Cornyn: City of Houston to Receive $175K to Promote Public Safety
News October 17, 2025 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) released the following statement after the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) announced that the City of Houston was awarded a federal grant of $175,000 through the Community Policing Development Microgrants program, which encourages innovative solutions to combat […]
Cornyn: DFW Police Departments to Receive $330K to Promote Public Safety
News October 17, 2025 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) released the following statement after the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) announced that DFW area police departments were awarded federal grants totaling nearly $350,000 through the Community Policing Development Microgrants and Accreditation program, which encourages innovative solutions […]
Cornyn: Central Texas Police Departments to Receive Nearly $600K to Promote Public Safety
News October 17, 2025 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) released the following statement after the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) announced that Central Texas area police departments were awarded federal grants totaling more than half a million dollars through the Community Policing Development Microgrants program, which […]
Cornyn: National Domestic Violence Hotline to Receive Nearly $19M to Support Survivors
News October 16, 2025 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) released the following statement after the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Family Violence Prevention and Services (OFVPS) and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) announced that the National Domestic Violence Hotline was awarded […]
Cornyn Bill to Combat Cartels in Mexico Passes Senate
News October 15, 2025 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) released the following statement after his Partnership for Advancing Regional Training and Narcotics Enforcement Response Strategies (PARTNERS) Act, which would allow the Department of Defense (DoD) to train Mexican military forces in the United States to combat cartels in Mexico, passed the Senate as […]
Cornyn, Intelligence Committee Colleagues’ Bill to Streamline Intelligence Community Acquisition Processes Passes Senate
News October 15, 2025 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX), Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Vice Chairman Mark Warner (D-VA), and Senators James Lankford (R-OK) and Mark Kelly (D-AZ) released the following statements after the Intelligence Community Technology Bridge Act, which would enable the Intelligence Community (IC) to streamline acquisition processes and prioritize small […]
Cornyn, Blumenthal, Colleagues’ Bill to Combat Child Exploitation Passes Senate
News October 14, 2025 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), and Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) released the following statements after their PROTECT Our Children Act, which would reauthorize and modernize the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force Program, passed the Senate as part of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal […]
Cornyn, AG Bondi Discuss National Guard Deployment to Chicago
News October 7, 2025 CORNYN: ‘On what legal basis would a governor or mayor say, “We’re going to deny or prevent a federal law enforcement agent from enforcing federal law?”’ BONDI: ‘There is not one… that’s why right now Director Patel and Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche are on their way to Chicago.’ ‘We’re going […]
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, Coons, Colleagues Introduce Bill to Combat Fentanyl-Laced Pill Production
News September 18, 2025 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX), Chris Coons (D-DE), Jerry Moran (R-KS), John Fetterman (D-PA), Thom Tillis (R-NC), and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) 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. […]