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VIDEO: Cornyn Grills Secretary Becerra on Biden Admin Migrant Child Abuse Scandal

News CORNYN: There have been about 400,000 of these unaccompanied children that have come to the United States during President Biden’s term of office. Can you tell us where they are now? BECERRA: We don’t have jurisdiction… CORNYN: You don’t know whether they’re being trafficked for sex, whether they’re being forced into dangerous jobs or […]

Cornyn, Bennet Introduce Bill to Lower Prescription Drug Costs for Seniors

News WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Michael Bennet (D-CO) today introduced the Increasing Access to Biosimilars Act, which would lower prescription drug costs for seniors by promoting competition and encouraging physicians to prescribe biosimilar medications with lower out-of-pocket costs:   “Far too many seniors forgo treatment because they can’t afford the high […]

Cornyn, GOP Colleagues Introduce Laken Riley Act

News WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) today joined Sen. Katie Britt (R-AL), Sen. Ted Budd (R-NC), and 32 of his Republican Senate colleagues in introducing the Laken Riley Act, which would require U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to arrest and detain migrants who enter the country illegally and commit theft, burglary, larceny, […]

PHOTO: Cornyn Meets with Killeen ISD

News WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) met today with Killeen Independent School District leadership to discuss the need to strengthen support for students who attend public schools on military bases. Last year, Sen. Cornyn introduced legislation that would help ensure students who attend school on federal land are not disadvantaged due to a […]

Cornyn, Padilla Introduce Bill to Safeguard Veterans’ Access to Quality Education

News WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Alex Padilla (D-CA) today introduced the Isakson-Roe Education Oversight Expansion Act, which would improve the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) oversight capabilities to ensure veterans can access quality education at reputable institutions: “Our veterans deserve to put their hard-earned education benefits toward degrees and certifications […]

Cornyn, Cruz Support Abbott Request for SBA Relief Evaluation Due to Panhandle Wildfires

News WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Ted Cruz (R-TX) today announced their support for Texas Governor Abbott’s request for the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) to conduct joint preliminary damage assessments in communities impacted by wildfires to determine if Texas meets the threshold for additional federal disaster assistance. One of the three fires still burning, […]

VIDEO: Cornyn Previews the President’s State of the Union Address

News [President Biden] has opted – rather than secure the border – to issue dozens of executive orders dismantling, piece by piece, the border security protections that President Trump had put in place. President Biden has allowed more illegal migrant encounters across the border than in 12 years of President Obama’s term and President Trump’s. […]

PHOTO: Cornyn Meets with Laredo Chamber of Commerce & Elected Officials

News WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) met today with members of the Laredo Chamber of Commerce, local business leaders, and City Councilmembers to discuss strengthening cross-border trade and travel, increasing access to health care and Federally Qualified Health Centers in the region, and maintaining relations with our strongest trading partner, Mexico. See photo […]

Cornyn, Colleagues Introduce Bill to Enact Consequences of a Chinese Invasion of Taiwan

News WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX), Chris Coons (D-DE), Bill Cassidy (R-LA), and Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) today introduced legislation that would require the U.S. Department of the Treasury to terminate the U.S.-China Tax Treaty within 30 days of a Presidential determination that China has initiated an armed attack on Taiwan: “The United […]

PHOTO: Cornyn Meets with Del Rio Chamber of Commerce, City Leaders

News WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) met today with Mayor Al Arreola, San Felipe Del Rio Consolidated Independent School District Superintendent Dr. Carlos Rios, members of the Del Rio Chamber of Commerce, and other city leaders to discuss various infrastructure projects in the region, including at Laughlin Air Force Base, area highways, and […]

Cornyn, Colleagues’ Bill to Ensure Crime Victims’ Representatives Receive Restitution Passes Senate

News Bill Would Require Offenders to Pay Victims’ Proxies for Related Expenses WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and U.S. Representatives Harriet Hageman (WY-At-Large) and Lucy McBath (GA-07) released the following statements after their Victims’ Voices Outside and Inside the Courtroom Effectiveness (Victims’ VOICES) […]

Cornyn: Government Funding Scramble Latest Example of Schumer’s Broken Senate

News Members of this body are charged to do the hard work of negotiating, debating, and passing bills to provide government agencies with on-time funding. It’s hard to do when Senator Schumer has us in session two-and-a-half days a week. This is regrettably what we’ve come to expect under Democratic leadership. WASHINGTON – Today on […]

VIDEO: Ahead of Biden Border Trip, Cornyn Highlights Executive Action Hypocrisy

News The same laws that were in effect during President Trump’s administration are still in effect during President Biden’s administration, with far different outcomes. President Biden has no right… to claim that his hands are tied when it comes to addressing the border crisis by executive action. He can fix it, just like he broke […]