Cornyn Urges House to Pass Funding for Critical Semiconductor Legislation
WASHINGTON – Today U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) spoke at a press conference calling on the House to pass funding for his CHIPS for America Act, which will ramp up semiconductor manufacturing in the United States. Excerpts of Sen. Cornyn’s remarks are below, and video can be found here. The CHIPS for America Act passed […]
Resources for Cornyn Measure to Incentivize U.S. Semiconductor Production Passes Senate
WASHINGTON – Today on the floor, U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) discussed the funding for his Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors (CHIPS) for America Act that passed the Senate this evening as part of the U.S. Innovation and Competition Act. Excerpts of Sen. Cornyn’s remarks are below, and video can be found here. The CHIPS for America Act passed last year […]
Cornyn Urges Colleagues to Remove Controversial Wage Provision from Semiconductor Funding
WASHINGTON – Today on the floor, U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) urged his colleagues to support his amendment to remove a controversial wage provision jeopardizing funding for his Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors (CHIPS) for America Act. Excerpts of Sen. Cornyn’s remarks are below, and video can be found here. “Leaving this language in the bill, I […]
Cornyn Files Amendment to Remove Controversial Wage Provision from Semiconductor Funding
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) released the following statement after filing an amendment to the U.S. Innovation and Competition Act last week to remove the political, unnecessary Davis-Bacon provisions added during the committee process that are jeopardizing the funding for his Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors (CHIPS) for America Act. You can view text of the amendment here. […]
Cornyn: Controversial Wage Provision Jeopardizing Semiconductor Funding
WASHINGTON – Today on the floor, U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) discussed the political provisions inserted by Senate Democrats into the Endless Frontier Act that are jeopardizing the funding for his widely-supported Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors (CHIPS) for America Act. Excerpts of Sen. Cornyn’s remarks are below, and video can be found here. “The strong support for this […]
Cornyn Opposes Controversial Wage Provision Attached to Semiconductor Funding
WASHINGTON – Today on the floor, U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) discussed the unnecessary provisions impeding the passage of funding for his Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors (CHIPS) for America Act, which was signed into law last year as part of the FY21 National Defense Authorization Act. Excerpts of Sen. Cornyn’s remarks are below, and video can be found here. “As […]
Cornyn, Colleagues Ask Biden to Fund Initiatives to Increase U.S. Semiconductor Production
WASHINGTON – Today U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) led a bipartisan group of Senate colleagues in sending a letter to President Biden requesting that he fund the initiatives to restore semiconductor manufacturing to American soil from the Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors (CHIPS) for America Act that were signed into law as part of the FY21 National Defense Authorization Act. […]
Cornyn, Leahy Introduce Bill to Enhance Cybersecurity
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Patrick Leahy (D-VT) today introduced the National Cybersecurity Preparedness Consortium Act to authorize the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to work with the National Cybersecurity Preparedness Consortium (NCPC) to help prepare for and respond to cybersecurity risks at the national, state, and local levels. “Our communities must be prepared to defend […]
Cornyn Leads Letter to POTUS Advocating for San Antonio as Space Command HQ
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) today led a letter to President Trump from the Texas Congressional delegation in support of Port San Antonio as the new headquarters for the U.S. Space Command. They wrote: “Establishing SPACECOM HQ in San Antonio would ensure Space Force has everything it needs to succeed, and it would reflect the […]
In Letter, Cornyn Urges Air Force Secretary to Pick San Antonio for Space Command HQ
AUSTIN—U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) today sent a letter to Secretary of the Air Force Barbara Barrett in support of selecting San Antonio for U.S. Space Command’s future headquarters. He wrote: “San Antonio, also known as Military City, USA, has a rich legacy of military service and the largest presence of cyber and intelligence capabilities outside […]
Cornyn Announces San Antonio as a Finalist for Space Command HQ
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) today announced that the City of San Antonio has been selected as a finalist to host the U.S. Space Command Headquarters: “Military City, USA is as patriotic a city as they come, with robust defense, education, training, research, and cybersecurity infrastructure at the ready,” said Sen. Cornyn. “Texans have already […]
Twitter: Censoring NY Post’s Hunter Biden Story a ‘Mistake’
WASHINGTON – Today during the Senate Judiciary Committee’s hearing regarding censorship and suppression on social media during the 2020 election, U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) questioned Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey about the role his platform played in suppressing the New York Post story about Hunter Biden’s laptop. Excerpts of the exchange are below, and video can be found here. […]
Cornyn Supports Texas for Space Command HQ
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) today sent a letter to Assistant Secretary of the Air Force John Henderson expressing his full support of hosting the Space Command Headquarters in Fort Worth, Houston, or San Antonio, Texas. He wrote: “The history of U.S. spaceflight is incomplete without mentions of accomplishments made in Texas, by Texans. Texas’ strong connections […]
Cornyn Bill to Bring Production of Semiconductors Back to U.S. Passes Senate
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) released the following statement after his amendment to restore semiconductor manufacturing back to American soil was adopted by a 96-4 vote and subsequently passed the Senate as part of the National Defense Authorization Act: “If the COVID-19 virus has taught us anything, it’s given us a clear picture of how […]
Cornyn Amendment to Bring Production of Semiconductors Back to U.S. Passes in NDAA
WASHINGTON –Today on the floor, U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) discussed his amendment to restore semiconductor manufacturing back to American soil, which passed this afternoon as part of the National Defense Authorization Act. Excerpts of Sen. Cornyn’s remarks are below, and video can be found here. “If the COVID-19 virus has taught us anything, it’s given us a […]