Cornyn, Shaheen Introduce Bill to Counter Foreign Cyber Scams
News October 1, 2025 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) yesterday introduced the Scam Compound Accountability and Mobilization (SCAM) Act, which would counter foreign cyber scams and hold transnational criminal organizations accountable for human trafficking, forced criminality, and cyber-enabled fraud schemes targeting Americans: “Transnational criminal organizations who are ensnaring innocent […]
Cornyn, Booker Bill to Help Law Enforcement Better Prosecute Child Abusers Passes Senate Unanimously
News September 30, 2025 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Cory Booker (D-NJ) released the following statements after their Strengthening Child Exploitation Enforcement Act, which would close loopholes in existing criminal child sexual abuse statues to help law enforcement better prosecute offenders and protect victims, passed the Senate unanimously: “Perpetrators who attack our […]
On Fox, Cornyn Discusses Former FBI Director Comey Indictment
News September 26, 2025 Clearly Director Comey went off the rails because of his antipathy – his hatred, really – for Donald Trump and made a number of decisions, including leaking confidential, maybe classified information. He was bound and determined to destroy President Donald Trump… he was ultimately unsuccessful. There needs to be accountability. AUSTIN – […]
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 Op-Ed: LETITIA Act Will Hold Politicians Accountable For Fraud
News September 23, 2025 AUSTIN – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) authored the following op-ed in the Washington Examiner highlighting his LETITIA Act, legislation that empowers the Trump administration to hold public officials who commit acts of federal bank fraud, tax fraud, or loan or mortgage fraud accountable: LETITIA Act will hold politicians accountable for fraud […]
Cornyn, Colleagues Introduce Bill to Combat Fentanyl-Laced Pill Production
News September 18, 2025 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX), Jerry Moran (R-KS), John Fetterman (D-PA), Thom Tillis (R-NC), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), and Chris Coons (D-DE) today introduced their Fight Illicit Pill Presses Act, which would help stop the production of counterfeit and fentanyl-laced pills and make it easier for federal law enforcement to […]
Cornyn, Senate GOP Colleagues Introduce Bill to Eliminate D.C. Soft-On-Crime Laws
News Legislation Would Ensure Adults Who Commit Crimes Before the Age of 25 Are Not Prematurely Released September 16, 2025 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX), Ted Budd (R-NC), Lindsey Graham (R-SC), and Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) today introduced the Just Incarceration of Criminal Elements (JUSTICE) in D.C. Act, which would eliminate two Washington, D.C. […]
Cornyn, Patel on Trump’s Whole-of-Government Approach to Combatting Drug Traffickers
News September 16, 2025 CORNYN: ‘Do you think a law enforcement model for dealing with these narcotraffickers is adequate to deal with the threat, or do you think we need to start thinking about this in maybe new and different ways?’ PATEL: ‘In order to eliminate…the drug trade and eliminate the pouring into this country […]
Cornyn Statement on 24th Anniversary of 9/11 Terrorist Attack
News September 11, 2025 WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) released a statement on the anniversary of the terrorist attack on September 11, 2001, and urged the Senate to pass his American Victims of Terrorism Compensation Act (AVTCA), which would provide financial compensation to Americans injured in acts of international state-sponsored terrorism and their families: […]
Cornyn Supports Bills to End Cashless Bail & Keep Violent Criminals Off American Streets
News Legislation is Backed by Trump White House September 8, 2025 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) cosponsored two bills backed by the Trump administration that would keep violent criminals off American streets by ending cashless bail policies that empower criminals to reoffend, including the Ending Cashless Bail in Our Nation’s Capital Act, which […]
On Newsmax, Cornyn Calls Out Democrats for ‘Trump Derangement Syndrome’ & Fraud Allegations
News September 5, 2025 CORNYN: ‘It takes Trump Derangement Syndrome to a whole new level, where instead of agreeing with President Trump… [Democrats] choose the other side – which is less public safety, more crime.’ NEWSMAX: ‘[The LETITIA Act] may give the Trump administration the ability to go even further if people are committing bank, […]
Cornyn Cosponsors Bill to Empower Law Enforcement as POTUS Cracks Down on D.C. Crime
News September 3, 2025 WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) cosponsored the Criminal Law Enforcement and Accountability Now in D.C. (CLEAN DC) Act, which repeals the D.C. Council’s Comprehensive Policing and Justice Reform Amendment Act of 2022 that imposed harmful, sweeping restrictions on law enforcement in Washington, D.C.: “For years, the radical liberals […]
Cornyn, GOP Colleagues Highlight Success of President Trump’s D.C. Crime Crackdown
News September 3, 2025 The nation’s capital has been plagued by out-of-control violent crime for a long time now. Fortunately, President Trump has not only acknowledged this problem, but he’s actually done something about it. This is not just for the benefit of people who happen to work here or residents who live here – […]
Cornyn Celebrates Texas’ New Congressional Map Becoming Law
News August 29, 2025 AUSTIN – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) released the following statement today praising the Texas Legislature for its work and Governor Greg Abbott for signing a new congressional map into law after a group of state legislators had previously fled the state in an attempt to thwart the legislative process: “Today’s enactment […]
Cornyn Calls On DOJ to Investigate Beto O’Rourke, Bankrollers of MIA Texas Legislators for Violating Federal Corruption and Finance Law
News August 13, 2025 AUSTIN – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) sent a letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi calling on the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to investigate potential violations of federal public corruption and election law by Political Action Committees (PACs) – such as Beto O’Rourke’s Powered By People – special interest groups, […]