Cornyn Meets with NASA Administrator Nominee Jared Isaacman
News WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) met today with Jared Isaacman, whom President Trump has nominated to serve as Administrator of National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Please see photo below. Background: Sen. John Cornyn along with Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Congressman Brian Babin (TX-36) recently led a letter to President Trump […]
Cornyn, Texas GOP Colleagues Urge President Trump to Move NASA Headquarters to Houston
News AUSTIN – Today, U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX), along with Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Congressman Brian Babin (TX-36), led a letter to President Trump urging his administration to move the headquarters for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) from Washington, D.C. to the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center (JSC) in Houston, Texas, […]
Cornyn, Cruz Introduce Bill to Bring Space Shuttle Discovery Home to Houston
News WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Ted Cruz (R-TX) today introduced the Bring the Space Shuttle Home Act, which would move the Space Shuttle Discovery from Virginia to its rightful home near NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston: “Houston played a critical role throughout the life of the space shuttle program, but […]
Cornyn, Cortez Masto, Colleagues Introduce Outbound Investment Legislation to Counter China
News Would Prohibit and Require Notification of U.S. Investments in Certain Technologies in China WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), Jim Banks (R-IN), Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), Pete Ricketts (R-NE), Michael Bennet (D-CO), Bill Hagerty (R-TN), Andy Kim (D-NJ), Dave McCormick (R-PA), Chuck Schumer (D-NY), and Dan Sullivan (R-AK), along with […]
PHOTO: Cornyn Meets with Port San Antonio Leaders
News WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) met yesterday with executives from Port San Antonio to discuss the Port’s efforts to advance technologies in aerospace, cybersecurity, defense, manufacturing, and global trade. See photo below. This image is in the public domain, but those wishing to do so may credit the Office of U.S. Senator […]
Cornyn, Blumenthal Introduce Bill to Ensure U.S. Victims of Terrorism Receive Compensation
News Cornyn, Blumenthal Introduce Bill to Ensure U.S. Victims of Terrorism Receive Compensation February 25, 2025 It’s unacceptable that many victims and their families are still without justice for the tremendous trauma they have experienced at the hands of terrorists,” said Sen. Cornyn. “This bipartisan legislation would help ensure these brave Americans receive compensation when […]
Cornyn on Outbound Investment: It’s High Time China is Held Accountable
News How can we expect to outcompete or even catch up to Chinese companies if, unbeknownst to us, American dollars are continuing to fuel their rise economically and militarily? We’re simply not being serious about confronting our greatest strategic adversary if we continue to be blind to the investment of billions of dollars and the […]
Cornyn Questions USTR Nominee Greer on China, Outbound Investment Prohibition Proposal
News CORNYN: ‘[President Trump] is exactly right to insist upon reciprocity as a principle. Do you agree that reciprocity ought to be the basic principle that drives our trade policy?’ GREER: ‘We do have to have a balanced relationship.’ WASHINGTON – Today during the Senate Finance Committee’s hearing on the nomination of Jamieson Greer to […]
Cornyn, Colleagues Introduce Bill to Direct Space Traffic in Low-Earth Orbit
News WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX), Gary Peters (D-MI), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Eric Schmitt (R-MO), Mark Kelly (D-AZ), Roger Wicker (R-MS), Ben Ray Luján (D-NM), and John Hickenlooper (D-CO) today introduced their Situational Awareness of Flying Elements in (SAFE) Orbit Act, which would encourage the development of commercial space capabilities by directing the […]
Cornyn, McCaul Op-Ed: President Trump Must Focus on CHIPS Act for Texas, U.S. Manufacturing Success
News WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) and Congressman Michael McCaul (TX-10) authored the following op-ed in the Austin American-Statesman highlighting the opportunity to strengthen and reclaim the nation’s CHIPS program created through their Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors (CHIPS) for America Act, which was signed into law in 2022, to restore semiconductor manufacturing back […]
Cornyn Questions Treasury Nominee Bessent on Outbound Investment Transparency
News CORNYN: ‘It’s pretty clear to me that U.S. investments have fueled China’s economic growth.’ ‘What’s your view of an outbound investment transparency requirement?’ BESSENT: ‘This is a very important issue… We should have a very rigorous screening process.’ WASHINGTON – Today during the Senate Finance Committee’s hearing on the nomination of Scott Bessent to […]
Cornyn, Peters, Webster, Carbajal Bill to Strengthen Cybersecurity at Ports Signed into Law
News AUSTIN – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Gary Peters (D-MI) and U.S. Representative Daniel Webster (FL-11) released the following statements after their Protecting Investments in Our Ports Act, which will ensure that all applicants for competitive grant funding from the Port Infrastructure Development Program (PIDP) may only purchase secure digital infrastructure or secure […]
Cornyn, Warner, Lankford, Kelly Bill to Foster Intelligence Community Partnerships Signed into Law
News WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX), Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Chairman Mark Warner (D-VA), and Senators James Lankford (R-OK) and Mark Kelly (D-AZ) released the following statements after their Enable IC Partnerships Act, which would encourage public and private partnerships with the Intelligence Community to streamline acquisitions and adoption of cutting-edge technologies […]
Cornyn, Ossoff, Lankford, Sinema Bill to Enhance Law Enforcement’s Fentanyl Detection Capabilities Heads to President’s Desk
News WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX), Jon Ossoff (D-GA), James Lankford (R-OK), and Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ) released the following statements after their Detection Equipment and Technology Evaluation to Counter the Threat of (DETECT) Fentanyl and Xylazine Act, which would authorize the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to conduct research and development, testing, and […]
Cornyn Calls for Action on Outbound Investment
News No one can claim to be serious about the China threat while turning a blind eye toward outbound investment transparency. It’s simply foolish for the United States to help China to modernize its military and create this very dangerous scenario by investing in technologies that could be used, ultimately, to kill American soldiers. We […]