WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 -- Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Missouri, issued the following news release: * * * Hawley Announces Advisory Committee on Judicial Nominations U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) announced the first members of his new advisory committee to help advise him on judicial nominations in the 119th Congress and Trump Administration. "One of the Senate's most important roles is providing advice and consent for judicial nominations. I'm looking forward to continuing to fulfill that role as P  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 24 -- Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Missouri, issued the following news release: * * * Hawley Demands Insurance Companies Answer for 'Morally Obscene' Disaster Claim Denials Today, Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) sent a letter to insurance companies regarding reports that claims related to Hurricane Helene are being denied after Hurricane Helene and Hurricane Milton devastated American communities. In his letter, the Senator calls on them to publicly testify before the Senate Homeland Secu  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 24 -- Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Missouri, issued the following news release: * * * Hawley, Lujan Reintroduce RECA to Give Nuclear Radiation Victims Compensation Today U.S. Senators Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) and Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), along with Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.), Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.), and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) reintroduced the Radiation Exposure Compensation Reauthorization Act to compensate Americans exposed to radiation by government nuclear programs. Senator Hawley's reintrod  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 25 -- Rep. Sam Graves, R-Missouri, chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, released the following opening remarks from a Jan. 15, 2025, hearing entitled "America Builds: The State of the Nation's Transportation System": * * * I'd like to welcome everyone to the Transportation Committee's first hearing of the 119th Congress. As I noted earlier during the Committee's organizational meeting, we have a lot to accomplish over the next two years. One of t  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 24 -- Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Missouri, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Schmitt Statement on Confirmation of Pete Hegseth as Defense Secretary WASHINGTON - Tonight, Senator Eric Schmitt, member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, released the following statement after voting to confirm Pete Hegseth to be Secretary of Defense. "I was proud to vote for Pete Hegseth to be our Secretary of Defense. Pete is a bold leader committed to prioritizing America's safe  more