Senator Cornyn

Cornyn, Cruz Introduce Senate Resolution Honoring Former First Lady Barbara Bush

News June 12, 2025 U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Ted Cruz (R-TX) today introduced a Senate resolution honoring the life, achievements, and public service of former First Lady Barbara Pierce Bush on the week of her 100th birthday. Text is below, and you can view the full resolution here. “Whereas, on June 8, 1925, […]

Cornyn, Schmitt Announce Whistleblower Hotline for Biden Mental Decline Cover-Up Tips

News June 12, 2025 Hotline Comes Ahead of Cornyn, Schmitt Co-Chairing Judiciary Committee Hearing on Cover-up U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Eric Schmitt (R-MO) today announced a whistleblower hotline for former White House staff and officials to come forward with any information regarding the cover-up of President Biden’s decline or insight into who was […]

Cornyn Praises Pres. Trump’s Approval of International Bridge Project in Laredo

News June 11, 2025 Green Corridors’ Permit Approval Comes After Cornyn’s Letter U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) today praised President Trump’s approval of Green Corridors’ permit application to construct and operate the Green Corridors International Bridge facility, an intelligent transportation systems (ITS) commercial international crossing between Laredo, Texas, and Colombia, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, that will increase […]

Cornyn, Lankford Introduce Bill to Stop Funding ‘Gender Transition’ Procedures

News June 10, 2025 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and James Lankford (R-OK) today introduced the Stop Funding Genital Mutilation Act, which would prohibit federal funding from Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) from going towards gender transition procedures at any age: “Texas taxpayers should not be forced to foot the bill […]

Cornyn Introduces Bill to Combat Foreign Adversaries’ Ownership of Texas Farmland

News June 10, 2025 U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX), along with Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE), introduced the Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure (AFIDA) Improvements Act, which would codify legislative oversight recommendations to update the Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act and equip the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to combat foreign adversaries’ ownership of American agricultural land: […]

Cornyn Demands FEMA Halt Biden-Era Flood Insurance Premiums

News June 10, 2025 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) sent a letter with eight of his Senate Republican colleagues to U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Acting Administrator David Richardson urging FEMA to halt Risk Rating 2.0, a Biden-era policy that caused flood insurance premiums to skyrocket for Texas homeowners and businessowners. Excerpts of […]

Cornyn Lauds Texas Space Provisions Included in Senate’s One Big Beautiful Bill

News Cornyn-Led Initiative to Make Upgrades to Johnson Space Center Included in Reconciliation Package WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) today released the following statement praising the inclusion of a Cornyn-led space provision, the Mission to Modernize Astronautic Resources (MARS) for Space Act, as well as funding for National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) […]

Cornyn, Colleagues Introduce Bill to Strengthen U.S. Competitiveness in Space

News Legislation Would Streamline Commercial Space Launches WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX), Ben Ray Luján (D-NM), Rick Scott (R-FL), and Mark Kelly (D-AZ) today introduced their Licensing Aerospace Units to New Commercial Heights (LAUNCH) Act, which would streamline the application process for commercial space launches and the licensing of private remote sensing space […]

Cornyn Op-Ed: Congress Must Reimburse Texas for President Biden’s Border Security Malpractice

News WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) authored the following op-ed on FoxNews.com calling out former President Biden’s failure to secure the southern border and detailing his top reconciliation priority: ensuring the federal government reimburses Texas for the billions it spent on Operation Lone Star when Joe Biden refused to do so. Congress Must Reimburse […]

Cornyn, Cruz, Colleagues Introduce Protect LNG Act

News WASHINGTON – U.S. Sens. John Cornyn (R-Texas), Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), and Tim Scott (R-S.C.) reintroduced the Protect LNG Act. The legislation ensures that a court cannot vacate a previously authorized LNG permit, clarifies the venue for LNG lawsuits before federal courts, and mandates that courts grant expedited decisions in relevant cases. […]

Cornyn, Blumenthal, Colleagues Introduce Bill to Aid Recovery of Nazi-Confiscated Art

News AUSTIN – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Thom Tillis (R-NC), Cory Booker (D-NJ), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), John Fetterman (D-PA), Eric Schmitt (R-MO), and Katie Britt (R-AL) introduced the Holocaust Expropriated Art Recovery (HEAR) Act, which would aid in the recovery of Nazi-looted art and deliver justice for Holocaust survivors and their […]