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 […]
Cornyn, Cruz Urge Preservation of Funds to Move Space Shuttle Discovery, Debunk Smithsonian’s Lies
News Senators Call on Appropriators to Ensure Intent of One Big Beautiful Bill to Move Discovery to Houston is Not Undermined in FY26 Funding Process October 6, 2025 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Ted Cruz (R-TX) today sent a letter to U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-ME), Chair of the Senate Committee on […]
Cornyn Factchecks the Left on Democrats’ Shutdown Claims
News October 3, 2025 The blame for this government shutdown lies squarely on the Senate Democrats’ shoulders. This shutdown is obviously not about health care if they’re actually making health care worse by shutting down government. To hold this short-term, stopgap spending bill hostage is really unconscionable. WASHINGTON – Today on the floor, U.S. Senator […]
Cornyn, Shaheen Introduce Bill to Counter Foreign Cyber Scams
News October 1, 2025 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) yesterday introduced the Scam Compound Accountability and Mobilization (SCAM) Act, which would counter foreign cyber scams and hold transnational criminal organizations accountable for human trafficking, forced criminality, and cyber-enabled fraud schemes targeting Americans: “Transnational criminal organizations who are ensnaring innocent […]
Cornyn Statement on Senate Democrats Shutting Down the Federal Government
News September 30, 2025 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) released the following statement after Senate Democrats, led by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), once again voted against the clean short-term government funding bill passed by the House of Representatives, ensuring the federal government will shut down today at 12:01AM ET: “Senate Democrats’ […]
Cornyn, Booker Bill to Help Law Enforcement Better Prosecute Child Abusers Passes Senate Unanimously
News September 30, 2025 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Cory Booker (D-NJ) released the following statements after their Strengthening Child Exploitation Enforcement Act, which would close loopholes in existing criminal child sexual abuse statues to help law enforcement better prosecute offenders and protect victims, passed the Senate unanimously: “Perpetrators who attack our […]
Cornyn, Padilla Introduce Bill to Protect Americans from Russian Lawfare
News September 30, 2025 WASHINGTON –U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Alex Padilla (D-CA) introduced the Protecting Americans from Russian Litigation Act, which would protect American companies who have been unfairly targeted in foreign jurisdictions, particularly Russian courts, for their good faith compliance with U.S. sanctions and export controls following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine: “American […]
Cornyn on Shooting at Dallas ICE Facility, Schumer Shutdown
News September 29, 2025 The radical base of the Democratic party seems to be at war with the men and women who actually enforce our laws. [Schumer would] rather shut down the government than work across the aisle for the benefit of the American people. If Democrats continue to head down this path of violence […]
On Fox, Cornyn Discusses Former FBI Director Comey Indictment
News September 26, 2025 Clearly Director Comey went off the rails because of his antipathy – his hatred, really – for Donald Trump and made a number of decisions, including leaking confidential, maybe classified information. He was bound and determined to destroy President Donald Trump… he was ultimately unsuccessful. There needs to be accountability. AUSTIN – […]
Cornyn Statement on Indictment of Former FBI Director Comey
News September 25, 2025 HARLINGEN – U.S. Senator John Cornyn released the following statement on reports that former Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director James Comey has been indicted for obstruction of justice and making false statements: “While our legal system provides for the presumption of innocence, Comey’s accountability for FBI abuses during the first […]
Cornyn Op-Ed: LETITIA Act Will Hold Politicians Accountable For Fraud
News September 23, 2025 AUSTIN – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) authored the following op-ed in the Washington Examiner highlighting his LETITIA Act, legislation that empowers the Trump administration to hold public officials who commit acts of federal bank fraud, tax fraud, or loan or mortgage fraud accountable: LETITIA Act will hold politicians accountable for fraud […]