FACT CHECK: Mitch McConnell and Washington Establishment Repeat Blatant Lie to Missourians on Behalf of their Golden Boy Josh Hawley

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1 FACT CHECK: Mitch McConnell and Washington Establishment Repeat Blatant Lie to Missourians on Behalf of their Golden Boy Josh Hawley TITLE Left Missouri MEDIA Video 0:30 [link] DATE 9/25/18 CLAIRE IS A DAUGHTER OF RURAL MISSOURI THAT COMES FROM MODEST ROOTS AND STILL CALLS MISSOURI HOME Claire was born in Rolla, Missouri, sewed her own clothes growing up and worked her way through college and law school by waiting tables. Claire was a single mother of 3 and spent seven years in office with three small children. CLAIRE OPPOSED CAP AND TRADE LEGISLATION, INCLUDING THE BILL CITED IN THE AD In 2009, Claire opposed cap and trade, saying that her position would make her friends on the left very unhappy because she refused to punish coal-dependent states like Missouri. in 2008 McCaskill sent a letter to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) and Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) warning that she could not support Sen. Boxer s cap-and-trade bill because the bill failed to ensure that consumers and workers in all regions of the U.S. are protected from undue hardship. CLAIRE HAS FOUGHT FOR MISSOURI ENERGY JOBS Claire testified on behalf of Missouri soybean and biodiesel workers at the International Trade Commission against unfair foreign trade practices Claire voted for legislation that extended tax credits for clean energy investment and for legislation that provided grants for and loans to incentivize renewable energy source development. Claire voted for legislation to increase the renewable fuel standard. Claire voted to increase renewable volume obligations for biodiesel. The biodiesel industry includes 8,350 jobs in Missouri. CLAIRE FOUGHT FOR LOWER ENERGY PRICES Voting to advance construction of the Keystone XL pipeline. Urging President Obama to act on propane prices. Introducing legislation to improve power grid reliability and eliminate regulatory confusion. Urging President Obama to release oil from the strategic petroleum reserve. CLAIRE STOOD UP TO BIG OIL AND INVESTIGATED HIGH ENERGY PRICES Cosponsoring and fighting for legislation to repeal tax breaks for big oil companies. Demanding inquiries into whether oil refineries were manipulating prices to inflate fuel costs. Cosponsoring and advocating for legislation to keep Wall Street and other financial powerhouses from driving up oil prices through speculation.

2 SENATE LEADERSHIP FUND IS A MITCH MCCONNELL SUPER PAC Senate Leadership Fund is a Mitch McConnell Super PAC, run by his former Chief of Staff, with the express goal of keeping Republicans in power in the Senate. McConnell s former Chief of Staff said that, We worked our tail off to recruit Josh Hawley, and that he was their number one recruit of the cycle. Hawley has been fundraising with the NRSC since October Hawley is supportive of unlimited political spending and Super PACs, calling political contributions a form of free speech. AD CLAIMS Ad: Excerpt from McCaskill Ad: Narrator: Claire McCaskill s never left Missouri. Oh yes she has. And after 12 years in the Senate, Claire McCaskill s gone Washington. Text: Video of McCaskill Ad Video of Plane Image of Plane Traveling To DC from St. Louis Claire McCaskill s Gone Washington DC THE FACTS CLAIRE IS A DAUGHTER OF RURAL MISSOURI AND STILL CALLS MISSOURI HOME McCaskill Was Born In Rolla, Missouri And Attended Missouri Public Schools. Claire has lived in Missouri her whole life. She was born in Rolla (because her hometown was too small to have a hospital) and raised in Houston and Lebanon, where her mom s family ran the corner drug store. Claire attended Missouri public schools and began waiting tables immediately after graduation to help put herself through college and law school at the University of Missouri in Columbia. [Claire McCaskill Campaign Website, Accessed 2/20/18] McCaskill Worked Her Way Through College And Law School Waiting Tables At The Lodge Of The Four Seasons. After graduating from high school, she worked her way through college and law school waiting tables at the Lodge of the Four Seasons. She began her political career at age 29, when she was elected to the state House, giving birth to her first child while in office. [St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 3/27/11] McCaskill Returns Home To Missouri Nearly Every Weekend. Claire returns home to Missouri nearly every weekend to spend time with her husband, Joseph, and their blended family of seven children and nine wonderful grandchildren. [Claire McCaskill Campaign Website, Accessed 2/20/18] CLAIRE WAS A SINGLE MOTHER OF 3 When McCaskill First Ran For Office, She Was 28 Years Old, Single, And A Renter With No Money Or Political Organization. Street after street, door after door, I walked and knocked. Hello, I m Claire McCaskill, and I m an assistant prosecutor. I m running for state representative, and I d appreciate your vote. I was twenty-eight years old, single, a renter with no money or political organization backing me up. It

