Cornyn Praises Pres. Trump’s Nomination of Ryan Raybould as U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas
News October 22, 2025 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) released the following statement after President Trump announced his nomination of Ryan Raybould to be U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas: “Ryan served as my office’s Chief Counsel for multiple years, during which time I saw firsthand how intelligent, judicious, and well-versed […]
Cornyn, Cruz, Colleagues Push for Proof of Citizenship Requirement for National Mail Voter Registration Form
News October 21, 2025 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Ted Cruz (R-TX), along with Senators Ted Budd (R-NC), Jim Banks (R-IN), Roger Marshall (R-KS), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MA), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Ron Johnson (R-WI), and Bernie Moreno (R-OH) and Congressmen Ronny Jackson (TX-13), Pat Fallon (TX-04), and a group of their colleagues in […]
Cornyn Chairs Drug Caucus Hearing on Hezbollah’s Drug Trafficking in Latin America
News October 21, 2025 Hezbollah’s illicit activities in the Tri-Border region have included oil smuggling, money laundering, black market money exchange, counterfeiting, and illegal weapons procurement. President Trump’s brave decision to strike Iranian nuclear sites in Operation Midnight Hammer could dry up a key source of funding for Hezbollah. Hezbollah may seek to further expand […]
Cornyn, Blumenthal, Lee, Kennedy Introduce Bill to Prosecute AI-Generated CSAM
News October 21, 2025 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Mike Lee (R-UT), and John Kennedy (R-LA) today introduced the Enhancing Necessary Federal Offenses Regarding Child Exploitation (ENFORCE) Act, which would hold those who use generative AI to create or distribute Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM) and obscenity accountable by ensuring […]
Cornyn: Texans Losing Access to Food Assistance, Telehealth due to the Schumer Shutdown
News October 20, 2025 Senate Democrats are literally taking food from the mouths of hungry children. Imagine the devastation of having a loved one suffer from late-stage cancer and knowing that this person is missing out on access to health care because of the Schumer Shutdown. I hope that the cries of those children who […]
Cornyn: City of Houston to Receive $175K to Promote Public Safety
News October 17, 2025 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) released the following statement after the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) announced that the City of Houston was awarded a federal grant of $175,000 through the Community Policing Development Microgrants program, which encourages innovative solutions to combat […]
Cornyn: DFW Police Departments to Receive $330K to Promote Public Safety
News October 17, 2025 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) released the following statement after the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) announced that DFW area police departments were awarded federal grants totaling nearly $350,000 through the Community Policing Development Microgrants and Accreditation program, which encourages innovative solutions […]
Cornyn: Central Texas Police Departments to Receive Nearly $600K to Promote Public Safety
News October 17, 2025 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) released the following statement after the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) announced that Central Texas area police departments were awarded federal grants totaling more than half a million dollars through the Community Policing Development Microgrants program, which […]
Cornyn: National Domestic Violence Hotline to Receive Nearly $19M to Support Survivors
News October 16, 2025 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) released the following statement after the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Family Violence Prevention and Services (OFVPS) and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) announced that the National Domestic Violence Hotline was awarded […]
Cornyn, Tuberville Introduce No Sharia Act
News Legislation Would Ban Sharia Law, Preserve Freedom of Religion in U.S. October 16, 2025 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) introduced the No Sharia Act to prohibit the application of Sharia Law in the United States: “Sharia Law is an affront to our Constitution and the values Texans hold […]
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 […]