Cornyn Introduces Bill to Extend National Flood Insurance Program
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) today introduced legislation, the NFIP Extension Act of 2021, to reauthorize the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) through December 3, 2021. The legislation would ensure that the program – currently set to expire this month – does not experience a lapse in authorization, which would have potentially devastating […]
Cornyn Sends Letter to FEMA Asking for Delay on Flood Insurance Rate Hikes
SAN ANTONIO – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) sent a letter today to Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Deanne Criswell asking her to delay the implementation of the new National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) rate-setting plan, Risk Rating 2.0, which could impose new, higher rates on Texans struggling financially from the pandemic without allowing them […]
Stakeholders Back Cornyn Amendment to Allow Unspent COVID Relief Dollars for Infrastructure
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) today announced the endorsements of 24 national organizations for his amendment to make several categories of infrastructure investments eligible for unspent Coronavirus Relief Fund and State and Local Fiscal Recovery Fund dollars. It would also extend the deadline to utilize coronavirus relief funding if budgeted for eligible infrastructure projects. “State and […]
Cornyn Introduces Amendment to Allow State and Local Officials to Use Unspent COVID Relief on Infrastructure
WASHINGTON –U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) today introduced an amendment to make several categories of infrastructure investments eligible for unspent Coronavirus Relief Fund and State and Local Fiscal Recovery Fund dollars. It would also extend the deadline to utilize coronavirus relief funding if budgeted for eligible infrastructure projects. “I have heard from state and local officials […]
Cornyn, Sinema Ask DHS to Lift COVID-19 Travel Restrictions on Ports of Entry
WASHINGTON – Today U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) sent a letter to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas urging him to commit to a timeframe to lift COVID-related travel restrictions on non-essential traffic through land ports of entry (LPOEs). They wrote, “In light of the substantial progress the United States has […]
New Cornyn Bill Eases Federal Reimbursement Process for Extreme Weather Events
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) today introduced the Fixing Infrastructure Damaged by Disasters Act, legislation to expand the authorization of the U.S. Dept. of Transportation’s Emergency Repair Program (ERP) to permit reimbursements to states significantly impacted by major weather events, like this year’s winter freeze. Currently, ERP guidance prevents the Dept. of Transportation from reimbursing states for […]
Cornyn Urges Biden Admin to Allow Reconstruction of Levees in South Texas
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) sent a letter to Dept. of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas urging him to allow the reconstruction of levees along the Rio Grande to protect South Texas from flood damage ahead of hurricane season. The letter follows a video call Sen. Cornyn held with local leaders in Hidalgo County […]
Cornyn Announces Texas Schools Can Provide Free Meals to Students Through Summer with New USDA Extension
WASHINGTON—Today U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) announced the U.S. Department of Agriculture will extend its waiver allowing schools to continue to serve no-cost meals to low-income students during school closures this summer. Sen. Cornyn supported this waiver when he voted for the Families First Coronavirus Response Act last March. The waiver negates the National School Lunch Act requirement that […]
Cornyn Votes Against Wasteful $1.9 Trillion Mislabeled “COVID Relief” Bill
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) released the following statement after voting against the Democrats’ $1.9 trillion spending bill: “Republicans and Democrats worked together last year in a true show of unity to provide roughly $4 trillion in relief across five bipartisan bills. We could have built on that record this year, but instead Democrats put […]
Cornyn Op-Ed: Billions States Don’t Need, Lush Leave for Fed Workers: Dems’ COVID Relief is a Mess
WASHINGTON—In advance of the Senate vote on Democrats’ partisan “COVID relief” bill, U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) authored the following op-ed in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram highlighting all the non-COVID related items on the Democrats’ wish list they included in the bill: Billions States Don’t Need, Lush Leave for Fed Workers: Dems’ COVID Relief is a Mess […]
VIDEO: Cornyn Pledges to Help Texas Recover, Rebuild
WASHINGTON –Today U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) spoke on the Senate floor for the first time following severe winter weather and associated power and water outages in Texas last week . Excerpts of Sen. Cornyn’s remarks are below, and video can be found here. “In times of crisis, there’s no red team and no blue team, and I want […]
Cornyn, Cruz Urge Support for USDA Disaster Declaration for Cameron, Hidalgo, Willacy Counties Amid Agricultural Losses Due to Storms
AUSTIN—U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Ted Cruz (R-TX) today wrote Acting Secretary of Agriculture Kevin Shea in support of Governor Abbott’s federal disaster declaration request for Cameron, Hidalgo, Willacy, and other counties amid significant agricultural production losses due to severe winter storms across the State of Texas: They wrote: “While the state continues to assess […]
Cornyn, Cruz Back Gov. Abbott’s Request for Federal Assistance for Texans Amid Winter Storms and Outages
AUSTIN—U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Ted Cruz (R-TX) today wrote President Biden in support of Governor Abbott’s request that all categories of Public Assistance, all programs of Individual Assistance, and the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program be authorized for all 254 Texas counties amid severe winter storms and associated outages across the State of Texas: […]
Amid Winter Storms, Cornyn, Cruz Urge Biden to Approve Gov. Abbott’s Request for Disaster Declaration
AUSTIN—U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Ted Cruz (R-TX) today wrote President Biden in support of Governor Abbott’s federal disaster declaration request amid severe winter storms across the State of Texas:They wrote: “The Governor and local officials have informed us that the severity and magnitude of the storm is beyond the response capabilities of the […]
Cornyn, Booker Reintroduce Bipartisan Bill to Help Prevent Future Pandemics
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Cory Booker (D-NJ) along with Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC) and Tom Carper (D-DE) today reintroduced their Preventing Future Pandemics Act, a bipartisan bill that would direct the State Department to work with international partners to shut down commercial wildlife markets and stop the associated wildlife trade, end the import, […]