Senator Cornyn

Cornyn Leads Bill to Reimburse Texas for Border Security Costs

News My bill will ensure the Lone Star State is repaid for stepping up to protect and defend our nation’s southern border while the Biden-Harris administration abdicated its federal duty. WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) today introduced legislation to reimburse the State of Texas for the more than $11 billion dollars Texas taxpayers […]

Cornyn Leads Bill to Reimburse Texas for Border Security Costs

News My bill will ensure the Lone Star State is repaid for stepping up to protect and defend our nation’s southern border while the Biden-Harris administration abdicated its federal duty. WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) today introduced legislation to reimburse the State of Texas for the more than $11 billion dollars Texas taxpayers spent […]

Cornyn, Colleagues Introduce Bill to Support Development of New Charter Schools

News WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX), Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Chairman Bill Cassidy (R-LA), Senator Michael Bennet (D-CO), and Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) today introduced the Empower Charter School Educators to Lead Act, which would authorize existing federal funding to help states streamline the application process for opening new […]

Cornyn Op-Ed: Getting Tough on Water Treaty

News I will not stop fighting until Texas agriculture is receiving the predictable, yearly water deliveries that Mexico is obligated to provide. WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) authored the following op-ed in The Monitor praising the Trump administration for prioritizing the push for Mexico to live up to its obligations under the 1944 Water […]

Cornyn, Senate Colleagues, Gonzales Introduce Bill to Combat Devastating Screwworm Outbreak

News Legislation Would Create Facility to Curb NWS Population Growth WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX), Ted Cruz (R-TX), and Ben Ray Luján (D-NM) and Congressman Tony Gonzales (TX-23) today introduced the Strengthening Tactics to Obstruct the Population of Screwworms (STOP Screwworms) Act, which would authorize funds for and direct the U.S. Department of […]

VIDEO: Cornyn Celebrates Unanimous Passage of Jocelyn Nungaray National Wildlife Refuge Act

News Jocelyn Nungaray was a 12-year-old girl who was sexually assaulted and murdered just north of Houston last June. To commemorate Jocelyn’s life, I’ve introduced the Jocelyn Nungaray National Wildlife Refuge Act, which would permanently rename the Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge in Texas in her memory. WASHINGTON – Today on the floor, U.S. Senator John […]

Cornyn Introduces Mission to MARS Act

News WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) today introduced the Mission to Modernize Astronautic Resources for Space (MARS) Act, which would improve and modernize Johnson Space Center’s (JSC) infrastructure to prepare National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for human missions to the moon and Mars: “Throughout history, America has pioneered human space exploration and […]

PHOTO: Cornyn Meets with National Border Patrol Council

News WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) met yesterday with National Border Patrol Council board members to discuss improving infrastructure, updating technology, and increasing personnel along our southern border to give them the resources needed to do their job. Thanks to Border Patrol’s work and President Trump’s historic efforts to secure the border and […]

PHOTO: Cornyn Meets with UT San Antonio President

News WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) met yesterday with University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) President Taylor Eighmy and other system leaders to discuss their leading academic programs, merger with UT Health Science Center at San Antonio, and their research efforts in hypersonics. See photo below. This image is in the public […]

Cornyn to Putin: Pres. Trump, America Cannot Be Coerced

News There is one significant obstacle in achieving a lasting end to this conflict, and that of course is Vladimir Putin. Vladimir Putin is making a grave mistake in stringing the President of the United States and the rest of the world along while innocent lives are being taken. Putin may well have been able […]

Cornyn, Baldwin, Colleagues Introduce Bill to Safeguard Transit Operations Against Chinese Influence

News WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Rick Scott (R-FL), Tina Smith (D-MN), Pete Ricketts (R-NE), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), and Gary Peters (D-MI) today introduced the Safeguarding Transit Operations to Prohibit (STOP) China Act, which would protect domestic transit operations and supply chains from malign Chinese influence by preventing any appropriated […]

Cornyn Calls for Release of Texan David Barnes from Russia

News WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) today called for the release of Texan David Barnes, who has been wrongfully detained in Russia for more than four years, following recently-freed Russian prisoner Ksenia Karelina’s letter to President Donald J. Trump urging the safe return of Barnes and two other Americans being held by Russia: “David […]

Cornyn Law Leads to Arrest of 205 Child Sex Offenders, 115 Children Rescued

News DOJ’s Operation Restore Justice Conducted Under Senator’s Project Safe Childhood Law   WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) released the following statement on the results of Operation Restore Justice, a coordinated mission by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and law enforcement agencies to identify, track, and arrest child sex predators, which led to […]

Cornyn Announces DOJ Investigation into EPIC City

News WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) released the following statement on the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) opening an investigation into the East Plano Islamic Center’s (EPIC) proposed Muslim community, EPIC City, in Josephine, Texas, in response to concerns he expressed to U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi and Assistant Attorney General for Civil […]

Cornyn Introduces Bill to Address Staffing Shortages at Ports of Entry

News WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Gary Peters (D-MI) introduced the Securing America’s Ports of Entry Act, which would strengthen border security, address personnel shortages at ports of entry, and ensure America’s airports, seaports, and land ports of entry are fully staffed by requiring U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to hire […]