Cornyn, Blumenthal, Colleagues Introduce Bill to Combat Child Exploitation
News WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Josh Hawley (R-MO), Dick Durbin (D-IL), and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Representatives Nathaniel Moran (TX-01) and Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-25) yesterday introduced the PROTECT Our Children Act, which would reauthorize and modernize the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force Program: “For […]
Cornyn, GOP Colleagues’ Bill to Make Catch-and-Release Data Public Passes Senate
News Legislation Would Require the Biden-Harris Administration to Release Data on Unlawful Migrant Release Programs WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX), Thom Tillis (R-NC), Tom Cotton (R-AR), Tommy Tuberville (R-AL), and Susan Collins (R-ME) released the following statements after their Southern Border Transparency Act, which would require the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) […]
Cornyn, Peters, Webster, Carbajal Introduce Bill to Strengthen Cybersecurity at Ports
News WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Gary Peters (D-MI) and U.S. Representatives Daniel Webster (FL-11) and Salud Carbajal (CA-24) today introduced their Protecting Investments in Our Ports Act, which would ensure that all applicants for competitive grant funding from the Port Infrastructure Development Program (PIDP) to purchase secure digital infrastructure or software […]
VIDEO: Cornyn Condemns Antisemitism, Rise in Hate Crimes in Judiciary Hearing
News RABBI: Jews are often called the canary in the coal mine of intolerance. CORNYN: I’m proud of the fact the University of Texas… actually enforced its own rules. RABBI: If you can see those rules when it applies to racist, sexist, homophobic, misogynistic speech, but not when it comes to antisemitic speech, your problem […]
Cornyn, Padilla, Castro Introduce Bipartisan, Bicameral Resolution to Honor Hispanic-Serving Institutions Week
News AUSTIN — U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-Texas) and Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), along with U.S. Representative Joaquin Castro (D-Texas-20), introduced a bipartisan, bicameral resolution to designate the week starting on September 9, 2024 as National Hispanic-Serving Institutions Week. The resolution is co-led in the House of Representatives by Congressional HSI Caucus co-chairs Representatives Jenniffer González-Colón […]
Cornyn, Cortez Masto Bill to Stop Illicit Drug Financing Signed into Law
News AUSTIN – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) released the following statements after their Preventing the Financing of Illegal Synthetic Drugs Act, which helps the federal government financially stifle organizations that traffic synthetic drugs like fentanyl into the United States, was signed into law: “Fentanyl is an unprecedented crisis that […]
Cornyn: Schumer ‘Playing with Fire’ on NDAA Delay
News We could have taken up the good bipartisan work of the Armed Services Committee and put the National Defense Authorization bill on the floor, but the Majority Leader would have none of that. We’re playing with fire… at a time when the national security threats loom so large. Our adversaries are not acting on […]
Cornyn, Cruz, Kelly Bill to Expand Starr-Camargo Bridge Heads to President’s Desk
News WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX), Ted Cruz (R-TX), and Mark Kelly (D-AZ) released the following statements after their Starr-Camargo Bridge Expansion Act, which would give authority to increase the number of lanes for the toll bridge or allow a rail line to be built that runs from Rio Grande City, Texas, to Mexico and facilitates […]
Cornyn Sounds Alarm on Schumer’s September ‘Collision Course’
News The Democratic-led Congress has… wasted an enormous amount of time turning what should be a marathon into an unnecessary sprint. The American people look to Washington and, particularly the United States Congress, and they see dysfunction. I hope as a result they will choose new management come November. WASHINGTON – Today on the floor, […]
VIDEO: Cornyn Joins Fox News Sunday on the Presidential Election, Government Funding, Border Crisis
News I’m looking forward to a repetition of the good debate performance that President Trump had with President Biden.’ When President Trump is reelected, along with my colleague JD Vance, I expect we will be helping the administration pass their agenda. The truth is that the Biden-Harris administration spent three and a half years dismantling […]
On Fox, Cornyn Discusses Harris’ Border Flip-Flop
News [Harris] takes a radically permissive position or approach to illegal immigration, and then when she realizes this isn’t to her political advantage when she’s now the Democratic nominee, she seems like she is simpatico with President Trump. Both can’t be true. This is clearly an opportunistic flip-flop. She will say or do anything she […]
Cornyn Urges Biden Admin to Push for Release of Austin Tice
News WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX), along with Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), led more than a third of the Senate in a bipartisan letter to President Joe Biden yesterday urging him and his administration to prioritize the return of Austin Tice, an American journalist, Houston native, and Marine veteran who will mark the grim milestone of being held […]
PHOTO: Sen. Cornyn Receives TACHC Health Care Champion Award
News WASHINGTON – Ahead of National Community Health Center Week (August 4-10, 2024), U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) met with Texas health care leaders, including Texas Association of Community Health Centers (TACHC) CEO & Executive Director Jana Eubank, CommUnityCare CEO Jaeson Fournier, Lone Star Circle of Care CEO Jonathan Calvin, Matagorda Episcopal Health Outreach Program […]
Cornyn to Schumer: Democrat-led Senate Wasting Time Instead of Governing
News The Majority Leader has given us very little time in which to do our jobs, and he’s wasted a lot of that time on unnecessary partisan votes. Strengthening America’s defense… funding the federal government, and safeguarding our food supply—these are the basics of governing, and we’re not doing it. I hope that come November […]
Cornyn, Coons, Colleagues Introduce Bill to Combat Fentanyl-Laced Pill Production
News WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX), Chris Coons (D-DE), Jerry Moran (R-KS), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), and Maria Cantwell (D-WA) today introduced their Fight Illicit Pill Presses Act, which would help stop the production of counterfeit and fentanyl-laced pills and make it easier for federal law enforcement to take action against cartels’ illegal use […]