Senator Cornyn

Cornyn, Colleagues’ Resolution Recognizing Red Ribbon Week Passes Senate

News October 30, 2025 WASHINGTON – Today, the Senate passed a resolution from U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Jim Risch (R-ID), Ben Ray Luján (D-NM), Bernie Moreno (R-OH), and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) recognizing Red Ribbon Week, the nation’s largest and longest-running drug-use prevention campaign, from October 23 through October 31, 2025. Text […]

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: National Domestic Violence Hotline to Receive Nearly $19M to Support Survivors

News October 16, 2025 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) released the following statement after the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Family Violence Prevention and Services (OFVPS) and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) announced that the National Domestic Violence Hotline was awarded […]

Cornyn, Colleagues Urge HHS & FDA to Halt Abortion Pill Approval

News October 9, 2025 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) today joined 50 of his Senate Republican colleagues in a letter to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Dr. Martin Makary urging HHS and FDA to reconsider the […]

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 Bills to Combat Fentanyl Crisis Head to President’s Desk

News September 19, 2025 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) released the following statement after his Halting the Epidemic of Addiction and Loss (HEAL) Act, which would expand access to new opioid overdose reversal agents in addition to naloxone by updating guidance and grant language from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services […]

Cornyn, Ossoff Introduce Bill to Support Foster Youth

News Legislation Would Require States to Follow Texas’ Example & Ensure Wellbeing of Children Informally Separated from Parents September 19, 2025 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Jon Ossoff (D-GA) introduced their Hidden Foster Care Transparency Act, which would require states to measure and publicly report on children who have been separated from […]

Cornyn, Moran Introduce Bill to Support Foster Youth

News Legislation Would Require States to Follow Texas’ Example & Ensure Wellbeing of Children Informally Separated from Parents September 19, 2025 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) and Congressman Nathaniel Moran (TX-01) introduced the Hidden Foster Care Transparency Act, which would require states to measure and publicly report on children who have been separated […]

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, Colleagues Introduce Bill to Lower Prescription Drug Costs for Seniors

News September 11, 2025 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX), Jacky Rosen (D-NV), Thom Tillis (R-NC), and Peter Welch (D-VT) today introduced the Share the Savings with Seniors Act, which would lower out-of-pocket prescription drug costs for seniors with chronic health conditions and ensure that the patients most likely to face high out-of-pocket costs […]

Cornyn Pushes to Rescind Biden Rule Promoting Abortion On-Demand at VA Facilities

News September 5, 2025 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) sent a letter with a group of his congressional colleagues to U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins urging him to rescind an unconstitutional Biden-era rule promoting abortion services at VA facilities: The Senators and Representatives wrote: “VA facilities should be empowered to […]

On Fox, Cornyn Recaps Hearing with HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

News September 4, 2025 A lot of the allegations being made against Secretary Kennedy are designed to provoke fear, which is inconsistent with rational discourse. I believe doctors should be able to consult with their patients and make good medical decisions based on the health conditions of that individual. I certainly prefer that to the […]

Cornyn, Whitehouse, Colleagues’ Bill to Equip Law Enforcement with Trauma Kits Passes Senate

News July 29, 2025 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Thom Tillis (R-NC), Chris Coons (D-DE), Mike Rounds (R-SD), and Dick Durbin (D-IL) released the following statements after their Improving Police Critical Aid for Responding to Emergencies (CARE) Act, which would equip law enforcement officers with quality trauma kits so they […]

PHOTO: Cornyn Meets with UTEP President Heather Wilson

News July 22, 2025 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) met today with University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) President Heather Wilson to discuss breaking down barriers to education, supporting UTEP students, and advancing their top-tier academic programs in fields ranging from biological sciences and nursing to education and engineering. See photo below. […]