Cornyn Statement on 24th Anniversary of 9/11 Terrorist Attack
News September 11, 2025 WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) released a statement on the anniversary of the terrorist attack on September 11, 2001, and urged the Senate to pass his American Victims of Terrorism Compensation Act (AVTCA), which would provide financial compensation to Americans injured in acts of international state-sponsored terrorism and their families: […]
Cornyn: ‘The Blockade Ends Today’
News September 9, 2025 We will no longer tolerate Democrats’ efforts to blockade President Trump’s nominees and his agenda. I will offer for unanimous consent a bill… that would provide a process to vote for a number of nominees en bloc, or together. I’m optimistic we’re going to be able to confirm a large portion […]
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 Secures Provisions to Reestablish NADBank Water Infrastructure Fund in Appropriations Bill
News Senator’s Language on 1944 Water Treaty Included in Appropriations Bill July 30, 2025 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) today celebrated the inclusion of his provisions on the 1944 Water Treaty in the Senate Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill for Fiscal Year 2026 to reestablish the North American Development Bank (NADBank)’s Water […]
Cornyn Blasts Democrats for Slow-Walking Trump Nominees, Undermining American People
News July 30, 2025 Senate Democrats have allowed voice votes or given unanimous consent on exactly zero of President Trump’s civilian nominees. Senate Democrats’ partisan obstruction is making our country less safe. If our Democratic colleagues do not relent on this needless and mindless obstruction, Senate Republicans will have to consider what additional steps we […]
Cornyn, Cruz Bill to Make Jocelyn Nungaray National Wildlife Refuge Signed Into Law
News Cornyn Joined Pres. Trump at the White House for Signing Ceremony July 24, 2025 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Ted Cruz (R-TX) released the following statements after their Jocelyn Nungaray National Wildlife Refuge Act, which codifies President Trump’s Executive Order renaming the Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge near Houston, Texas, to the […]
Cornyn, Graham Call for Special Counsel to Investigate Obama Administration’s Role in Russia Collusion Hoax
News July 24, 2025 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC), both senior members of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today called on U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi to appoint a special counsel to investigate the Obama administration’s involvement in the Russia collusion hoax: “For the good of the country, we urge […]
Cornyn, GOP Colleagues Introduce Bill to Hold Illegal Alien Murderers Accountable
News Legislation Would Allow Federal Prosecution of Illegal Immigrants Who Murder Americans July 23, 2025 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX), Jim Justice (R-WV), Katie Britt (R-AL), Ted Budd (R-NC), and Tim Scott (R-SC) today introduced the Justice for Victims of Illegal Alien Murders Act, which would create a new federal offense for an […]
Cornyn, Luttrell Join Forces to Hold Illegal Alien Murderers Accountable
News July 23, 2025 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) today introduced in the Senate the Justice for Victims of Illegal Alien Murders Act, legislation from U.S. Congressman Morgan Luttrell (TX-08) that would create a new federal offense for an illegal alien or deportable alien who commits murder in the United States, as Rep. […]
Cornyn Slams Democrats for Fearmongering About ICE Deporting Criminal Aliens
News July 23, 2025 These families and victims would never have had to suffer such devastating loss were it not for the criminal aliens who never should have been here in the United States in the first place. Our Democratic colleagues…would rather society, and the media, and the Congress turn a blind eye to these […]
Cornyn Chairs Biden Border Betrayal Hearing, Calls for ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Facility in Texas
News July 22, 2025 The State of Florida has stepped up to the plate recently, helping the administration to open a detention facility that’s come to be known as Alligator Alcatraz. If we could find a way to make something like [Alligator Alcatraz] work in Texas, I would strongly support it. We’re here today to […]
Cornyn Throws Down the Gauntlet on Outbound Investment to Counter China
News July 21, 2025 U.S. companies are spending billions of dollars in China, investing in Chinese companies, particularly those involved in critical technologies like quantum computing and Artificial Intelligence. I’ve been raising alarm bells for a number of years now and working toward a solution to this critical, strategic concern… I’m not going to give […]
Cornyn Cosponsors Bill to Label Muslim Brotherhood a Foreign Terrorist Organization
News July 21, 2025 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) cosponsored the Muslim Brotherhood Terrorist Designation Act, which would direct the U.S. Secretary of State to designate the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist group: “Hamas – who is responsible for the mass murder of more than 1,200 civilians in the brutal attack against Israel […]
Cornyn Statement on Senate Passage of Trump Rescissions Package
News Will Codify DOGE Cuts to Rein in Waste, Fraud, and Abuse July 17, 2025 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX), founding member of the Senate DOGE Caucus, released the following statement after the Senate passed President Trump’s rescissions package, which will codify the Department of Government Efficiency’s (DOGE) cuts to rein in frivolous spending […]
Cornyn-Supported HALT Fentanyl Act Signed into Law
News July 16, 2025 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) released the following statement after President Trump signed the Halt All Lethal Trafficking of (HALT) Fentanyl Act, which will help keep this deadly drug off of Texas’ streets by permanently classifying fentanyl-related substances as Schedule I, into law: “This legislation is essential to stopping […]