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Yesterday in a hearing with Office of Management and Budget nominee Russ Vought, Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) asked a series of questions ranging from disentangling the United States from the Chinese Communist Party to championing pro-life regulations.
Senator Hawley explained how consulting firms like McKinsey & Company receive multi-million-dollar contracts with the U.S. military while also doing business with some of our most lethal opponents.
“My view is that if they want to do business with China, I don’t recommend it, but I suppose it’s fine so long as it’s not illegal,” Senator Hawley said. “But I don’t think they should simultaneously be getting hundreds of millions, approaching a billion dollars, in federal contracts–military contracts–from our own government.”
Senator Hawley has a record of raising concerns about McKinsey’s conflicts of interests that endanger American security. Last year, he introduced the Time to Choose Act, which would restrict firms like McKinsey from receiving government contracts while, at the same time, advising U.S. adversaries like China. Additionally, it would prohibit federal agencies from contracting with consulting firms that hold a contract with certain foreign entities including the CCP.
Watch the full exchange here, or click on the video above.
Senator Hawley also outlined the regulatory authority Vought would have including the ability to enforce the Hyde Amendment, which bans federal funding for abortions.
He questioned Vought as to whether family planning funds under Title X should be used for abortion, whether pregnancy resource centers should be eligible to receive funds through federal grants, and whether he would support the reinstatement of the Mexico City Policy which blocks foreign aid from being spent on abortions overseas.
Senator Hawley has long been a champion for the sanctity of life. This week, he introduced the End Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Providers Act which would defund Planned Parenthood and abortion providers across the nation.