Cornyn, Colleagues Introduce Bill to Vet Unaccompanied Alien Children & Prevent Placement of UACs with Criminal Sponsors
News Kayla Hamilton Act Would Require Vetting of UACs and Ensure They Are Not Placed with Criminal or Illegal Alien Sponsors October 23, 2025 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX), Ted Cruz (R-TX), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Katie Britt (R-AL), Bill Cassidy (R-LA), Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), and Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) today introduced the Kayla Hamilton […]
Cornyn Chairs Drug Caucus Hearing on Hezbollah’s Drug Trafficking in Latin America
News October 21, 2025 Hezbollah’s illicit activities in the Tri-Border region have included oil smuggling, money laundering, black market money exchange, counterfeiting, and illegal weapons procurement. President Trump’s brave decision to strike Iranian nuclear sites in Operation Midnight Hammer could dry up a key source of funding for Hezbollah. Hezbollah may seek to further expand […]
Cornyn, Colleagues’ Bill to Prevent Foreign Adversaries from Influencing U.S. Policy Passes Senate
News October 15, 2025 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Jim Risch (R-ID), and Thom Tillis (R-NC) released the following statements after their Preventing Adversary Influence, Disinformation and Obscured Foreign Financing (PAID OFF) Act, which would help close Foreign Agents Registration Act loopholes that allow unregistered agents of foreign adversaries to […]
Cornyn on Gaza Peace Deal: ‘Extraordinary’ Leadership by Pres. Trump
News October 15, 2025 I can’t think of a single President who… could have accomplished something like this before, but Trump has. For this conflict to be truly over, each and every one of the conditions laid out in President Trump’s 20-point peace deal must be implemented by both sides. If President Trump is successful […]
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, Kelly Bill to Enhance U.S.-Mexico Counternarcotics Efforts Passes Senate
News October 14, 2025 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Mark Kelly (D-AZ) released the following statements after the Counternarcotics Enhancement Act, which would direct the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) to submit to Congress an action plan to enhance counternarcotics collaboration, coordination, and cooperation between the U.S. and Mexico, passed the Senate […]
What the Defense Bill Means for Texas
News Cornyn Secures Key Provisions in NDAA for Fiscal Year 2026 October 10, 2025 WASHINGTON – Yesterday evening, the Senate passed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2026, which includes multiple wins for Texas and legislation authored by U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) that will benefit Texas service members and military installations, […]
Cornyn, Cortez Masto, Colleagues’ Outbound Investment Legislation to Counter China Passes Senate
News Would Prohibit and Require Notification of U.S. Investments in Certain Technologies in China October 10, 2025 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), Dan Sullivan (R-AK), Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Pete Ricketts (R-NE), Andy Kim (D-NJ), Dave McCormick (R-PA), and Michael Bennet (D-CO), along with Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs […]
Cornyn Cosponsors Resolution Marking Second Anniversary of Hamas’ Attack on Israel
News October 7, 2025 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Joni Ernst (R-IA), along with all of their Senate GOP colleagues and Senator John Fetterman (D-PA), today introduced a Senate Resolution condemning the brutal Hamas-led terrorist attack on the State of Israel two years ago and calling for the release of all remaining […]
Cornyn on Second Anniversary of Hamas’ Attack on Israel
News October 7, 2025 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) released the following statement marking the two-year anniversary of Hamas’ unprovoked attack on Israel and calling for the return of all hostages, including Americans, being held by Hamas: “Two years ago, we witnessed evil in its purest form as Hamas terrorists launched an unprovoked […]
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, Padilla Introduce Bill to Protect Americans from Russian Lawfare
News September 30, 2025 WASHINGTON –U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Alex Padilla (D-CA) introduced the Protecting Americans from Russian Litigation Act, which would protect American companies who have been unfairly targeted in foreign jurisdictions, particularly Russian courts, for their good faith compliance with U.S. sanctions and export controls following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine: “American […]
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, Cruz File Amicus Brief in Support of Texas’ New Congressional Map
News September 18, 2025 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Ted Cruz (R-TX) filed an amicus brief in the case of the League of United Latin American Citizens v. Texas in support of the State of Texas, not federal courts, having the authority to draw congressional district maps as granted by the Constitution. […]
Cornyn Chairs Hearing on Biden’s Endangering of Unaccompanied Migrant Children
News September 17, 2025 The Biden administration prioritized the release of thousands of migrant children without doing background checks…or without conducting mandatory home studies. This issue highlights the way that our Democratic colleagues have pushed to skirt the formal process for releasing unaccompanied minors, in order to minimize the chances of any person who’s come […]