Cornyn Statement on Indictment of Former FBI Director Comey
News September 25, 2025 HARLINGEN – U.S. Senator John Cornyn released the following statement on reports that former Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director James Comey has been indicted for obstruction of justice and making false statements: “While our legal system provides for the presumption of innocence, Comey’s accountability for FBI abuses during the first […]
Cornyn, Cruz File Amicus Brief in Support of Texas’ New Congressional Map
News September 18, 2025 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Ted Cruz (R-TX) filed an amicus brief in the case of the League of United Latin American Citizens v. Texas in support of the State of Texas, not federal courts, having the authority to draw congressional district maps as granted by the Constitution. […]
PHOTO: Cornyn Meets with ONDCP ‘Drug Czar’ Nominee Sara Carter
News September 17, 2025 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) met yesterday with Texan Sara Carter, whom President Trump nominated to serve as Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP). As chair of the U.S. Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control, Sen. Cornyn is strongly committed to stopping the flow of […]
PHOTO: Cornyn Meets with U.S. Ambassador to India Nominee Sergio Gor
News September 11, 2025 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) met yesterday with Sergio Gor, whom President Trump nominated to serve as U.S. Ambassador to India. As a co-founder of the Senate India Caucus, Sen. Cornyn is strongly committed to bolstering bilateral ties between the United States and India. See photo attached and below. […]
Dems Block Cornyn Resolution Allowing for Nomination Votes En Bloc, Paving Way for Senate Republicans to Expedite Confirmations
News September 9, 2025 It’s abundantly clear that we’ve exhausted all the opportunities for negotiation. We’ve vetted a number of different alternatives, but it is this all-consuming, mindless, partisan objection to President Trump and his policies that are blinding our Democratic colleagues from doing what they know is right, which is having a way to […]
Cornyn: ‘The Blockade Ends Today’
News September 9, 2025 We will no longer tolerate Democrats’ efforts to blockade President Trump’s nominees and his agenda. I will offer for unanimous consent a bill… that would provide a process to vote for a number of nominees en bloc, or together. I’m optimistic we’re going to be able to confirm a large portion […]
Cornyn Files Amicus Brief Backing Abbott’s SCOTX Petition to Remove Absconding Legislator
News Senator Urges Texas Supreme Court to Hear Abbott’s Emergency Petition August 8, 2025 AUSTIN – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) today filed an amicus brief in support of Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s emergency petition in the Texas Supreme Court seeking to remove from office an absconding legislator who fled the state to thwart the legislative […]
Cornyn: Senate Must Stay in Session or Change Rules to Break Democrats’ Log-Jam
News July 31, 2025 Democrats… are mindlessly obstructing the confirmation of these non-controversial, really apolitical nominees. If we can’t reach some sort of negotiated outcome that is satisfactory to President Trump, then we need to either stay here or change the Senate rules. Senate Democrats are the ones that brought us to where we are […]
Cornyn Blasts Democrats for Slow-Walking Trump Nominees, Undermining American People
News July 30, 2025 Senate Democrats have allowed voice votes or given unanimous consent on exactly zero of President Trump’s civilian nominees. Senate Democrats’ partisan obstruction is making our country less safe. If our Democratic colleagues do not relent on this needless and mindless obstruction, Senate Republicans will have to consider what additional steps we […]
Cornyn, Coons, Colleagues Introduce Bill to Protect State and Local Judges
News July 22, 2025 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX), Chris Coons (D-DE), Jerry Moran (R-KS), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), and Josh Hawley (R-MO) today introduced the Countering Threats and Attacks on Our Judges Act, which would establish a State Judicial Threat Intelligence and Resource Center to provide technical assistance, training, and […]
Cornyn Statement on Biden Autopen Interview
News July 14, 2025 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) released the following statement reacting to former President Joe Biden’s assertion that he gave his staff approval to use the autopen on almost 4,000 pardons and grants of clemency at the end of his term, including pardons of his own family members: “It is clear […]
Cornyn Joins Sunday Morning Futures on Devastating Floods in Kerr County & Across Central Texas
News July 6, 2025 Governor Abbott has called today a Day of Prayer, and we are still saying our prayers here in Texas for those who are grieving and those who are still unaccounted for. Texans are tough, and they’re resilient. We are going to be relentless in the rescue efforts. AUSTIN – Today on […]
On Fox, Cornyn Discusses Democrats’ Complicity in Biden Cognitive Decline Cover-Up
News John Roberts: ‘Democrats did not show up to your committee. You suggested that that was an indication they were complicit in the cover-up.’ Sen. Cornyn: ‘Absolutely… Trying to prop up President Biden when he clearly wasn’t up to the job, which we saw during the debate with President Trump, was an attempt – a […]
Cornyn Previews Judiciary Hearing on Biden Cognitive Decline Cover-Up
News June 17, 2025 One of the aims of the hearing will be shining a light on what exactly went on at the White House during the Biden administration. Whoever happened to be making those decisions and carrying out the duties of the Office of President was not somebody who was authorized by the Constitution […]
Cornyn, Schmitt Announce Whistleblower Hotline for Biden Mental Decline Cover-Up Tips
News June 12, 2025 Hotline Comes Ahead of Cornyn, Schmitt Co-Chairing Judiciary Committee Hearing on Cover-up U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Eric Schmitt (R-MO) today announced a whistleblower hotline for former White House staff and officials to come forward with any information regarding the cover-up of President Biden’s decline or insight into who was […]