3 was 1982, and I was a young prosecutor with courtroom experience who was comfortable making a case and doing hard work. [Plenty Ladylike: A Memoir, Claire McCaskill, p.1] McCaskill Was The First State Lawmaker To Give Birth While In Office. Austin, my first child, was born in 1987 while I was serving in the Missouri state legislature. I was the first state lawmaker to give birth while in office. There was actually a bassinet by my desk and a jump-up right in the doorway a great way to block lobbyists because they had to try to get around Austin in his jumper seat to get in my office. Joking aside, it was eye-opening for the lobbyists and the other legislators. My baby's presence in my office brought the issue of what it means to be a working mother home to them in a way they hadn't really encountered before. [Working Mother, 5/13/07] McCaskill Spent Seven Years In Office As A Single Mom With Three Small Children. When I declared my candidacy for Jackson County prosecutor in 1991, I was looking after two toddlers and a baby girl, Lily, who's now 15. Nonetheless, I was the first woman to run for and successfully hold that office. It was my dream job. [ ] That's a challenge for women who have children: managing the unforgiving clock of opportunity in politics with the responsibilities of motherhood. I spent seven years in office while I was prosecutor and state auditor as a single mom with three small children. [Working Mother, 5/13/07] CLAIRE COMES FROM VERY MODEST ROOTS St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Aides Say There Was A Time, When [McCaskill] Was A Single Mother, When She Had To Wait Until Her Paycheck Cleared To Pick Up Her Dry Cleaning. The high-flying lifestyle is relatively new for McCaskill. Aides say there was a time, when she was a single mother, when she had to wait until her paycheck cleared to pick up her dry cleaning and save for months to take her three children to Disney World. In state government, her salary topped out at about $97,000 as state auditor, before she became a senator. [St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 3/27/11] Growing Up, McCaskill Sewed Her Own Clothes. Growing up, McCaskill sewed her own clothes. Before her father was appointed state insurance commissioner, he worked at the family mill in Houston, Mo. McCaskill still has an old flour bag from the McCaskill Milling Co. encased in a frame that hangs in her Senate office. [St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 3/27/11] Ad: CLAIRE OPPOSED CAP AND TRADE LEGISLATION, INCLUDING THE BILL CITED IN THE AD

4 Like joining Hillary Clinton and Nancy Pelosi supporting a national energy tax. Text: McCaskill, Clinton, Pelosi Supported National Energy Tax CQ Vote #145, 6/6/08 McCaskill Said She Would Have Rejected The 2009 ACES Cap And Trade Bill. Last year, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill that does just that. The American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 (ACES) includes a capand-trade program that would slash carbon-dioxide emissions by more than 80 percent by The details are complicated, but the concept is simple. [ ] Every Missouri Democrat in the U.S. House voted for the bill. If the bill had been in the Senate, McCaskill would have rejected it. [The Pitch, 4/23/10] 2008: McCaskill Said She Couldn t Support Sen. Barbara Boxer s Cap-And-Trade Bill Because The Bill Failed To Ensure That Consumers And Workers In All Regions Of The U.S. Are Protected From Undue Hardship. In 2008 McCaskill sent a letter to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D- NV) and Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) warning that she could not support Sen. Boxer s cap-and-trade bill because the bill failed to ensure that consumers and workers in all regions of the U.S. are protected from undue hardship. [ Fighting For American Energy Security, Office of Sen. Claire McCaskill, Accessed 9/18/18; E&E Daily, 6/26/08] The Vote Cited In The Ad Was A Procedural Vote, And McCaskill Signed A Letter Saying She Could Not Support The Bill In Its Current Form. Both sides did their best to tout their gains in the debate: Backers of the bill noted that six absent senators indicated they would have supported the motion to end debate, including Barack Obama (D-Ill.), John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.). That would have translated into 54 votes in favor of cloture, a significant improvement over the 38 votes in favor of climate legislation in But 10 Democrats -- including nine who voted for cloture -- signed a letter yesterday saying they could not support the bill in its current form, and McCain indicated in his statement he would have opposed it on the grounds that it did not offer enough financial aid to the nuclear industry. [Washington Post, 6/7/08] McCaskill Said Cap-And-Trade Would Unfairly Punish Missouri Families And Businesses. Last month, the House of Representatives passed the American Clean Energy and Security Act, which aims to transition America to a clean energy economy while combating climate change. After the bill s passage, Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-MO) tweeted that she wanted to fix the bill s cap on carbon pollution because it would unfairly punish Missouri s families and businesses. [ThinkProgress, 7/8/09] McCaskill Said Her Position On Cap-And-Trade Would Make Her Friends On The Left Very Unhappy. Appearing on a conservative Missouri radio show this morning, McCaskill reiterated her belief that the House bill will hurt a state like

