Josh Hawley Goes After Mitch McConnell in Tense Private Meeting: ‘I Was Very Direct’
Republican Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri said he was “very direct” with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell during a tense private meeting between the pair on Thursday evening in Washington.
At the heart of the disagreement is Hawley’s insistence that people in his state who are suffering from radiation exposure due to government activity around St. Louis during and since World War II are still struggling with health issues and deserve compensation, he said.
Hawley wants to renew a program to compensate them and people struggling in other states.
McConnell does not approve of the cost of the program.
Hawley recently asked his Senate colleagues to vote to reauthorize the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act,
