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128 quotes from Josh Hawley
“These 'gotaways' outnumber the combined populations of Kansas City and St. Louis.”
— Josh Hawley
January 24, 2024   •   Hawley discussing a Congressional Budget Office estimate of people who crossed the border without being apprehended during fiscal 2023.
Office of Senator Josh Hawley
“Show the Russians what the United States is capable of.”
— Josh Hawley
March 3, 2022   •   Hawley arguing that increased American energy production would weaken Russia's geopolitical leverage.
Office of Senator Josh Hawley
“They gobbled up our freedom and competition.”
— Josh Hawley
October 3, 2026   •   Hawley's characterization of consolidation involving Big Tech, banks, telecommunications and pharmaceutical companies.
Office of Senator Josh Hawley
“So I am.”
— Josh Hawley
July 8, 2024   •   Hawley explicitly embracing his description of America as a Christian nation.
Office of Senator Josh Hawley / National Conservatism Conference
“They don't deserve the respect or loyalty of Americans.”
— Josh Hawley
October 1, 2019   •   Hawley criticizing corporations he believed accommodated Chinese censorship.
Office of Senator Josh Hawley
“An era of unprecedented chaos.”
— Josh Hawley
May 14, 2024   •   Hawley's characterization of conditions at the southern border under Biden.
Office of Senator Josh Hawley
“Your courage can defend the weak.”
— Josh Hawley
October 31, 2021   •   Hawley discussing his conception of positive masculinity.
Office of Senator Josh Hawley
“They want employees who will work as cheaply as possible.”
— Josh Hawley
February 5, 2024   •   Hawley arguing that corporate immigration preferences are driven by labor costs.
Office of Senator Josh Hawley / Compact
“Workers were asking for a handful of sick days per year.”
— Josh Hawley
December 1, 2022   •   Hawley discussing railroad workers' demands during contract negotiations.
Office of Senator Josh Hawley
“Put power back into the hands of the American people.”
— Josh Hawley
October 3, 2026   •   Hawley describing the goal of his antitrust agenda.
Office of Senator Josh Hawley
“The test of this Congress will be whether we strengthen America's families.”
— Josh Hawley
January 14, 2025   •   Hawley advocating expansion of the Child Tax Credit.
Office of Senator Josh Hawley
“Break them up.”
— Josh Hawley
October 3, 2026   •   Hawley advocating antitrust action against dominant technology companies.
Office of Senator Josh Hawley
“We're going to protect your rights.”
— Josh Hawley
April 2, 2025   •   Hawley discussing technology regulation and workers.
Office of Senator Josh Hawley
“Enough.”
— Josh Hawley
May 14, 2024   •   Hawley criticizing a DHS immigrant identification-card initiative.
Office of Senator Josh Hawley
“Christians should have no place in law or in business or in academia or in government.”
— Josh Hawley
March 1, 2025   •   Hawley describing what he characterized as the position of secular cultural forces; this was not Hawley's own prescription.
Office of Senator Josh Hawley / Liberty University
“We've surrendered too much ground already.”
— Josh Hawley
October 1, 2019   •   Hawley criticizing previous U.S. policy toward China.
Office of Senator Josh Hawley
“Globalists hijacked our anti-trust policy and laws.”
— Josh Hawley
October 3, 2026   •   Hawley's criticism of U.S. antitrust policy.
Office of Senator Josh Hawley
“The forces of secularism would cut us off from our spiritual history.”
— Josh Hawley
March 1, 2025   •   Hawley criticizing secularism during a Liberty University address.
Office of Senator Josh Hawley / Liberty University
“Biden should be deporting illegal immigrants and securing our border.”
— Josh Hawley
May 14, 2024   •   Hawley advocating stricter immigration enforcement.
Office of Senator Josh Hawley
“Some states, particularly Pennsylvania, failed to follow their own state election laws.”
— Josh Hawley
December 30, 2020   •   Hawley's stated reason for objecting to certification. Pennsylvania's certified result awarding its electoral votes to Biden remained in place after litigation and challenges.
Office of Senator Josh Hawley