5 Missouri that is so coal dependent. Asked where she was on the cap-and-trade, McCaskill said that her position would make her friends on the left very unhappy. [ThinkProgress, 7/8/09] Ad: that would have wiped out up to 76,000 good-paying Missouri jobs. And sent gas and electricity bills soaring. Claire McCaskill s gone Washington and left Missouri behind. Text: Claire McCaskill Kill 76,000 Missouri Jobs NAM/ACCF, 3/12/08 Claire McCaskill Higher Gas and Electricity Bills NAM/ACCF, 3/12/08 12 Years In DC McCaskill s Gone Washington Reject Claire McCaskille CLAIRE HAS FOUGHT FOR MISSOURI ENERGY JOBS November 2017: McCaskill Testified On Behalf Of Missouri s Soybean And Biodiesel Workers Against Unfair Foreign Trade Practices Before The International Trade Commission. Missouri biodiesel representatives and Sen. Claire McCaskill told the U.S. International Trade Commission Thursday that it should make permanent temporary duties on biodiesel from Argentina and Indonesia that U.S. producers say is heavily subsidized by those governments and dumped on the American market. This is far from a fair playing field, said McCaskill, D- Mo., in a rare appearance before the ITC. Sen. Heidi Heitkamp, D-N.D., also testified on behalf of U.S. soybean growers and the biodiesel industry that produces about 2.2 billion gallons of biodiesel annually. Advocates for the two importing countries blamed other factors, including the loss of a biodiesel tax credit and transportation costs in the U.S., as bigger reasons for the industry s recent struggles. [St. Louis Post Dispatch, 11/9/17] McCaskill Testified That The Biodiesel Industry Includes 8,350 Jobs In Missouri. Biodiesel advocates said their industry had grown from a niche market to a substantial American industry that produces cleaner fuel and helps boost prices of American farm products, primarily soybeans, that go into it. McCaskill said that the biodiesel industry nationally supports 64,000 jobs, including in Missouri, which is the third-largest producer of biodiesel among U.S. states. She said six active biodiesel producers in Missouri have the capacity to produce 235 million gallons annually, and that the production of the raw material that goes into it and the process of processing it into biodiesel is a $1.7 billion industry in the state. Corn and soybeans are the cornerstone of my state s economy, McCaskill added. [St. Louis Post Dispatch, 11/9/17] McCaskill Only Supported Legislation That Would Not Hurt Job Creation. Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.), a close friend of Obama's who has remained on the fence on climate legislation, said the global warming debate will fit in well with the president's overall agenda. I think there's more likely to be compromises this year, because everyone understands the economy is in such a fragile condition that you don't want to pass anything that's going to do any kind of have the opposite impact that we're trying to have on the stimulus, she said. We don't want to work against ourselves here in terms of job creation. [New York Times,

