Cornyn, Ossoff, Pfluger’s Mystic Alerts Act Signed into Law
News Law Will Strengthen Wireless Emergency Alerts Infrastructure to Save Lives When Disaster Strikes October 22, 2026 AUSTIN – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Jon Ossoff (D-GA) and Representative August Pfluger (TX-11) released the following statements after their Mystic Alerts Act, which will allow wireless emergency alerts (WEAs) to be delivered via satellite communications […]
VIDEO: Cornyn Joins Squawk Box on the Midterm Elections, Ukraine, Iran, and AI
News The single most important thing to happen in the midterm elections is to maintain the majority in the Senate. There’s going to be a lot of investigations by the House majority if the Democrats are in charge, which means there’s not going to be a lot of legislation done. Putin is a stone-cold killer… […]
Cornyn, Colleagues’ Mystic Alerts Act Heads to President’s Desk
News Bill Will Strengthen Wireless Emergency Alerts Infrastructure to Save Lives When Disaster Strikes October 1, 2026 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Jon Ossoff (D-GA) and Representative August Pfluger (TX-11) released the following statements after their Mystic Alerts Act, which will allow wireless emergency alerts (WEAs) to be delivered via satellite communications […]
PHOTO: Cornyn Meets with Brownsville Mayor & Local Leaders
News September 17, 2026 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) spoke yesterday with Brownsville Mayor John Cowen, Jr., local leaders, including those from Cameron County and the Port of Brownsville, and members of the Brownsville Chamber of Commerce to discuss the tremendous growth happening throughout the Rio Grande Valley. They also discussed how the […]
PHOTO: Cornyn Meets with Abilene Christian University President Phil Schubert
News September 17, 2026 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) met yesterday with Abilene Christian University (ACU) President Dr. Phil Schubert and Blair Schroeder to discuss ACU’s NEXT Lab, a molten salt research reactor, which Sen. Cornyn saw being built in Abilene a few years ago. This cutting-edge project will help put Texas at […]
Cornyn Applauds NSF’s $30 Million Investment in UT Austin to Drive Robotics Innovation
News August 27, 2026 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) released the following statement praising the U.S. National Science Foundation’s (NSF) announcement of a $30,000,000 award over five years to The University of Texas at Austin to support a Science and Technology Center (STC), which will accelerate research and development of robotic technologies that […]
Cornyn Praises NSF’s $25 Million Investment in Texas A&M for Materials Research Infrastructure
News August 3, 2026 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) released the following statement praising the U.S. National Science Foundation’s (NSF) announcement of a $25,000,000 award to Texas A&M University to build a Materials Innovation Platform (MIP) facility, which will utilize robotics and AI to accelerate the research and development of materials that can […]
Cornyn: The University of Texas at Dallas to Receive $2M to Bolster Cybersecurity & AI Training
News Funding Made Possible Through Cornyn-Supported CHIPS and Science Act July 29, 2026 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) today announced that The University of Texas at Dallas was awarded a federal grant of $1,999,998 to bolster artificial intelligence (AI) and cybersecurity workforce development so professionals are equipped to protect critical infrastructure as instances […]
Cornyn: The University of Texas at El Paso to Receive $2M to Bolster Cybersecurity & AI Training
News Funding Made Possible Through Cornyn-Supported CHIPS and Science Act July 29, 2026 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) today announced that The University of Texas at El Paso was awarded a federal grant of $1,990,265 to bolster artificial intelligence (AI) and cybersecurity workforce development so professionals are equipped to protect critical infrastructure as […]
Cornyn: Texas A&M University to Receive $2M to Bolster Cybersecurity & AI Training
News Funding Made Possible Through Cornyn-Supported CHIPS and Science Act July 29, 2026 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) today announced that Texas A&M University was awarded a federal grant of $1,997,970 to bolster artificial intelligence (AI) and cybersecurity workforce development so professionals are equipped to protect critical infrastructure as instances of cyberattacks from […]
Cornyn, Cotton, Moolenaar Introduce Stop PRC Economic Espionage Act
News July 20, 2026 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX), Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Tom Cotton (R-AR), and Chairman of the House Select Committee on China John Moolenaar (MI-02) introduced the Stop PRC Economic Espionage Act, which would amend current law to help ensure Chinese companies – which are inherently controlled […]
Cornyn, Ossoff Introduce Mystic Alerts Act
News Bill Would Strengthen Wireless Emergency Alerts Infrastructure July 14, 2026 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Jon Ossoff (D-GA) today introduced the Mystic Alerts Act, which would allow wireless emergency alerts (WEAs) to be delivered via satellite communications technologies when other pathways fail during emergencies, including disasters like the Fourth of July […]
Cornyn Op-Ed: CHIPS Act Will Help America Win the AI Race with China
News July 13, 2026 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) authored the following op-ed in the Dallas Morning News sounding the alarm on the AI and semiconductor manufacturing race with China that will determine who controls the future of the world and highlighting the success of his CHIPS for America Act, legislation he authored with […]
Cornyn Hails CHIPS Successes, Texas Semiconductor Boom
News June 23, 2026 The goal of the bill was pretty simple: to restore American leadership in the semiconductor manufacturing industry. Most important to me in the CHIPS and Science Act was the major investment that this produced in my state, the State of Texas… to build new semiconductor fabs at Samsung, Texas Instruments, and […]
Cornyn Introduces Legislation to Expand Use of 3D-Printed Defense Technologies
News Provision Would Empower DoW to Evaluate & Modernize Printable Energetic Feedstocks for Additive Manufacturing June 11, 2026 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) today introduced legislation that would require the Department of War (DoW) to establish a pilot program through the Office of the Under Secretary of War for Research and Engineering to […]