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. […]
Cornyn Statement on New Agreement with Mexico to Secure Water for South Texas
News Senator Praises Trump Admin for Getting Results After Years of Inaction under Biden WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) released the following statement after Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins and Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau announced they have brokered a new agreement on the Treaty Relating to the Utilization of Waters of the […]
VIDEO: On Fox, Cornyn Discusses Arrested Wisconsin Judge, Pres. Trump’s Border Security Success in First 100 Days
News In America, no one is above the law, including public officials and judges. President Trump is following through on his campaign promise…and I support that wholeheartedly. If it means that people, including elected officials like judges, are obstructing the law and obstructing that process, they should be investigated and they should be prosecuted. WASHINGTON […]
Cornyn Statement on Democrats Undermining Pres. Trump’s Border Security Efforts
News AUSTIN – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) released the following statement on Senate Democrats’ latest actions to undermine President Trump’s border security efforts: “Joe Biden and ‘Border Czar’ Kamala Harris are singlehandedly responsible for the worst border crisis in history. Senator Van Hollen’s sham trip to El Salvador to meet with an alleged MS-13 […]
On Water Treaty, Cornyn Praises President Trump, Endorses ‘Maximum Pain’ for Mexico
News WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) today released the following statement commending President Donald Trump for pressuring Mexico to deliver the water it owes to South Texas after years of continued delays under the Biden-Harris administration and endorsed the use of all diplomatic and economic options to force Mexico to supply timely and […]
VIDEO: Cornyn Factchecks Democrat Hysteria Over Deporting Criminals
News There’s been a lot of wailing and gnashing of teeth in the mainstream media about President Trump’s commonsense immigration enforcement agenda. In order to keep the American people safe, we need to keep criminals and gangs off our streets, and that’s exactly what the Trump administration is doing. I can’t imagine anyone would be […]
Cornyn Meets with CBP Commissioner Nominee Rodney Scott
News WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) made the following remarks to media after meeting with Rodney Scott, whom President Trump has nominated to serve as Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP): “One of the things that I am confident he will do is help improve the morale of the people who are […]
Cornyn-Supported HALT Fentanyl Act Passes Senate
News WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) released the following statement after the Senate passed the Halt All Lethal Trafficking of (HALT) Fentanyl Act, which would help keep this deadly drug off of Texas’ streets by permanently classifying fentanyl-related substances as Schedule I before their temporary status expires at the end of March: “This […]