6 6/29/09] McCaskill Voted For Energy Independence And Security Act, Legislation Intended To Decrease Demand For Foreign Oil. An Act to move the United States toward greater energy independence and security, to increase the production of clean renewable fuels, to protect consumers, to increase the efficiency of products, buildings, and vehicles, to promote research on and deploy greenhouse gas capture and storage options, and to improve the energy performance of the Federal Government, and for other purposes. [ ] McCaskill (D-MO), Yea. [Roll Call Vote 430, H.R. 6, 12/13/07] McCaskill Supported Increasing The Renewable Fuel Standard By Voting For The 2007 Energy Independence And Security Act. An Act to move the United States toward greater energy independence and security, to increase the production of clean renewable fuels, to protect consumers, to increase the efficiency of products, buildings, and vehicles, to promote research on and deploy greenhouse gas capture and storage options, and to improve the energy performance of the Federal Government, and for other purposes. [ ] McCaskill (D- MO), Yea. [Roll Call Vote 430, H.R. 6, 12/13/07] McCaskill Voted For The Emergency Economic Stabilization Act, Which Extended Tax Credits For Clean Energy Investment. Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of H.R.1424 is the vehicle for the economic rescue legislation. Division A is the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008; Division B is the Energy Improvement and Extension Act of 2008; and Division C is the Tax Extenders and Alternative Minimum Tax Relief Act of [H.R. 1424, 3/9/07] CLAIRE FOUGHT FOR LOWER ENERGY PRICES McCaskill Said She Supported Construction Of Keystone XL Pipeline As Way To Bring Down Oil Prices. To bring down prices, McCaskill says she supports construction of the Keystone XL pipeline and releasing part of the US strategic oil reserve. [St. Louis Public Radio, 4/4/12] McCaskill Joined A Bipartisan Group Of Senators To Urge President Obama To Act On Propane Prices. A broad coalition of U.S. senators is asking President Obama to take administrative action to address a significant spike in propane prices this winter that has been declared an emergency in 20 states, including Arkansas. [ ] A broad coalition of U.S. senators is asking President Obama to take administrative action to address a significant spike in propane prices this winter that has been declared an emergency in 20 states, including Arkansas. This winter has been brutal, and Arkansas families, farmers and

7 businesses cannot afford a propane shortage, said Sen. John Boozman, R-Ark. [ ] Boozman and Pryor worked with Sens. John Hoeven, R-N.Dak., and Al Franken, D-Minn., to draft the White House letter. Nearly 30 members signed the letter, including: James Inhofe, R-Okla., Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., and Roy Blunt, R-Mo. [Arkansas News, 2/7/14] McCaskill Signed Letter To President Obama Asking For Regulatory Relief From High Propane Costs. Within the first week of February, senators from the Midwest and East Coast penned a letter to the president, asking for regulatory relief from exhaustive propane costs. The letter, signed by Missouri Senators Claire McCaskill and Roy Blunt and representatives from Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa and 13 other states, asked President Obama to consider any federal strategies that would help transport propane to shortage areas. [Nevada Daily Mail, 2/15/14] McCaskill And Sen. Roy Blunt Introduced Legislation To Improve Power Grid Reliability And Eliminate Regulatory Confusion. Grid Reliability Act of Amends the Federal Power Act, with respect to temporary connection and exchange of facilities during an emergency, to direct the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), if an order conflicts with any federal, state, or local environmental law or regulation, to ensure that the order: (1) requires generation, delivery, interchange, or transmission of electric energy only during hours necessary to meet the emergency and serve the public interest; (2) is consistent, to the maximum extent practicable, with federal, state, or local environmental law and regulations; and (3) minimizes any adverse environmental impacts. Shields from either civil or criminal liability, including a citizen suit under environmental law or regulation, those actions or omissions taken by a party to comply with an order issued pursuant to this Act, even if the order is subsequently stayed, modified, or set aside by a court. Declares that an order issued under this Act which may conflict with federal, state, or local environmental law or regulation expires within 90 days after its issuance date. [S. 2620, 7/17/14] McCaskill Cosponsored The Grid Reliability Act To Ensure Power Utilities Don t Have To Face Costly Environmental Lawsuits Simply To Provide Service. Republican Roy Blunt and Democrat Claire McCaskill teamed up to co-sponsor The Grid Reliability Act, aimed at ensuring power utilities don t run afoul of environmental regulations when operating under orders from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to improve power grid reliability, especially at times of peak demand for electricity The two first introduced the measure in the spring. At the time, Blunt called it an issue of basic fairness. It is completely unacceptable that utility providers in Missouri and across the nation are forced to violate the law and face costly

