Cornyn, Sinema, Tillis Applaud House Passage of Bill to Protect School Hunting & Archery Programs
News Senators’ Educational Enrichment Program Legislation Mirrors House-Passed Bill WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX), Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ), and Thom Tillis (R-NC) released the following statements after the Protecting Hunting Heritage and Education Act, which would clarify that students may continue to have access to educational enrichment programs and activities such as archery and […]
Cornyn, Sinema, Tillis Introduce Bill to Protect School Hunting & Archery Programs
News Would Ensure Students Have Access to Educational Enrichment Programs WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX), Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ), and Thom Tillis (R-NC) today introduced the Protecting Hunting Heritage and Education Act, which would clarify that students may continue to have access to educational enrichment programs and activities such as archery and hunting safety […]
Cornyn, Colleagues Urge Biden Admin to End Crackdown on School Hunting and Archery Programs
News WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) led a letter today with 17 of his Senate colleagues urging U.S. Department of Education Secretary Miguel Cardona to implement the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act as Congress intended and restore federal funding for educational activities like hunting and archery: They wrote: “This pivotal piece of legislation […]
Cornyn Statement on Democrats Blocking Resolution to Stop Biden Admin Firearm Confiscation Ploy
News WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) released the following statement after Senate Democrats blocked the Congressional Review Act resolution of disapproval he introduced with Senator John Kennedy (R-LA) and more than 40 of their Senate Republican colleagues that would have prevented the Biden administration’s Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) from […]
Cornyn, Hagerty, Senate GOP Introduce Concealed-Carry Reciprocity Bill
News WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Bill Hagerty (R-TN), along with 43 of their Senate colleagues, today introduced the Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act, which would allow individuals with concealed carry privileges in their home state to exercise those rights in any other state that allows concealed carry, while still abiding by that […]
Cornyn: Focus Only on Weapons in Shootings Misses Potential Solutions
News Share on email Share on linkedin Share on facebook As horrific as these incidents are, one of the abject lessons, I think, of what happened in Highland Park is the strictest gun laws in the nation did not prevent this terrible act. If we focus just on the instrumentality, on the tool, on the […]
VIDEO: Senate Passes Cornyn’s Mental Health and School Safety Bill One Month After Uvalde
News Share on email Share on linkedin Share on facebook For too long some politicians have tried to pit the right to live in a safe community against the constitutional right to keep and bear arms… This is a false choice. Law-abiding gun owners are not the problem. No parent should ever fear for the […]
VIDEO: On Fox, Cornyn Discusses the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act
News Share on email Share on linkedin Share on facebook No parent wants to send their child to school fearful for their safety. This bill… does not infringe on the rights of law-abiding gun owners. They’re not the problem. I think we’ve threaded the needle in a way that protects the right of law-abiding citizens, […]
Cornyn’s Bipartisan Safer Communities Act Endorsed by Key Groups, Editorial Boards
News Share on email Share on linkedin Share on facebook The bill preserves gun rights while trying to keep guns away from the dangerous. That’s a step forward. – WSJ Editorial Board WASHINGTON – A coalition of leading law enforcement, mental health, domestic violence, and education groups have endorsed Senator John Cornyn (R-TX)’s Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, […]
Cornyn, Bipartisan Group of Senators Announce Bipartisan Safer Communities Act
News Share on email Share on linkedin Share on facebook WASHINGTON – Senators John Cornyn (R-TX), Chris Murphy (D-CT), Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ), and Thom Tillis (R-NC) released the following statement: “Today, we finalized bipartisan, commonsense legislation to protect America’s children, keep our schools safe, and reduce the threat of violence across our country. Our legislation […]
Cornyn Details Due Process Protections in Mental Health, School Safety Bill
News Share on email Share on linkedin Share on facebook Unless a person is convicted of a crime or is adjudicated mentally ill, their ability to purchase a firearm will not be impacted by this legislation. What we’re trying do is prevent dangerous individuals from unleashing violence on their communities, and one way of achieving […]
Cornyn Gives Update on Key Issues in School Safety, Mental Health Negotiations
News Share on email Share on linkedin Share on facebook We’ve run into a couple of bumps in the road that have slowed things down a little bit. The details of these provisions are critical for support from my colleagues on this side of the aisle, and I hope our colleagues across the aisle will […]
Cornyn: ‘No National “Red Flag” Law’
News Share on email Share on linkedin Share on facebook None of what we are proposing would create a national “red flag law. The existence or lack of a “red flag” law should not impact any state’s ability to receive funds for crisis intervention. And if a state does want to use this money to […]
VIDEO: On Fox, Cornyn Pitches Mental Health, School Safety Framework
News Share on email Share on linkedin Share on facebook The goal is to keep guns out of the hands of people with criminal backgrounds and people with mental health problems, which is the current law. WASHINGTON – Today on Fox News’ Fox & Friends, U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) discussed provisions of the recently announced framework for potential […]
VIDEO: Cornyn Discusses Framework for Negotiations on Mental Health, School Safety
News Share on email Share on linkedin Share on facebook Over the weekend, there was an agreement reached between 20 senators, ten Republicans and ten Democrats, on a framework or principles for bipartisan legislation to keep our kids and our communities safe. 16 states have red flag laws… It’s absolutely critical that each and every […]