Sen. Cornyn Urges President Trump to Address Payment Limits for Farmers and Ranchers
WASHINGTON— Today U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) and 27 of his Senate colleagues sent a bipartisan letter to President Trump urging him to eliminate payment limits for livestock, dairy and specialty crop producers in the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP). They wrote: “The COVID-19 crisis has caused unprecedented damage to the livestock, dairy and specialty crop industries. […]
Cornyn, GOP Colleagues Urge Against Release of Violent Criminals
WASHINGTON— Today U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) led a letter with 27 of his Senate Republican colleagues in support of Attorney General William Barr’s efforts to prioritize public safety as the Department of Justice seeks to address the consequences of the coronavirus in federal prisons. They wrote: “We understand that BOP is responding to address the impact […]
Cornyn Supports Senate Replenishing Small Business Loan Funding, Resources for Healthcare Workers & Testing
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) released the following statement after the Senate passed the Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act today: “The first and most important thing we should do is defeat this virus, and then we need to get our economy back on track so people can go back to work,” said Sen. Cornyn. “We knew […]
Cornyn Discusses Reopening of Texas, Falling Oil Prices, Democrats Blocking Small Business Loan Program Funding
The first and most important thing we can do is defeat this virus, and then we need to get our economy back on track so people can go back to work. Speaker Pelosi and Senator Schumer seem just oblivious to the real need, and the pain being felt out there, and the jobs and businesses […]
Cornyn Calls for SBA to Continue Accepting Paycheck Protection Program Applications
WASHINGTON– U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) today sent a letter to the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) requesting that lenders be permitted to submit applications for the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) despite the program’s funding lapse. Enabling lenders to continue processing applications would help alleviate the already developing backlog that will be problematic for SBA […]
Cornyn, Colleagues Ask FAA to Prevent CARES Act Funding from Benefiting Chinese State-Sponsored Businesses
WASHINGTON— U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX), along with Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Gary Peters (D-MI), sent a letter today to Administrator Stephen Dickson of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) asking him to prevent any of the $10 billion for airport infrastructure improvement passed in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act to be used for […]
Cornyn Statement on Democrats Again Blocking Funding for Small Business Loan Program
**Downloadable audio of this statement is available here.** WASHINGTON –U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) today released the following statement after Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-NY) and Senate Democrats blocked a second effort by Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) to pass additional funding for the small business Paycheck Protection Program, which shut down today due to a lack […]
Cornyn Op-Ed: More Funding Needed to Protect Paychecks in Pandemic
From San Antonio to El Paso, Longview to the Panhandle, and down to Laredo, small businesses have told me about the challenges they’re up against. They’ve been forced to make tough decisions about the future of their businesses and the livelihood of their employees. Senate Democrats blocked additional funding for this job-saving program because it […]
Cornyn on Democrats Blocking Small Business Rescue Funding
Very soon this fund, which has been a lifeline to Texas small businesses, will run out. Allowing this fund to run dry and letting countless small businesses fail would be one of the most unconscionable things Senator Schumer and Democrats could do. WASHINGTON –U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) today issued the following statement after Minority Leader […]
Cornyn Calls on Schumer to Drop Threat to Block Small Business Rescue Funding
WASHINGTON –U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) today issued the following statement after Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-NY) and Speaker Nancy Pelosi threatened to block an effort by Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to quickly pass additional funding for the small business rescue loan program: “Senate Democrats should drop their shameful threat to block this funding immediately. Our small businesses […]
Cornyn Supports Legislation to Fund $3B in Crude Purchase for SPR
WASHINGTON –U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) announced today that he will cosponsor forthcoming legislation to provide $3 billion in funding to purchase crude oil produced in the United States for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR). Text of the legislation is available here. This bill will be introduced in the House by Representatives Michael Burgess (TX-26), Lizzie Fletcher […]
Texans Helping Texans
During tough times like these, I’m always inspired by the generosity some of my fellow Texans. Just like we saw in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey, people are coming together to help their neighbors and friends weather this virus. Right now, when extending a physical hand is one of the worst things you can do, […]
Cornyn: Coronavirus Crisis Not A Time to Push Partisan Agenda
Historically, [Speaker Pelosi] knows we’ve always pulled together as a country… Unfortunately, we’re beginning to see some of that national unity erode here in the instance of hyper-partisanship. I think it’s a shame. We need to respond as a nation, as we always have, unified, to a national emergency. We shouldn’t look at this as […]
Cornyn Op-Ed: Congress is Providing Serious Relief for Families and Small Businesses
Amid all this uncertainty, one thing is abundantly clear: There’s no time for politics as usual. Each of these bills received broad bipartisan support in both the Senate and House, and each was quickly signed by the president. I’m proud to have joined both Republicans and Democrats in swiftly passing these bills to bolster our […]
Cornyn: Texas to Receive $237M Federal Grant for COVID-19 Response
WASHINGTON – The Texas Division of Emergency Management (TDEM) will receive a $236,756,360.44 federal grant to aid its response to the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) announced today. The funding comes from the Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) through the Robert T. Stafford Act, which grants authority for the federal […]