8 lawsuits for simply doing their job, Blunt said at the time. [St. Louis Public Radio, 12/1/15] CLAIRE STOOD UP TO BIG OIL AND INVESTIGATED HIGH ENERGY PRICES McCaskill Co-Sponsored The Close Big Oil Tax Loopholes Act of 2011, Which Would Have Repealed Several Tax Breaks For Five Major Oil Companies: BP, Exxon, Shell, Chevron, And ConocoPhillips. Senate Democratic leaders and several politically vulnerable members of their caucus are introducing legislation Tuesday that would repeal several tax breaks for the largest oil companies. The bill, which faces major hurdles, represents an escalation of Democratic efforts to criticize oil companies amid high gasoline prices and politically tether Republicans to the industry. But Democrats also say the issue is ripe for support across the aisle. [ ] Co-sponsors of the bill, according to a memo Democrats are circulating, include Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and other Democratic leaders. The backers also include several members facing tough reelection battles next year: Sens. Sherrod Brown(D-Ohio), Jon Tester (D-Mont.) and Claire McCaskill (D- Mo.). The bill would seek to curtail several incentives for five major, integrated oil companies: BP, Exxon, Shell, Chevron and ConocoPhillips. [The Hill, 5/10/11] McCaskill Co-Sponsored The Energy Markets Emergency Act, Which Would Reign In Wall Street Speculators Driving Up Oil Prices. Instructs the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to use its authority (including emergency powers) to: (1) to curb immediately the role of excessive speculation in any contract market within its jurisdiction and control that is serving as a platform for the trading of energy futures or swaps; and (2) eliminate excessive speculation, price distortion, sudden or unreasonable fluctuations, unwarranted changes in prices, or other unlawful activity that is causing major market disturbances that prevent the market from accurately reflecting the forces of supply and demand for energy commodities. [S. 2222, 3/21/12] McCaskill Demanded A Federal Consumer Protection Agency Investigate Whether Extreme Propane Price Increases Were Being Caused By Fraudulent And Abusive Practices. A natural gas shortage has caused propane prices to skyrocket across the Midwest. In St. Louis, the pain is being felt by families who use propane to heat their homes. [ ] On Wednesday, U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill demanded that a federal consumer protection agency look into whether these extreme price increases are being caused by normal market forces, or whether there are some fraudulent and abusive practices going on. [FOX2, 1/29/14]

9 McCaskill Asked Commodity Futures Trading Commission To Investigate If Speculators Were To Blame For High Propane Prices. Sen. Roy Blunt said he doubts Congress will get involved legislatively in propane price hikes and talk that speculators may be to blame, but he took personal action. Sen. Claire McCaskill asked the Community Futures Trading Commission to investigate high prices. Since December, the price has increased more than 150 percent, going from less than $2 per gallon to about $5 now. [ ] McCaskill said propane prices have been manipulated in the past. McCaskill, who chairs the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, asked the Community Futures Trading Commission to examine whether normal market forces are causing the spike in propane prices, or if opportunistic trading and price manipulation are in play. [Daily Star Journal, 1/31/14] McCaskill Asked Federal Trade Commission To Determine Whether U.S. Oil Refiners Are Cutting Back On Output To Keep Prices Artificially High. Before a Democratic effort to strip subsidies from big oil companies stalled this afternoon, Sen. Claire McCaskill requested a formal investigation of oil refineries' recent production cutbacks. McCaskill, of Missouri, joined by Senate Democratic leaders, asked the Federal Trade Commission to determine whether U.S. refiners are cutting back on output to keep prices artificially high. Gas prices have really delivered a gut punch to most people who live and work in our state, McCaskill said at a news conference in the Capitol. McCaskill cited a recent Energy Information Administration calculation that U.S. refiners are producing at 81.7 percent of capacity, 7 percent less than a year ago. In less than six months, McCaskill said, the oil refiners' profit margin has nearly doubled to 80 cents per gallon. [ ] McCaskill, Schumer, Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin and the other Democratic leaders want the Federal Trade Commission to find out if there is collusion among the major oil companies and whether they are deliberately cutting back on production to drive up profits. [St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 3/17/11] Senate Leadership Fund is responsible for the content of this advertising. Not authorized by any candidate or any candidate's committee. SENATE LEADERSHIP FUND IS A MITCH MCCONNELL SUPER PAC Senate Leadership Fund Is A Super PAC Aligned With Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. A super PAC aligned with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is unleashing a $6.4 million advertising onslaught on Tuesday as the fall midterm campaign begins in earnest. The spending blitz by the Senate Leadership Fund includes $1.1 million in advertising in Tennessee, a deep-red state President Donald Trump won by

