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128 quotes from 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
“The Democratic Party... now represents the interests of the most powerful corporations.”
— Josh Hawley
October 3, 2026   •   Hawley's populist criticism of Democrats and corporate political influence.
Office of Senator Josh Hawley
“Working Americans think the system is rigged.”
— Josh Hawley
December 1, 2022   •   Hawley's interpretation of public reaction to the government's intervention in the rail dispute.
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
“You have utterly failed to secure the southern border.”
— Josh Hawley
January 24, 2024   •   Hawley addressing Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.
Office of Senator Josh Hawley
“We have been the makers of great and mighty things.”
— Josh Hawley
October 31, 2021   •   Hawley discussing American manufacturing.
Office of Senator Josh Hawley
“There is something fundamentally wrong.”
— Josh Hawley
January 14, 2025   •   Hawley discussing an economy in which some working families report difficulty affording children.
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
“These are the aristocrats of our age.”
— Josh Hawley
December 5, 2019   •   Hawley describing large corporations and cultural institutions.
Office of Senator Josh Hawley
“Big Tech is out of control.”
— Josh Hawley
October 3, 2026   •   Hawley criticizing the market and political power of major technology companies.
Office of Senator Josh Hawley
“Let's break the backs of Big Tech, Big Pharma.”
— Josh Hawley
April 20, 2023   •   Hawley advocating aggressive antitrust enforcement against major corporations.
Office of Senator Josh Hawley
“The Senate's 'border deal' is a terrible bargain.”
— Josh Hawley
February 5, 2024   •   Hawley opposing bipartisan immigration legislation.
Office of Senator Josh Hawley / Compact
“Let's strip China of normal trade relations.”
— Josh Hawley
April 20, 2023   •   Hawley advocating major changes to U.S.-China trade policy.
Office of Senator Josh Hawley
“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
“Our economy, our country.”
— Josh Hawley
October 3, 2026   •   Hawley continuing his criticism of corporate concentration.
Office of Senator Josh Hawley
“Railroad workers can't have more than one day of sick leave.”
— Josh Hawley
December 1, 2022   •   Hawley criticizing working conditions for rail employees during the 2022 labor dispute.
Office of Senator Josh Hawley
“The deconstruction of America begins with and depends on the deconstruction of American men.”
— Josh Hawley
October 31, 2021   •   Hawley's thesis concerning cultural attitudes toward masculinity.
Office of Senator Josh Hawley
“Let's strengthen Buy America.”
— Josh Hawley
April 20, 2023   •   Hawley advocating domestic purchasing requirements.
Office of Senator Josh Hawley
“The left wants to define traditional masculinity as toxic.”
— Josh Hawley
October 31, 2021   •   Hawley discussing masculinity and cultural attitudes toward men during a National Conservatism speech.
Office of Senator Josh Hawley
“Today's society benefits those who shaped it.”
— Josh Hawley
December 5, 2019   •   Hawley criticizing the economic and political structure he argued favored elites.
Office of Senator Josh Hawley