Cornyn, Colleagues’ Bill to Prevent Foreign Adversaries from Influencing U.S. Policy Passes Senate
News October 15, 2025 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Jim Risch (R-ID), and Thom Tillis (R-NC) released the following statements after their Preventing Adversary Influence, Disinformation and Obscured Foreign Financing (PAID OFF) Act, which would help close Foreign Agents Registration Act loopholes that allow unregistered agents of foreign adversaries to […]
Cornyn Slams Senate Democrats for Schumer Shutdown, Air Traffic Delays
News October 15, 2025 Every single time we’ve given the Democrats opportunities to do the right thing, only three of them have voted to reopen the government. Three airports in Texas are seeing some of the worst delays. It is really not rational that Senate Democrats should impose this burden on the entire country in […]
Cornyn on Gaza Peace Deal: ‘Extraordinary’ Leadership by Pres. Trump
News October 15, 2025 I can’t think of a single President who… could have accomplished something like this before, but Trump has. For this conflict to be truly over, each and every one of the conditions laid out in President Trump’s 20-point peace deal must be implemented by both sides. If President Trump is successful […]
Cornyn Bill to Combat Cartels in Mexico Passes Senate
News October 15, 2025 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) released the following statement after his Partnership for Advancing Regional Training and Narcotics Enforcement Response Strategies (PARTNERS) Act, which would allow the Department of Defense (DoD) to train Mexican military forces in the United States to combat cartels in Mexico, passed the Senate as […]
Cornyn, Intelligence Committee Colleagues’ Bill to Streamline Intelligence Community Acquisition Processes Passes Senate
News October 15, 2025 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX), Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Vice Chairman Mark Warner (D-VA), and Senators James Lankford (R-OK) and Mark Kelly (D-AZ) released the following statements after the Intelligence Community Technology Bridge Act, which would enable the Intelligence Community (IC) to streamline acquisition processes and prioritize small […]
Cornyn, Blumenthal, Colleagues’ Bill to Combat Child Exploitation Passes Senate
News October 14, 2025 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), and Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) released the following statements after their PROTECT Our Children Act, which would reauthorize and modernize the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force Program, passed the Senate as part of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal […]
Cornyn, Kelly Bill to Enhance U.S.-Mexico Counternarcotics Efforts Passes Senate
News October 14, 2025 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Mark Kelly (D-AZ) released the following statements after the Counternarcotics Enhancement Act, which would direct the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) to submit to Congress an action plan to enhance counternarcotics collaboration, coordination, and cooperation between the U.S. and Mexico, passed the Senate […]
What the Defense Bill Means for Texas
News Cornyn Secures Key Provisions in NDAA for Fiscal Year 2026 October 10, 2025 WASHINGTON – Yesterday evening, the Senate passed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2026, which includes multiple wins for Texas and legislation authored by U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) that will benefit Texas service members and military installations, […]
Cornyn, Cortez Masto, Colleagues’ Outbound Investment Legislation to Counter China Passes Senate
News Would Prohibit and Require Notification of U.S. Investments in Certain Technologies in China October 10, 2025 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), Dan Sullivan (R-AK), Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Pete Ricketts (R-NE), Andy Kim (D-NJ), Dave McCormick (R-PA), and Michael Bennet (D-CO), along with Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs […]
Cornyn, Colleagues Urge HHS & FDA to Halt Abortion Pill Approval
News October 9, 2025 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) today joined 50 of his Senate Republican colleagues in a letter to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Dr. Martin Makary urging HHS and FDA to reconsider the […]
PHOTO: Cornyn Meets with National Sorghum Producers
News October 8, 2025 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) met today with National Sorghum Producers leadership to discuss increasing market access for Texas producers and boosting sorghum exports. The Lone Star State is the second largest producer of sorghum in the United States and generates more than $400 million annually for the Texas […]
Cornyn Cosponsors Resolution Marking Second Anniversary of Hamas’ Attack on Israel
News October 7, 2025 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Joni Ernst (R-IA), along with all of their Senate GOP colleagues and Senator John Fetterman (D-PA), today introduced a Senate Resolution condemning the brutal Hamas-led terrorist attack on the State of Israel two years ago and calling for the release of all remaining […]
Cornyn, AG Bondi Discuss National Guard Deployment to Chicago
News October 7, 2025 CORNYN: ‘On what legal basis would a governor or mayor say, “We’re going to deny or prevent a federal law enforcement agent from enforcing federal law?”’ BONDI: ‘There is not one… that’s why right now Director Patel and Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche are on their way to Chicago.’ ‘We’re going […]
Cornyn on Second Anniversary of Hamas’ Attack on Israel
News October 7, 2025 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) released the following statement marking the two-year anniversary of Hamas’ unprovoked attack on Israel and calling for the return of all hostages, including Americans, being held by Hamas: “Two years ago, we witnessed evil in its purest form as Hamas terrorists launched an unprovoked […]
Cornyn Calls Attention to the Devastating Impact of the Schumer Shutdown on Texas
News October 6, 2025 Since Texas is obviously one of the largest states in the country, it will suffer an outsized impact. Texas has 15 active-duty military installations, where personnel are required to continue reporting for duty throughout the shutdown. These active duty personnel will not be paid again until a final funding deal is […]