Senator Cornyn

Sen. Cornyn’s 2023 in Review

News Sen. Cornyn Had Five Bills Signed Into Law & Helped Nearly 12,000 Texans with Federal Agencies WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) released the following statement and background highlighting his office’s accomplishments in constituent services and his legislation signed into law in 2023: “Whether we are helping veterans receive timely care or ensuring […]

Cornyn, Warner Bill to Reform Security Classification System Signed Into Law

News Legislation Streamlines Declassification While Modernizing the Classification System & Reviewing Existing Security Clearances WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) and Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Chairman Mark Warner (D-VA) released the following statements after their Sensible Classification Act, which increases accountability and oversight of the classification system, limits overclassification, and directs federal agencies […]

Cornyn to Schumer: Cancel October Recess

News We had 45 days from Saturday to fund the government on an ongoing basis, and the Majority Leader has chosen to send the members of the Senate home for the next two weeks. The American people deserve better. I hope the Majority Leader will quit wasting time and allow the Senators to do the […]

Cornyn Slams Democratic Leader for ‘Schumer Shutdown’

News The Senate has not passed a single appropriations bill that passed out of the Senate Appropriations Committee. This is not governing. This is not responsible. The Majority Leader has simply failed to let the Senate do its work. WASHINGTON – Today on the floor, U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) pointed out the hypocrisy of […]

Cornyn, Warner Bill to Reform Security Classification System Passes Senate

News Legislation Would Streamline Declassification While Modernizing the Classification System & Reviewing Existing Security Clearances WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) and Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Chairman Mark Warner (D-VA) released the following statements after their Sensible Classification Act of 2023, which would increase accountability and oversight of the classification system, limit overclassification, […]

Cornyn, Colleagues Introduce Bill to Increase Transparency of Federal Grant Application Process

News WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX), Maggie Hassan (D-NH), John Thune (R-SD), and Gary Peters (D-MI) yesterday introduced the Grant Transparency Act, which would require government agencies to provide competitive grant applicants with more information about their selection criteria and evaluation process:   “Applicants often don’t understand why they are not awarded a […]

Cornyn, Colleagues Introduce Bill to Reform Security Classification System

News Legislation Would Streamline Declassification While Modernizing the Classification System & Reviewing Existing Security Clearances WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX), Mark Warner (D-VA), Jerry Moran (R-KS), Ron Wyden (D-OR), Susan Collins (R-ME), Angus King (I-ME), Mike Rounds (R-SD), and Martin Heinrich (D-NM) today introduced the bipartisan Sensible Classification Act of 2023, which would […]

Cornyn: Biden Admin Must Be Transparent on Unidentified Objects

News It was a busy weekend for the United States military, which has now shot down three unidentified objects over North American airspace in as many days. The only path forward is full and complete transparency. President Biden needs to explain what happened and just how concerned the American people should be. And he needs […]

Cornyn, GOP Demand Answers from FBI on Raid of Pro-Life Activist

News WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX), along with a group of his fellow Republican Senators on the Senate Judiciary Committee, sent a letter demanding answers from the Department of Justice and FBI for the aggressive dawn raid on the home of a pro-life advocate, Mark Houck, in Pennsylvania last week. More than two dozen […]

Cornyn Op-Ed: Governing Like a King, Biden Hurting Americans

News Share on email Share on linkedin Share on facebook The president has stretched the limits of executive power to govern unilaterally, and this trend carries serious consequences for our country. When a president governs as a king, instability follows. And there’s no question the Biden administration has put our country on shaky ground. WASHINGTON— […]

Cornyn Statement on AG Garland and Justice Department’s Incriminating Silence

News Share on email Share on linkedin Share on facebook The longer the Attorney General remains silent, the more this looks like a brazen abuse of power to target a political rival. WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) issued the following statement in response to Attorney General Merrick Garland and the Biden Administration’s continued silence […]

Cornyn, Coons Bill to Apply STOCK Act Requirements to Federal Judges Signed Into Law

Bill Followed Wall Street Journal Report on Judges Neglecting Financial Disclosure Requirements, Avoiding Potential Conflicts of Interest WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Chris Coons (D-DE) released the following statements after their Courthouse Ethics and Transparency Act, which would require online publication of financial disclosure reports for federal judges and mandate they submit […]