10 26 percentage points in [USA Today, 9/11/18] Senate Leadership Fund Works In Concert With McConnell s Other Outside Groups To Help Him Retain The GOP S Hold On The Senate. The four outside groups working to help McConnell retain the GOP s hold on the Senate One Nation, the Senate Leadership Fund, American Crossroads and Crossroads GPS raised a combined $22.9 million during the second quarter of this year, officials said. They ended June with $43.9 million in cash reserves. [USA Today, 7/19/18] The President And CEO Of The Senate Leadership Fund Is McConnell s Former Chief Of Staff. The Senate Leadership Fund is a Republican super PAC that was established in 2015 by allies of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. The group says its purpose is to protect and expand the Republican Senate Majority. Its president and CEO is Steven Law, who served as McConnell s chief of staff from 1991 to Law also serves as the president and CEO of American Crossroads, another Republican super PAC. From 1998 to 2000, Law served as executive director of the National Republican Senatorial Committee. [FactCheck.Org, 4/20/18] Republican Megadonors Sheldon And Miriam Adelson Gave $25 Million To Senate Leadership Fund, Which Is Half The Money It s Raised This Year. Republican megadonors Sheldon and Miriam Adelson gave $25 million last month to the Senate Leadership Fund, the flagship super PAC charged with keeping the Senate in Republican hands, according to a new filing with the Federal Election Commission. The contributions are the first the Las Vegas casino magnate and his wife have made this cycle to the super PAC, which is closely aligned with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. [...] The Adelsons $25 million contribution constituted almost the entire haul of $26 million that the Senate Leadership Fund brought in last month and more than half of the $44 million it s raised this year. The super PAC had $45.2 million in cash on hand on July 31, according to the most recent filing. [Politico, 8/20/18] HAWLEY HAS BEEN SUPPORTIVE OF SUPER PACS AND UNLIMITED POLITICAL SPENDING Citizens United Endorsed Hawley In 2016 Attorney General Election. In endorsing McCaskill, the End Citizens United group notes that Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley was endorsed in his 2016 election by Citizens United, the conservative group that brought its successful challenge of campaign finance spending laws to the Supreme Court. Hawley has been raising money to mount a potential challenge to McCaskill in 2018, but has not yet announced whether he will run. [St. Louis Post- Dispatch, 10/5/17]

11 David Bossie, President Of Citizens United: Citizens United, Through Its Political Arm Citizens United Political Victory Fund, Is Supporting Josh Hawley For Attorney General. That s why Citizens United, through its political arm Citizens United Political Victory Fund, is supporting Josh Hawley for Attorney General. Hawley and Citizens United have something in common. We ve both successfully fought government overreach at the U.S. Supreme Court. Citizens United beat back unconstitutional restrictions on free speech in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission and Hawley served as co-counsel in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby fighting against Obamacare s unconstitutional contraceptive mandate. [USA Today op-ed, David Bossie, 3/6/16] David Bossie, President Of Citizens United: Hawley And Citizens United Have Something In Common We ve Both Successfully Fought Government Overreach At The Supreme Court. That s why Citizens United, through its political arm Citizens United Political Victory Fund, is supporting Josh Hawley for Attorney General. Hawley and Citizens United have something in common. We ve both successfully fought government overreach at the U.S. Supreme Court. Citizens United beat back unconstitutional restrictions on free speech in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission and Hawley served as co-counsel in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby fighting against Obamacare s unconstitutional contraceptive mandate. [USA Today op-ed, David Bossie, 3/6/16] Citizens United Was The Plaintiff In Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, Which Rolled Back Campaign Finance Reform. That s why Citizens United, through its political arm Citizens United Political Victory Fund, is supporting Josh Hawley for Attorney General. Hawley and Citizens United have something in common. We ve both successfully fought government overreach at the U.S. Supreme Court. Citizens United beat back unconstitutional restrictions on free speech in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission and Hawley served as co-counsel in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby fighting against Obamacare s unconstitutional contraceptive mandate. [USA Today op-ed, David Bossie, 3/6/16] Because Of The Citizens United Decision, Dark Money Groups Can Use Corporate Money To Pay For Political Ads. In contrast, a dark money group, its sister organization Americans for Prosperity, is organized as a 501(c)(4) social welfare organization and can pay for political advertisements. Thanks to the Citizens United decision, it can use corporate money to do it. Donations to social welfare groups are not tax deductible so that means the names of those who donate do not need to be disclosed. [Mother Jones, 7/5/16]

