Cornyn Questions Witnesses on Potential Crimes in Biden Health Cover-up
News June 18, 2025 Sen. Cornyn: ‘Some have suggested that there may be potential crimes committed by members of the Cabinet for failing to act.’’ ‘Do you think there’s any application of any of those criminal statutes to the circumstances of the Biden presidency and his incapacity?’ Theodore Wold: ‘The idea that members of the […]
Cornyn Delivers Opening Statement at Biden Health Cover-Up Hearing
News June 18, 2025 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) today delivered the following opening remarks during the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing he co-chaired, “Unfit to Serve: How the Biden Cover-Up Endangered America and Undermined the Constitution.” Excerpts are below, and video can be found here. “Last June, the American public saw with their own […]
Cornyn Previews Judiciary Hearing on Biden Cognitive Decline Cover-Up
News June 17, 2025 One of the aims of the hearing will be shining a light on what exactly went on at the White House during the Biden administration. Whoever happened to be making those decisions and carrying out the duties of the Office of President was not somebody who was authorized by the Constitution […]
Cornyn Highlights Tax Priorities in Senate’s One Big Beautiful Bill
News June 16, 2025 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) today released the following statement on his tax priorities included in the Senate Finance Committee’s legislative text for the Senate’s version of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act: “The One Big Beautiful Bill presents a once-in-a-generation opportunity for Congress to bend the spending curve, […]
Cornyn Praises Second Amendment Provisions Included in Senate’s ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’
News June 16, 2025 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) released the following statement after provisions he has championed to deregulate firearms suppressors as well as provisions that mirror the Stop Harassing Owners of Rifles Today (SHORT) Act to deregulate Short Barreled Rifles (SBR) and Short Barreled Shotguns (SBS) were included in the Senate […]
Cornyn Provision Banning Taxpayer Funding of ‘Gender Transition’ Surgeries Included in Senate’s Big Beautiful Bill
News June 16, 2025 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) released the following statement after his Stop Funding Genital Mutilation Act, a bill that would prohibit federal funding from Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) from going towards gender transition procedures at any age, was included in the Senate Finance Committee’s legislative […]
Cornyn, Lankford Introduce Bill to Stop Funding ‘Gender Transition’ Procedures
News June 10, 2025 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and James Lankford (R-OK) today introduced the Stop Funding Genital Mutilation Act, which would prohibit federal funding from Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) from going towards gender transition procedures at any age: “Texas taxpayers should not be forced to foot the bill […]
PHOTO: Cornyn Meets with UT San Antonio President
News WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) met yesterday with University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) President Taylor Eighmy and other system leaders to discuss their leading academic programs, merger with UT Health Science Center at San Antonio, and their research efforts in hypersonics. See photo below. This image is in the public […]
Cornyn, Colleagues Introduce Bill to Make the Feral Swine Eradication Program Permanent
News WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX), Ben Ray Luján (D-NM), Tommy Tuberville (R-AL), Raphael Warnock (D-GA), Katie Britt (R-AL), and Jon Ossoff (D-GA) today introduced the Feral Swine Eradication Act, which would extend and make permanent a pilot program to safeguard public health, agriculture, and local ecosystems against the threat of feral swine: […]
Cornyn, Blumenthal, Grassley, Durbin Introduce Bill to Spur Drug Pricing Competition
News Legislation Would Deter Product Hopping to Make Drugs More Affordable WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), and Dick Durbin (D-IL) introduced the Drug Competition Enhancement Act, which would spur generic and biosimilar marketplace competition by prohibiting branded drug manufacturers from engaging in “product hopping” to help lower […]
Cornyn, Blumenthal, Grassley, Durbin Introduce Bill to Lower Drug Costs
News Legislation Would Crack Down on Patent System Abuse WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), and Dick Durbin (D-IL) introduced the Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act, which would help lower drug prices by preventing bad actors in the pharmaceutical industry from deliberately abusing the patent system: “Patent thickets […]
Cornyn, Hassan, Colleagues Introduce Bill to Ensure Veterans’ Access to High-Quality Mental Health Care
News WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX), Maggie Hassan (D-NH), Michael Bennet (D-CO), Bill Cassidy (R-LA), Susan Collins (R-ME), and Gary Peters (D–MI) today introduced the Veterans Mental Health and Addiction Therapy Quality of Care Act, which would require an independent organization outside of the government to conduct a study to assess the quality […]
Cornyn Votes to Confirm Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for HHS Secretary
News WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) released the following statement after Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was confirmed as Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS): “As HHS Secretary, RFK Jr. will lead with a fresh perspective and renewed focus on the physical and mental health of Texans and all […]
Cornyn Questions HHS Secretary Nominee RFK Jr. in Confirmation Hearing
News CORNYN: ‘The previous administration took the position that it was not the federal government’s responsibility once these children were placed with these sponsors.’ ‘I look forward to working with you to find those children and to make sure that they’re not being abused.’ KENNEDY: ‘It is a plight on America’s moral authority, and we […]
Cornyn Introduces Texan Scott Turner as ‘Eminently Qualified’ to be HUD Secretary
News Scott is a fourth-generation Texan. That’s a big deal in Texas. He’s an accomplished leader and dedicated public servant… He’s also an active member in his community. His business acumen, his experience in government, especially with the first Trump administration, and his demonstrated ability to use housing and development to create brighter prospects for […]