Cornyn Sounds Alarm on SNAP Funding Cliff as 3.5 Million Texans Stand to Lose Benefits Because of Schumer Shutdown
News October 30, 2025 I’ve been hearing from food banks in Texas…they will require a 50% increase in food supplies next month in order to keep up with the increased demand from people who aren’t getting paid and…people who are being denied this basic assistance. What will Senate Democrats tell families who haven’t been paid…when […]
Cornyn, Cortez Masto Introduce HUD Transparency Act to Combat Waste, Fraud, and Abuse
News October 28, 2025 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) today introduced the HUD Transparency Act, which would target waste, fraud, and abuse at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) by requiring the agency’s Inspector General (IG) to testify annually before Congress: “By requiring HUD’s Inspector […]
Cornyn Cosponsors Bill to Fund SNAP Benefits for Texas Families
News October 28, 2025 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) cosponsored the Keep SNAP Funded Act, which would appropriate full, necessary funding to provide uninterrupted Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits to 3.5 million Texans during the current lapse in appropriations for the U.S. Department of Agriculture, retroactive to the start of the shutdown: “Senate […]
Cornyn on Democrats Using Texas Airports, Air Traffic Controllers as Leverage in Schumer Shutdown
News October 28, 2025 The fact that Democrats are once again knifing the heart of this critical industry with their manufactured government shutdown should disgust all Texans. As we approach the holiday travel season, Democrats must reverse course and vote to pass the short-term government funding bill. WASHINGTON – On the first day that air […]
Cornyn: Texans Losing Access to Food Assistance, Telehealth due to the Schumer Shutdown
News October 20, 2025 Senate Democrats are literally taking food from the mouths of hungry children. Imagine the devastation of having a loved one suffer from late-stage cancer and knowing that this person is missing out on access to health care because of the Schumer Shutdown. I hope that the cries of those children who […]
PHOTO: Cornyn Meets with National Sorghum Producers
News October 8, 2025 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) met today with National Sorghum Producers leadership to discuss increasing market access for Texas producers and boosting sorghum exports. The Lone Star State is the second largest producer of sorghum in the United States and generates more than $400 million annually for the Texas […]
Cornyn Calls Attention to the Devastating Impact of the Schumer Shutdown on Texas
News October 6, 2025 Since Texas is obviously one of the largest states in the country, it will suffer an outsized impact. Texas has 15 active-duty military installations, where personnel are required to continue reporting for duty throughout the shutdown. These active duty personnel will not be paid again until a final funding deal is […]
Cornyn Factchecks the Left on Democrats’ Shutdown Claims
News October 3, 2025 The blame for this government shutdown lies squarely on the Senate Democrats’ shoulders. This shutdown is obviously not about health care if they’re actually making health care worse by shutting down government. To hold this short-term, stopgap spending bill hostage is really unconscionable. WASHINGTON – Today on the floor, U.S. Senator […]
Cornyn Statement on Senate Democrats Shutting Down the Federal Government
News September 30, 2025 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) released the following statement after Senate Democrats, led by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), once again voted against the clean short-term government funding bill passed by the House of Representatives, ensuring the federal government will shut down today at 12:01AM ET: “Senate Democrats’ […]
Cornyn on Shooting at Dallas ICE Facility, Schumer Shutdown
News September 29, 2025 The radical base of the Democratic party seems to be at war with the men and women who actually enforce our laws. [Schumer would] rather shut down the government than work across the aisle for the benefit of the American people. If Democrats continue to head down this path of violence […]
PHOTO: Cornyn Meets with Brownsville Chamber of Commerce
News September 11, 2025 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) met yesterday with members of the Brownsville Chamber of Commerce, including Mayor John Cowen, to discuss the growing space economy in South Texas, benefits of the One Big Beautiful Bill for small businesses and Texas families, and water infrastructure funding for our vibrant border […]
Cornyn, GOP Colleagues Introduce LETITIA Act to Hold Corrupt Public Officials Accountable
News Would Give Trump Admin New Tools to Target Those Who Commit Bank, Tax, Loan, or Mortgage Fraud August 4, 2025 AUSTIN – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX), Deb Fischer (R-NE), Steve Daines (R-MT), John Kennedy (R-LA), Roger Wicker (R-MS), Ted Budd (R-NC), and Pete Ricketts (R-NE) introduced the Law Enforcement Tools to Interdict Troubling […]
Cornyn, Colleagues Introduce Bill to Enact Consequences of a Chinese Armed Attack Against Taiwan
News August 4, 2025 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX), Chris Coons (D-DE), Bill Cassidy (R-LA), and Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) introduced the No Tax Treaties for Foreign Aggressors Act, which would require the U.S. Department of the Treasury to terminate the U.S.-China Tax Treaty within 30 days of a Presidential determination that China […]
Cornyn Meets with The LIBRE Initiative
News July 16, 2025 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) met yesterday with The LIBRE Initiative President Daniel Garza and LIBRE Texas leaders to discuss the benefits of the One Big Beautiful Bill, which prevents hardworking Texans from facing the largest tax hike in American history, supports small businesses, promotes job growth, and bolsters […]
Cornyn, Cruz Provision to Bring Space Shuttle Discovery to Houston Signed Into Law in One Big Beautiful Bill
News July 15, 2025 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Ted Cruz (R-TX) released the following statements on their provision to consider moving the Space Shuttle Discovery from Virginia to its rightful home near the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) Johnson Space Center (JSC) in Houston getting signed into law by President Trump […]