12 Citizens United President David Bossie Said He Had Been An Early Supporter Of Hawley s Senate Bid, Had Been Talking Up Hawley Around Country While Establishment Types Were Talking Up Their Own Preferred Candidate. In Missouri, I was proud to be an early supporter of Josh Hawley for Attorney General and will support him again in his race for the Senate against liberal incumbent Claire McCaskill. When I was talking up AG Hawley around the country earlier this year, establishment types were very cool to him and were talking up their own preferred choice at the time. We were drawn to Hawley very early because of his fine work fighting for religious liberty in the Hobby Lobby case at the U.S. Supreme Court. [Fox News, David Bossie Op-Ed, 10/23/17] Hawley Supported The Supreme Court s Direction On Campaign Contributions, Calling Political Contributions A Form Of Speech. A host asked, What's your thought about capping campaign contributions? Because I know both you, and Senator Schaefer, and the two Democrats have taken large donations in this race. Is that a problem that should be fixed?" Hawley replied, "I don't think that free speech is a problem, and I tend to think the Supreme Court, the United States Supreme Court, has gotten it about right here. When they say that in our modern culture, and this has been the court doctrine for almost 40 years now, political contributions are a form of speech. They're a way to participate in the democratic process, and so I am prospeech, I am pro-participation." [St. Louis Public Radio, Politically Speaking Podcast, Timestamp 8:13, 6/6/16] (AUDIO) HAWLEY WAS RECRUITED INTO THIS RACE AND HAS BEEN FUNDED BY THE NRSC AND MITCH MCCONNELL The NRSC Has Been Attempting To Boost Hawley Since Before He Launched His Campaign In September In another indication that Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley is moving toward declaring an official candidacy for the U.S. Senate next year, a Hawley Victory Committee statement of organization was filed this week with the Federal Election Commission. The declaration was dated Sept. 22 but marked received by the FEC on Monday. The document lists as joint fundraising committees the Josh Hawley Senate Exploratory Committee and the National Republican Senatorial Committee, typical moves for candidates getting ready to launch campaigns. [St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 10/4/17] McConnell s Former Chief Of Staff Josh Holmes: We Worked Our Tail Off To Recruit Josh Hawley, Said Hawley Was Number One Recruit Of Cycle. It s all fantasy, Josh Holmes, a former chief of staff to McConnell, said in an

13 interview. [ ] In Missouri, Bannon is very interested in State Attorney General Josh Hawley, who was recruited by none other than McConnell to run in the first place. He was our No. 1 recruit of the cycle, Holmes said. We worked our tail off to recruit Josh Hawley. [Politico, 10/17/17] Hawley Created A Joint Fundraising Committee With The National Republican Senatorial Committee. In another indication that Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley is moving toward declaring an official candidacy for the U.S. Senate next year, a Hawley Victory Committee statement of organization was filed this week with the Federal Election Commission. The declaration was dated Sept. 22 but marked received by the FEC on Monday. The document lists as joint fundraising committees the Josh Hawley Senate Exploratory Committee and the National Republican Senatorial Committee, typical moves for candidates getting ready to launch campaigns. [St. Louis Post- Dispatch, 10/4/17; Federal Election Commission, Hawley Victor Committee, Filed 10/2/17]