PHOTO: Cornyn Meets with UT Tyler President
News January 14, 2026 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) today met with The University of Texas at Tyler’s (UT Tyler) President Dr. Julie Philley to discuss how the Rural Health Transformation (RHT) Program that is part of the Cornyn-backed Working Families Tax Cuts Act will benefit the rural communities that UT Health East […]
Cornyn, Colleagues Introduce Stop Fraud by SOMALIA Act to Address Child Care Fraud
News Legislation Would Hold Phony Child Care Providers Accountable, Ensure Non-Citizen Fraudsters Are Deported January 14, 2026 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX), John Kennedy (R-LA), Rick Scott (R-FL), Tommy Tuberville (R-AL), and Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) today introduced the Stop Fraud by Strengthening Oversight and More Accountability for Lying and Illegal Activity (Stop Fraud […]
Cornyn, Senate GOP Blast Tim Walz for Abuse of Taxpayer Dollars, Demand Accountability for Minnesota Fraud
News January 9, 2026 AUSTIN – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) and the entire Senate Republican Conference sent a letter led by Senator Bill Cassidy (R-LA), chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, demanding accountability from outgoing Minnesota Governor Tim Walz amid widespread reports of fraud and abuse of federal child care funding in Minnesota. This letter builds on Sen. Cornyn’s recently introduced […]
Cornyn Announces More Than $66M in Federal Funds Returned to Constituents in 2025
News January 8, 2026 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) today announced that $66,304,000 in federal funds, including U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs benefits, payment assistance to active duty military and military retirees, Internal Revenue Service tax refunds, Social Security checks, Federal Emergency Management Agency assistance, and more, were returned to Texas constituents in […]
Cornyn Highlights Bills Signed into Law in 2025
News January 5, 2026 AUSTIN – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) released the following statement after multiple bills he introduced were signed into law by President Trump during the first year of the 119th Congress: “As we reflect on the first half of the 119th Congress, I’m proud to see several of my bills prioritizing […]
Cornyn Announces $281 Million for Texas from New Rural Health Transformation Program
News December 29, 2025 AUSTIN – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) released the following statement announcing that the Trump administration has allocated $281,319,361 for Texas from the Rural Health Transformation (RHT) Program, which Sen. Cornyn supported as part of the Working Families Tax Cuts: “I was proud to vote to create the new Rural Health […]
Cornyn, Kelly Bill to Enhance U.S.-Mexico Counternarcotics Efforts Signed into Law
News December 22, 2025 AUSTIN – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Mark Kelly (D-AZ) released the following statements after their Counternarcotics Enhancement Act, which will require elements of the Intelligence Community to assess any direct relationship with an element of the Government of Mexico, develop a strategy to enhance counternarcotics efforts, and make recommendations […]
Cornyn Touts Working Families Tax Cuts: Will Make ‘Life More Affordable’ for Texans
News December 17, 2025 In November, the American people delivered a clear message that the Biden administration, who presided over 40-year high inflation, was taking the country in the wrong direction. This legislation will help Americans keep more of what they earn by lowering taxes across the board. Republicans have delivered an important first step […]
Cornyn-Supported Defense Bill Passes Senate
News Cornyn Secures Key Provisions in NDAA for Fiscal Year 2026 December 17, 2025 WASHINGTON – Today, 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, as […]
Cornyn Bill to Vet Unaccompanied Alien Children & Prevent Placement of UACs with Criminal Sponsors Passes House
News Kayla Hamilton Act Would Require Vetting of UACs and Ensure They Are Not Placed with Criminal or Illegal Alien Sponsors December 16, 2025 WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) released the following statement after his Kayla Hamilton Act, which would require the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to conduct thorough […]
On Fox, Cornyn Praises Trump Admin’s Venezuela Boat Strikes, Condemns Rise in Antisemitism, Slams Dems’ Unaffordable Care Act
News December 16, 2025 Secretary Rubio, Secretary Hegseth, and others did a good job of explaining the careful planning that went into these strikes and the legal justification, which is consistent…with other previous interventions by other administrations in the region. Cocaine, fentanyl, these are weapons of mass destruction being trafficked by designated terrorist organizations…I’m glad […]
Cornyn Sounds Alarm to HHS on California Company’s Embryonic Gene-Editing Technology
News December 16, 2025 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. raising concerns over reports of the gene-editing company Preventive working on technology that would allow them to create a child born from a gene-edited embryo, raising […]
Cornyn, Carter, Colleagues Call For Investigation into Mishandling of Army Physician Allegations
News December 15, 2025 WASHINGTON – Last week, U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) and Congressman John Carter (TX-31) led a letter calling for the Department of the Army Inspector General and the Department of War Inspector General to conduct independent investigations into the mishandling of allegations of sexual misconduct involving Major Blaine McGraw and requesting […]
Cornyn: San Antonio Schools to Receive More Than $600K to Boost Evidence-Backed Mental Health Services for Students
News December 15, 2025 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) released the following statement after the U.S. Department of Education announced that Education Service Center, Region 20, which covers Bexar County and surrounding areas, was awarded a federal grant of $647,156 through the Mental Health Service Professional (MHSP) Demonstration Grant Program, which helps recruit, train, and employ mental […]
Cornyn: Region One to Receive Nearly $2M to Boost Evidence-Backed Mental Health Services for Students
News December 15, 2025 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) released the following statement after the U.S. Department of Education announced that Region One Education Service Center was awarded a federal grant of $1,198,055 through the Mental Health Service Professional (MHSP) Demonstration Grant Program, which helps recruit, train, and employ mental health service providers in schools to address […]