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 […]
Cornyn: Del Valle ISD to Receive $1M 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 Del Valle Independent School District was awarded a federal grant of $1,151,269 through the Mental Health Service Professional (MHSP) Demonstration Grant Program, which helps recruit, train, and employ mental health service providers in schools to address the […]
Cornyn, Smith, Colleagues Introduce Ensuring Excellence in Mental Health Act
News December 9, 2025 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX), Tina Smith (D-MN), Thom Tillis (R-NC), and Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) today introduced the Ensuring Excellence in Mental Health Act, which would improve access to Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics (CCBHCs) by establishing a formal funding structure and allowing for coverage of the services […]
Cornyn, Pfluger, Colleagues Urge CMS to Prioritize Funding for Texas from Rural Health Transformation Program
News December 8, 2025 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) and Congressman August Pfluger (TX-11) led a letter with members of the Texas congressional delegation to Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Dr. Mehmet Oz, urging him to prioritize funding from the Working Families Tax Cuts’ $50 billion Rural Health […]
Cornyn Bills to Combat Fentanyl Crisis Signed into Law
News December 2, 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 Calls on Senate Appropriators to Prevent Taxpayer-Funded Abortions, Maintain Hyde Protections in FY26 Funding Process
News Hyde Amendment Protections Have Saved More Than Two Million Lives & Must Continue November 25, 2025 AUSTIN – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) sent a letter to Senators Susan Collins (R-ME), Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Chair of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, […]
Cornyn Urges Olympic Committee to Finalize Ban on Men Competing in Women’s Sports
News November 24, 2025 AUSTIN – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) today sent a letter to the newly elected President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Kirsty Coventry, urging the IOC to finalize and implement a ban on biological males competing in female categories at the Olympic Games to ensure fairness, safety, and integrity in […]
Cornyn, Colleagues Introduce Bill to Protect Medical Residents from Coercive Abortion Training
News November 24, 2025 AUSTIN – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX), along with Senator James Lankford (R-OK) and a group of their Senate GOP colleagues, introduced the Conscience Protections for Medical Residents Act, which would ensure medical students and residents are never pressured or coerced into abortion training that violates their moral or religious beliefs […]