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Cornyn, Cruz, Weber Call for DOJ Investigation Into Smithsonian Institution’s Illegal Lobbying Against Space Shuttle Discovery’s Move

News October 22, 2025 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Congressman Randy Weber (TX-14) today sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) urging an investigation into potential violations of the Anti-Lobbying Act by Smithsonian Institution staff in connection with attempts to obstruct the passage and implementation […]

Cornyn, Blumenthal, Lee, Kennedy Introduce Bill to Prosecute AI-Generated CSAM

News October 21, 2025 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Mike Lee (R-UT), and John Kennedy (R-LA) today introduced the Enhancing Necessary Federal Offenses Regarding Child Exploitation (ENFORCE) Act, which would hold those who use generative AI to create or distribute Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM) and obscenity accountable by ensuring […]

Cornyn Slams Senate Democrats for Schumer Shutdown, Air Traffic Delays

News October 15, 2025 Every single time we’ve given the Democrats opportunities to do the right thing, only three of them have voted to reopen the government. Three airports in Texas are seeing some of the worst delays. It is really not rational that Senate Democrats should impose this burden on the entire country in […]

Cornyn, Blumenthal, Colleagues’ Bill to Combat Child Exploitation Passes Senate

News October 14, 2025 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), and Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) released the following statements after their PROTECT Our Children Act, which would reauthorize and modernize the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force Program, passed the Senate as part of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal […]

Cornyn, Shaheen Introduce Bill to Counter Foreign Cyber Scams

News October 1, 2025 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) yesterday introduced the Scam Compound Accountability and Mobilization (SCAM) Act, which would counter foreign cyber scams and hold transnational criminal organizations accountable for human trafficking, forced criminality, and cyber-enabled fraud schemes targeting Americans: “Transnational criminal organizations who are ensnaring innocent […]

Cornyn, Padilla Introduce Bill to Protect Americans from Russian Lawfare

News September 30, 2025 WASHINGTON –U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Alex Padilla (D-CA) introduced the Protecting Americans from Russian Litigation Act, which would protect American companies who have been unfairly targeted in foreign jurisdictions, particularly Russian courts, for their good faith compliance with U.S. sanctions and export controls following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine: “American […]

Cornyn, Colleagues Introduce Bill to Modernize Spaceports

News September 22, 2025 AUSTIN – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) and a group of his Senate colleagues introduced the Spaceport Project Opportunities for Resilient Transportation (SPACEPORT) Act, which would encourage the development of commercial spaceports through the modernization of the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) Space Transportation Infrastructure Matching (STIM) grant program: “Outdated space infrastructure […]

Take Me Strait to Texas

News Whether they’re living “Somewhere Down in Texas” or it’s just their exes who live in Texas, when Americans think of country music, they think of George Strait. Known as one of the most successful artists of all time and the King of Country Music, George Harvey Strait Sr. is a Texas treasure and cultural […]

Cornyn Secures Relocation of Retired NASA Shuttle to Houston

News August 5, 2025 AUSTIN – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) released the following statement in response to National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Acting Administrator Sean Duffy’s approval of a retired NASA space shuttle to be moved to a non-profit near the Johnson Space Center (JSC) in Houston, an effort that was spearheaded by […]

Cornyn Encourages FCC to Review Emergency Alert Infrastructure at Upcoming Meeting in Aftermath of Texas Floods

News Senator Promotes Benefits of Participation by Texas State and Local Disaster Management Officials July 29, 2025 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) sent a letter to Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Brendan Carr ahead of the agency’s upcoming August Open Commission Meeting discussion on, “Modernization of the Nation’s Alerting Systems,” encouraging the Commission […]