Cornyn Praises NASA Soliciting Bids to Move Shuttle Discovery to Houston
News March 20, 2026 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) today praised National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for announcing that they are accepting Requests for Proposal (RFPs) for entities to bid on contracts related to the movement of Space Shuttle Discovery from Virginia to Houston, a significant development in the effort to bring […]
Cornyn: North Texas to Receive $50M to Bolster Security for FIFA World Cup
News March 20, 2026 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) released the following statement after the FIFA World Cup Grant Program (FWCGP), administered by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) through the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) Grant Programs Directorate (GPD), announced that the Host City Committee Task Force for Dallas was awarded a […]
Senate Passes Cornyn Bill to End Special Treatment for Congress at Airports
News March 20, 2026 As many Americans probably don’t know…airports around the country allow Members of Congress to bypass the usual TSA security screening process at airports. This should end today. We know trust in Congress is at an all-time low, but today, thank goodness, the Senate has taken an important step towards restoring the […]
Cornyn: Houston to Receive $64M to Bolster Security for FIFA World Cup
News March 20, 2026 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) released the following statement after the FIFA World Cup Grant Program (FWCGP), administered by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) through the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) Grant Programs Directorate (GPD), announced that the Host City Committee Task Force for Houston was awarded a […]
Cornyn Cosponsors the Stop Insider Trading Act
News Legislation Would Ban Members of Congress from Buying Publicly Traded Stocks March 20, 2026 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) cosponsored the Stop Insider Trading Act, which would prohibit Members of Congress, their spouses, and dependent children from purchasing publicly traded stocks and mandate a seven-day public notice period before any stock sales […]
Cornyn Calls Out Dems for Opposing SAVE America Act, Wanting Illegals to Vote in American Elections
News March 18, 2026 Our Democratic colleagues are, of course, doing what they usually do under these circumstances and saying this legislation will disenfranchise voters. It will disenfranchise noncitizens. That’s the point. And they don’t want to do that…Is that because they want noncitizens, illegal immigrants, to be able to vote? WASHINGTON – Today on […]
Cornyn Questions Trump Admin on Iran, Effects of Democrats’ DHS Shutdown on Counterterrorism
News March 18, 2026 Sen. Cornyn: ‘Is the refusal to fund the functions of the Department of Homeland Security, including Homeland Security Investigations, making Americans less safe?’ Patel: ‘Absolutely.’ WASHINGTON – Today during the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Open Hearing on Worldwide Threats, U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) discussed with Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) […]
Cornyn Introduces the End Special Treatment for Congress at Airports Act
News Legislation Would End Preferential TSA Security Screening Practices for Members of Congress March 18, 2026 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) introduced the End Special Treatment for Congress at Airports Act, which would require Members of Congress to undergo the same Transportation Security Administration (TSA) screening procedures as all other airline passengers and […]
Cornyn, Colleagues Introduce Bill to Allow Law Enforcement Officers to Purchase Retired Firearms
News Bill Would Save Taxpayers & Law Enforcement Money While Allowing Officers to Exercise Second Amendment Rights March 17, 2026 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) today led 11 of his Senate GOP colleagues in introducing the Federal Law Enforcement Officer Service Weapon Purchase Act, which would allow active and retired federal law enforcement […]
Cornyn Votes for SAVE America Act to Secure Elections
News March 17, 2026 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) released the following statement after voting in favor of the motion to proceed to the SAVE America Act, kicking off debate on landmark legislation that would secure America’s elections by requiring individuals to present proof of citizenship when registering to vote as well as […]
Cornyn, Colleagues’ Bill to Aid Recovery of Nazi-Confiscated Art Passes House Unanimously
News March 17, 2026 WASHINGTON – 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) released the following statements after their Holocaust Expropriated Art Recovery (HEAR) Act, which would aid in the recovery of Nazi-looted art and […]
Cornyn Supports Bill to Ban Chemical Abortion Drug Mifepristone
News March 13, 2026 AUSTIN – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) cosponsored Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO)’s Safeguarding Women from Chemical Abortion Act, which would ban the chemical abortion drug mifepristone and empower women harmed by the drug to sue its manufacturers: “The data is clear that mifepristone, a mail-order drug that kills unborn children, also […]
Cornyn, Blackburn Introduce Bill to Prevent Fraudsters from Sending Suitcases of Cash to Somalia to Fund Terrorists
News Legislation Would Target Informal, Untraceable Muslim Banking System March 12, 2026 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) today introduced the Stop Somali Currency Airport Smuggling through Hawalas (CASH) Fraud Act, which would target hawalas, an informal system Somalis and individuals from other Muslim-majority countries use to transfer money, by […]
Cornyn Supports TREY’S Law to Safeguard Child Abuse Survivors’ Right to Tell Their Stories
News Legislation Honors Late Texan Trey Carlock, Who Endured Abuse & Was Silenced by an NDA March 12, 2026 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) yesterday cosponsored the Terminating Restrictive Enforcement of Youth Settlements (TREY’S Law), which would void non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) that silence survivors of child sexual abuse. The bill is named in honor […]
Cornyn Op-Ed: Why the SAVE Act Matters More than the Filibuster
News March 11, 2026 WASHINGTON – In light of unprecedented Democrat obstruction, U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) authored the following op-ed in the New York Post highlighting his support for the SAVE America Act and whatever changes to Senate rules may prove necessary to enact it so Senate Republicans can deliver on the America First agenda […]