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Cornyn, Colleagues Introduce Bill to Exempt Trafficking Survivors’ Restitution from Federal Taxes

News November 20, 2025 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX), Ron Wyden (D-OR), James Lankford (R-OK) and Raphael Warnock (D-GA) and U.S. Representatives Jodey Arrington (TX-19) and Brad Schneider (IL-10) today introduced the Human Trafficking Survivor Tax Relief Act, which would exempt civil damages, restitution, and other monetary awards given to human trafficking survivors […]

PHOTO: Cornyn Meets with Texas Farm Bureau

News November 20, 2025 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) met yesterday with Texas Farm Bureau (TFB) President Russell Boening and TFB board members to discuss efforts to prevent the spread of New World screwworm (NWS) and the historic wins included in the One Big Beautiful Bill, now law, which will bolster the agriculture […]

Cornyn Op-Ed: Antisemitism’s Rise is Intolerable

News November 20, 2025 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) authored the following op-ed in the Dallas Morning News condemning the dangerous rise of antisemitism on the right and calling for moral clarity within the conservative movement to defend the dignity of every person. Antisemitism’s rise is intolerable Senator John Cornyn The Dallas Morning News […]

Cornyn Chairs Hearing on the Radical Left’s Crusade Against Immigration Enforcement

News November 19, 2025 Ever since President Trump was sworn into office and began prioritizing immigration enforcement, assaults and attacks on immigration agents and officers have skyrocketed. Some of our Democratic colleagues have used incendiary rhetoric to fan the flames of public protests…the result has been widespread assaults on our law enforcement officers. Why is […]

Cornyn, Colleagues Introduce Bill to Bolster American Space Research and Exploration

News Space RACE Act Would Create New Space Research Institute to Ensure Competitive Edge Over Foreign Adversaries November 19, 2025 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX), John Hickenlooper (D-CO), Roger Wicker (R-MS), Mark Kelly (D-AZ), and Ben Ray Luján (D-NM) today introduced the Space Research And Continuing Exploration (RACE) Act to bolster America’s space […]

Cornyn Exposes Expanded Obamacare Subsidies Fraud Scheme

News November 19, 2025 CORNYN: ‘Who’s paying the premiums for those people who don’t even know they’ve been signed up on ACA?’ BLASE: ‘The taxpayer’s paying the full premium… 85% of the revenue that insurers collect comes from the federal taxpayer.’ WASHINGTON – Today in the Senate Finance Committee, U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) discussed […]

Cornyn Backs Lawsuit to Remove Illegal Voters from Harris County Voter Rolls

News Lawsuit Seeks to Remove Thousands of Unlawful Texas Voters November 19, 2025 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) today released the following statement in support of Hotze v. Bennett, Steven Hotze’s lawsuit against Harris County for failing to remove tens of thousands of ineligible voters, including potential illegal immigrants, felons, non-residents of Harris County, […]

Cornyn, Coons’ Bill to Strengthen State Department’s Taiwan Strategy Passes Senate

News November 19, 2025 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Chris Coons (D-DE) released the following statements after the Taiwan Assurance Implementation Act, which would require the U.S. Department of State to review and update its policy guidance regarding Taiwan no less than every five years and deliver a report to Congress within […]

Cornyn, Pfluger, Colleagues Introduce Bill to Safeguard Against Chinese Influence in U.S. Defense Sector

News Legislation Would Revoke Security Clearances for Former Military & Civilian DoD Personnel Lobbying for China November 18, 2025 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) along with Congressmen August Pfluger (TX-11) and Don Davis (NC-01) today introduced the Restricting Ex-Vetted Officials from Knowledge Exploitation (REVOKE) Act, which would require the U.S. […]

Cornyn Celebrates Senate Passage of New World Screwworm Readiness, Response Legislation

News November 12, 2025 AUSTIN – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) today released the following statement after his Stop the Screwworms With Active Readiness and Mitigation (SWARM) Act passed the Senate Monday night as part of the government funding legislation. This bill would require the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to present details to Congress […]

Cornyn Bill to Disrupt Pipeline of Illicit Chinese Vapes, Tobacco Products Passes Senate

News November 12, 2025 AUSTIN – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) released the following statement after provisions from his Ensuring the Necessary Destruction of (END) Illicit Chinese Tobacco Act, which would give the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authority to destroy adulterated, misbranded, or counterfeit imported tobacco products, such as vapes and e-cigarettes that […]

Cornyn Statement on Senate Vote to Finally End the Schumer Shutdown

News November 10, 2025 The Schumer Shutdown will go down as the longest and dumbest government shutdown in history. WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) released the following statement after the Senate voted to end the Schumer Shutdown after more than 40 days of Senate Democrats repeatedly refusing to vote in favor of reopening […]

Cornyn, Van Duyne Introduce Bill to Disrupt Pipeline of Illicit Chinese Vapes, Tobacco Products

News November 7, 2025 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) and Congresswoman Beth Van Duyne (TX-24) introduced the Ensuring the Necessary Destruction of (END) Illicit Chinese Tobacco Act, which would give the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authority to destroy adulterated, misbranded, or counterfeit imported tobacco products, such as vapes and e-cigarettes, that […]