Cornyn, Tillis Urge Blanche to Protect Life, Counter Dangerous Mail-Order Abortion Drugs
News July 15, 2026 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Thom Tillis (R-NC) sent a letter to Acting U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche ahead of his nomination hearing today in the Senate Judiciary Committee urging him to resolve the mail-order abortion lawsuit, Louisiana v. FDA, by agreeing to a court-ordered consent decree, which would […]
Cornyn, Ossoff Introduce Mystic Alerts Act
News Bill Would Strengthen Wireless Emergency Alerts Infrastructure July 14, 2026 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Jon Ossoff (D-GA) today introduced the Mystic Alerts Act, which would allow wireless emergency alerts (WEAs) to be delivered via satellite communications technologies when other pathways fail during emergencies, including disasters like the Fourth of July […]
Cornyn: Texas to Receive Nearly $11M to Improve Crisis Intervention Programs
News Funding Authorized by Cornyn’s Mental Health & School Safety Bill July 14, 2026 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) announced today that the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has awarded $10,973,066 in federal grant funding to the Governor’s Public Safety Office to support state and local crisis intervention programs, including the expansion of […]
Cornyn Statement on Confirmation of U.S. District Judges for Southern District of Texas
News July 13, 2026 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) released the following statement after the Senate voted to confirm President Trump’s nominations of John George Edward Marck to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of Texas – McAllen Division and Arthur Roberts “Rob” Jones to be United States District Judge […]
Cornyn Op-Ed: CHIPS Act Will Help America Win the AI Race with China
News July 13, 2026 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) authored the following op-ed in the Dallas Morning News sounding the alarm on the AI and semiconductor manufacturing race with China that will determine who controls the future of the world and highlighting the success of his CHIPS for America Act, legislation he authored with […]
Cornyn Op-Ed: Four Years Later, the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act is Making a Difference
News June 29, 2026 AUSTIN – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) authored the following op-ed in the San Antonio Express-News highlighting the success of his Bipartisan Safer Communities Act (BSCA), which was signed into law in 2022 following the tragic Robb Elementary School shooting in Uvalde, Texas: Four years later, the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act is […]
Cornyn Chairs Drug Caucus Hearing on National Security Threats Posed by Mexican Drug Cartels
News June 24, 2026 Today’s hearing looks outward to expose the activities of Mexican drug cartels largely beyond the Western Hemisphere and the web of criminal connections that they have spun around the world. The cartels can fetch approximately double the price for cocaine in Europe compared to sales here in the United States, so […]
Cornyn Hails CHIPS Successes, Texas Semiconductor Boom
News June 23, 2026 The goal of the bill was pretty simple: to restore American leadership in the semiconductor manufacturing industry. Most important to me in the CHIPS and Science Act was the major investment that this produced in my state, the State of Texas… to build new semiconductor fabs at Samsung, Texas Instruments, and […]
Cornyn, Senate Colleagues Introduce Resolution Honoring Juneteenth
News Cornyn Leads Juneteenth Resolution for 15 Consecutive Years June 18, 2026 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX), who successfully led the effort in Congress to make Juneteenth a federal holiday, today led 21 of his colleagues in introducing a Senate resolution honoring Juneteenth National Independence Day. Text is below, and you can view the full resolution […]
Cornyn, Coons, Colleagues Introduce Bill to Bolster Ukraine’s Defense Arsenal Using Seized Russian Sovereign Assets
News June 18, 2026 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX), Chris Coons (D-DE), Roger Wicker (R-MS), Tim Kaine (D-VA), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) today introduced the Seized Assets for Battlefield Equipment and Readiness (SABER) Act, which would amend current law to allow Ukraine to use assets confiscated from the Central Bank […]
Cornyn, Padilla Introduce Bill to Strengthen Electric Grid Reliability
News Would Help Prevent Outages from Extreme Texas Weather, California Wildfires June 18, 2026 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Alex Padilla (D-CA) today introduced legislation that would reauthorize their Preventing Outages With Enhanced Resilience and Operations Nationwide (POWER ON) Act to help weatherize electric grids across the nation: “Texas is no stranger […]
Cornyn Statement on Committee Passage of Southern District of Texas Judicial Nominations
News June 18, 2026 WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) released the following statement after the Senate Judiciary Committee approved President Trump’s nominations of John George Edward Marck to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of Texas – McAllen Division and Arthur Roberts “Rob” Jones to be United States District […]
Cornyn, Colleagues’ Bill to Prevent Foreign Adversaries from Influencing U.S. Policy Passes Senate Foreign Relations Committee
News June 17, 2026 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Jim Risch (R-ID), Thom Tillis (R-NC), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Deb Fischer (R-NE), Peter Welch (D-VT), and John Kennedy (R-LA) released the following statements after their Preventing Adversary Influence, Disinformation and Obscured Foreign Financing (PAID OFF) Act, which would help close Foreign […]
Cornyn Meets with DNI Nominee Jay Clayton
News June 16, 2026 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) met today with Jay Clayton, whom President Trump has nominated to be Director of National Intelligence (DNI). Please see photo below. This image is in the public domain, but those wishing to do so may credit the Office of U.S. Senator John Cornyn.
Cornyn, Coons Introduce Bill to Combat PRC-linked Organized Crime in Latin America
News June 16, 2026 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Chris Coons (D-DE) introduced the Eliminate PRC Organized Crime Act, which would target the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) influence via organized criminal groups in Latin America by establishing a program to formalize greater consultation and information sharing between U.S. and Latin American and […]