-Ark.), outlining Missouri's priorities for Title I and Title XI in the upcoming 2023 Farm Bill.
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Hawley Strikes Deal with Durbin to Advance CSAM Bill, Joins as Cosponsor
On May 11, 2023, during a Senate Judiciary Committee Markup, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) reached an agreement with Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) to advance the STOP CSAM Act, legislation sponsored by Senator Durbin that cracks down on the proliferation of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) online.
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Hawley Calls for Higher Tariffs on China, Trade Deficit Reduction in Debt Limit Deal
On May 10, 2023, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) introduced the Raising Tariffs on Imports from China Act, new legislation to raise tariffs on imports from China until the United States’ unsustainable bilateral trade deficit comes into balance.
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New Hawley Bill Holds Corporations Accountable for Exploiting Biden’s Child Smuggling and Labor Crisis
On May 3, 2023, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) introduced the Corporate Responsibility for Child Labor Elimination Act, new legislation that would compel large corporations to eradicate unlawful child labor, fueled by Biden’s border crisis, from their operations in the United States.