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Cornyn, Whitehouse, Colleagues Introduce Bill to Equip Law Enforcement with Trauma Kits

News WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Thom Tillis (R-NC), Chris Coons (D-DE), Mike Rounds (R-SD), and Dick Durbin (D-IL) introduced the Improving Police Critical Aid for Responding to Emergencies (CARE) Act, which would equip law enforcement officers with quality trauma kits so they can respond immediately if a civilian or […]

Cornyn Meets with DEA Administrator Nominee Terry Cole

News WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX), who serves as chair of the U.S. Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control for the 119th Congress, made the following remarks to media after meeting with Terry Cole, whom President Trump has nominated to serve as Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA): “The single biggest challenge DEA […]

Cornyn, Colleagues Introduce Senate Resolution Recognizing April as National Child Abuse Prevention Month

News WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Maggie Hassan (D-NH), and John Hickenlooper (D-CO) today introduced a Senate resolution expressing support for designating April as National Child Abuse Prevention Month. This resolution is endorsed by more than 20 national and state organizations, including Prevent Child Abuse America, […]

Cornyn, Cortez Masto Introduce Bill to Aid Law Enforcement with Brain Injuries

News WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) today introduced their Public Safety Officer Concussion and Traumatic Brain Injury Health Act, which would increase awareness of concussions and brain injuries among public safety officers: “Law enforcement officers do not shy away from danger and risk their own health and safety […]

Cornyn, Booker, Nehls, Dean Introduce Bill to Help Law Enforcement Better Prosecute Child Abusers

News WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Representatives Troy Nehls (TX-22) and Madeleine Dean (PA-04) today introduced the 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: “Perpetrators who attack our children […]

Cornyn Calls on FIFA to Take Steps to Prevent Human Trafficking at the World Cup

News WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) and 16 of his Senate colleagues sent a letter to officials at the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) urging the organization to ensure they are working to prevent human trafficking before, during, and after the 2026 World Cup and requesting that FIFA share information about […]

Cornyn Calls on FIFA to Take Steps to Prevent Human Trafficking at the World Cup

News WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) and 16 of his Senate colleagues sent a letter to officials at the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) urging the organization to ensure they are working to prevent human trafficking before, during, and after the 2026 World Cup and requesting that FIFA share information about […]

Cornyn Slams Tesla Attacks, Crockett’s Rhetoric Against Fellow Texans

News Placing bombs and lighting cars on fire is not an appropriate means of expressing dissenting views. I was disappointed to see one of my fellow Texans in our congressional delegation go so far as to condone these kind of activities. This is a disturbing trend in political rhetoric, one that has turned to violence. […]

Cornyn on Democrats’ Tesla Attacks: ‘Trump Derangement Syndrome’

News [Democrats] are unteachable, and certainly they didn’t learn anything from the election on November 5th, when their party… was rejected by the American people. I would prefer that they would engage constructively and try to work together with us to try to solve some of these problems, rather than just lose their mind and […]

VIDEO: Cornyn Votes for Fentanyl Bill, Slams Dems’ Delay Tactics

News The longer we delay in the permanent scheduling of these fentanyl-related substances, the more people are simply just going to die. AUSTIN – Yesterday in the Senate Judiciary Committee, U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) scorched Democrats for slow-walking consideration of the Halt Lethal Trafficking (HALT) Fentanyl Act, which would permanently classify fentanyl-related substances as Schedule […]

Cornyn Votes to Confirm Kash Patel for FBI Director

News WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) released the following statement after Kash Patel was confirmed as Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI): “Kash Patel is a patriot who exemplifies the American dream. He understands that the rule of law is what makes America an exceptional nation, which is a stark contrast […]

Cornyn: Bondi & Patel Will Restore Trust in Our Justice System

News My goal for the Department of Justice and the FBI is to restore the nonpartisan functioning of our country’s chief law enforcement agencies. President Trump’s Attorney General will have a chance to turn the page from Merrick Garland’s failures by reversing the partisan hackery that has been a part and parcel of President Biden’s […]

Cornyn, Blumenthal, Colleagues Introduce Bill to Combat Child Exploitation

News WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Josh Hawley (R-MO), and Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) and Representatives Jeff Van Drew (NJ-02), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-25), Nathaniel Moran (TX-01), and Jared Moskowitz (FL-23) today introduced the PROTECT Our Children Act, which would reauthorize and modernize the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force Program: […]