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Josh Hawley

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Josh David Hawley is an American attorney and politician currently serving as the junior United States senator from Missouri, a position he has held since January 3, 2019. A member of the Republican Party, Hawley previously served as the Attorney General of Missouri from 2017 to 2019. He is known for his focus on issues such as technology regulation, free speech, and conservative social policies. Hawley gained national attention for his opposition to big tech companies and his advocacy for policies aimed at supporting American workers and families.

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Jun 6, 2026

Sooner or later this is going to happen because I think the American people are going to demand it.

foxnews.com
Jun 4, 2026

A sovereign wealth fund is not necessarily a bad idea.

punchbowl.news
Jun 3, 2026

It just amazes me that they aren’t listening on this issue, I really don’t understand that.

dailycaller.com
Jun 2, 2026

I would go farther. I think we ought to enact my legislation that I have with Senator [Richard] Blumenthal that would make that sort of reporting and monitoring mandatory.

rollcall.com
May 26, 2026

Americans are paying more and more for healthcare while seeing less in return. PBMs are at the center of a broken system that rewards middlemen while driving up costs for patients and pushing out independent pharmacies.

warren.senate.gov
May 13, 2026

I’m fine with that, so long as it’s used for security purposes.

oklahomavoice.com
Jan 10, 2026

Based on what I know and my reading of the Constitution, I just kind of think we would have to vote on that.

nytimes.com
Jan 10, 2026

Fantastic idea. Can’t wait to vote for this.

theguardian.com
Dec 16, 2025

in the fall of 1945, former Prime Minister Winston Spencer Churchill received an otherwise nondescript letter from a college in the middle of Missouri that I suspect he had not heard of. It was from Westminster College, in Fulton, MO--a…

govinfo.gov
Dec 8, 2025

If Congress does not take action on this issue in the next few weeks, this will be a crisis for 24 million Americans.

theatlantic.com
Nov 19, 2025

I think it's a bad idea. I mean listen, I'm all for accountability. I mean, I had my phone tapped so I'm all for accountability, don't get me wrong. But I think taking taxpayer money is not the right way to do it. The right way to do it is…

abcnews.go.com
Nov 19, 2025

I don't think they'll do that. I think I'd be really surprised if they tried that, given the huge bipartisan support for this and the president's support, so I don't think they'll do that.

abcnews.go.com
Nov 9, 2025

Americans deserve a tax rebate after four years of [Joe] Biden [White House] policies that have devastated families’ savings and livelihoods.

theguardian.com
Nov 6, 2025

What I care about is that people eat.

usatoday.com
Nov 5, 2025

My message is to my Democrat friends; we better find a way to get to the table real fast. Because if you're putting me to a choice between, are people going to eat, or am I going to defend the arcane filibuster rules, I'm going to choose…

abcnews.go.com
Nov 5, 2025

If you’re putting me personally to that choice, and you’re making me choose, I’m going to choose people.

nbcnews.com
Nov 5, 2025

I don’t know how much more loudly I can say this in this building: This has to end.

cnn.com
Oct 30, 2025

It’s really reached the point of absurdity.

msnbc.com
Oct 29, 2025

This has reached the point of insanity. Why are Americans having to suffer because of the political games?

cbsnews.com
Oct 28, 2025

Congress hasn’t acted on this issue because of money. It’s because of the power of the tech companies.

nbcnews.com
Oct 28, 2025

AI chatbots pose a serious threat to our kids.

nbcnews.com
Oct 26, 2025

If we don’t do anything their premiums are gonna almost double. They’re too high right now. We’re talking about working people.

cnn.com
Oct 25, 2025

Our kids deserve to eat.

msnbc.com
Oct 7, 2025

What I care about is that people in my state are not going to be able to, for farmers, get loans; if they want to get onto Medicare, they’re not going to be able to do it.

msnbc.com

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