Cornyn Touts Border Security Priorities in Senate’s One Big Beautiful Bill
News June 13, 2025 AUSTIN – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) today released the following statement on the border security funding included in the Senate Judiciary Committee’s legislative text for the Senate’s version of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act: “The Senate’s One Big Beautiful Bill will reverse Biden’s disastrous, manmade crisis at our southern border […]
Cornyn Texas Border Security Reimbursement Provision Included in Senate’s One Big Beautiful Bill
News WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) released the following statement after the Senate Committee on the Judiciary and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs released their legislative text for the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which includes provisions he authored that would provide $13.5 billion in funding to reimburse states like […]
Cornyn Op-Ed: Congress Must Reimburse Texas for President Biden’s Border Security Malpractice
News WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) authored the following op-ed on FoxNews.com calling out former President Biden’s failure to secure the southern border and detailing his top reconciliation priority: ensuring the federal government reimburses Texas for the billions it spent on Operation Lone Star when Joe Biden refused to do so. Congress Must Reimburse […]
Cornyn Provision for Texas Border Security Reimbursement Included in House ‘One Big Beautiful Bill Act’
News WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) released the following statement after the U.S. House of Representatives passed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which includes $12 billion in funding to reimburse states like Texas for stepping up during the Biden administration to secure the border due to President Biden’s dereliction of duty: “The […]
Cornyn, Cruz, Colleagues Introduce Senate Resolution Honoring U.S. Border Patrol’s 101st Anniversary
News WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX), Ted Cruz (R-TX), and 16 of their Senate colleagues introduced a resolution to commemorate the 101st anniversary of the U.S. Border Patrol, honoring the brave men and women of the Border Patrol for their unwavering service, dedication, and countless sacrifices to our nation. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), […]
Cornyn Leads Bill to Reimburse Texas for Border Security Costs
News My bill will ensure the Lone Star State is repaid for stepping up to protect and defend our nation’s southern border while the Biden-Harris administration abdicated its federal duty. WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) today introduced legislation to reimburse the State of Texas for the more than $11 billion dollars Texas taxpayers […]
Cornyn Leads Bill to Reimburse Texas for Border Security Costs
News My bill will ensure the Lone Star State is repaid for stepping up to protect and defend our nation’s southern border while the Biden-Harris administration abdicated its federal duty. WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) today introduced legislation to reimburse the State of Texas for the more than $11 billion dollars Texas taxpayers spent […]
Cornyn Op-Ed: Getting Tough on Water Treaty
News I will not stop fighting until Texas agriculture is receiving the predictable, yearly water deliveries that Mexico is obligated to provide. WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) authored the following op-ed in The Monitor praising the Trump administration for prioritizing the push for Mexico to live up to its obligations under the 1944 Water […]
VIDEO: Cornyn Celebrates Unanimous Passage of Jocelyn Nungaray National Wildlife Refuge Act
News Jocelyn Nungaray was a 12-year-old girl who was sexually assaulted and murdered just north of Houston last June. To commemorate Jocelyn’s life, I’ve introduced the Jocelyn Nungaray National Wildlife Refuge Act, which would permanently rename the Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge in Texas in her memory. WASHINGTON – Today on the floor, U.S. Senator John […]
PHOTO: Cornyn Meets with National Border Patrol Council
News WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) met yesterday with National Border Patrol Council board members to discuss improving infrastructure, updating technology, and increasing personnel along our southern border to give them the resources needed to do their job. Thanks to Border Patrol’s work and President Trump’s historic efforts to secure the border and […]
Cornyn Introduces Bill to Address Staffing Shortages at Ports of Entry
News WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Gary Peters (D-MI) introduced the Securing America’s Ports of Entry Act, which would strengthen border security, address personnel shortages at ports of entry, and ensure America’s airports, seaports, and land ports of entry are fully staffed by requiring U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to hire […]
Cornyn, Fetterman, Lankford, Gallego Introduce SHIELD Against CCP Act
News WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX), John Fetterman (D-PA), James Lankford (R-OK), and Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) introduced the SHIELD Against CCP Act, which would create a dedicated working group at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to address threats posed by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP): “To effectively counter China, the U.S. […]
Cornyn, Cruz, Babin Introduce Jocelyn Nungaray National Wildlife Refuge Act
News Bill Would Make Pres. Trump’s Executive Order Renaming the Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge Permanent WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Congressman Brian Babin (TX-36) introduced the Jocelyn Nungaray National Wildlife Refuge Act, which would codify President Trump’s Executive Order renaming the Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge near Houston, Texas, […]
VIDEO: Cornyn Praises New Water Treaty Agreement with Mexico
News [Mexico’s] habit has been to delay the delivery of that water until the end of the five-year period of the treaty. The Biden administration wasn’t particularly interested in solving the problem. I thank the President, the Secretary of Agriculture, the Deputy Secretary of State, and the Secretary of State for their efforts to secure […]
Cornyn: Border Top Success of Trump’s First 100 Days
News The consequences of the Biden open-border policies have pervaded the entire country. Tom Homan’s good work as the border czar and the actual enforcement of existing laws has really had a dramatic consequence. That, to me, is the singular success of the Trump first hundred days. WASHINGTON – Today on Newsmax’s National Report, U.S. […]