Cornyn, Lankford Introduce Bill to Stop Funding ‘Gender Transition’ Procedures
News June 10, 2025 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and James Lankford (R-OK) today introduced the Stop Funding Genital Mutilation Act, which would prohibit federal funding from Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) from going towards gender transition procedures at any age: “Texas taxpayers should not be forced to foot the bill […]
Cornyn Introduces Bill to Combat Foreign Adversaries’ Ownership of Texas Farmland
News June 10, 2025 U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX), along with Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE), introduced the Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure (AFIDA) Improvements Act, which would codify legislative oversight recommendations to update the Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act and equip the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to combat foreign adversaries’ ownership of American agricultural land: […]
Cornyn Demands FEMA Halt Biden-Era Flood Insurance Premiums
News June 10, 2025 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) sent a letter with eight of his Senate Republican colleagues to U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Acting Administrator David Richardson urging FEMA to halt Risk Rating 2.0, a Biden-era policy that caused flood insurance premiums to skyrocket for Texas homeowners and businessowners. Excerpts of […]
Cornyn Joins Sunday Morning Futures on Devastating Floods in Kerr County & Across Central Texas
News July 6, 2025 Governor Abbott has called today a Day of Prayer, and we are still saying our prayers here in Texas for those who are grieving and those who are still unaccounted for. Texans are tough, and they’re resilient. We are going to be relentless in the rescue efforts. AUSTIN – Today on […]
Cornyn Lauds Texas Space Provisions Included in Senate’s One Big Beautiful Bill
News Cornyn-Led Initiative to Make Upgrades to Johnson Space Center Included in Reconciliation Package WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) today released the following statement praising the inclusion of a Cornyn-led space provision, the Mission to Modernize Astronautic Resources (MARS) for Space Act, as well as funding for National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) […]
Cornyn, Colleagues Introduce Bill to Strengthen U.S. Competitiveness in Space
News Legislation Would Streamline Commercial Space Launches WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX), Ben Ray Luján (D-NM), Rick Scott (R-FL), and Mark Kelly (D-AZ) today introduced their Licensing Aerospace Units to New Commercial Heights (LAUNCH) Act, which would streamline the application process for commercial space launches and the licensing of private remote sensing space […]
Cornyn Op-Ed: Congress Must Reimburse Texas for President Biden’s Border Security Malpractice
News WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) authored the following op-ed on FoxNews.com calling out former President Biden’s failure to secure the southern border and detailing his top reconciliation priority: ensuring the federal government reimburses Texas for the billions it spent on Operation Lone Star when Joe Biden refused to do so. Congress Must Reimburse […]
Cornyn: Work of DOGE Will Live On Through One Big Beautiful Bill, Rescissions Package, Appropriations
News I don’t see the work of DOGE being finished, but rather being the starting place. While the formal Department of Government Efficiency Task Force may have concluded, the work of DOGE lives on. As a founding member of the DOGE caucus, I’ll keep doing my part…and I urge all of my colleagues to join […]
Cornyn on Senate Priorities for Pres. Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act
News This bill — the big, beautiful bill from the House — we’re going to make it even more beautiful here in the Senate. Failure is not an option. If the President’s tax cuts are not extended, the American people will face the largest tax increase in American history. The American people are depending on […]
On Fox, Cornyn Discusses Co-Chairing Hearing on Alleged Biden Health Cover-Up, Big Beautiful Bill Coming to the Senate
News This is about a Constitutional crisis. The question is: Who is in charge? Whose finger is on the nuclear button or has the nuclear codes? Who can declare war? Congress’ responsibility is…to provide oversight and to make sure that there’s more transparency for future presidents so we understand how this happened and how can […]
Cornyn, Cruz, Colleagues Introduce Protect LNG Act
News WASHINGTON – U.S. Sens. John Cornyn (R-Texas), Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), and Tim Scott (R-S.C.) reintroduced the Protect LNG Act. The legislation ensures that a court cannot vacate a previously authorized LNG permit, clarifies the venue for LNG lawsuits before federal courts, and mandates that courts grant expedited decisions in relevant cases. […]
Cornyn, Blumenthal, Colleagues Introduce Bill to Aid Recovery of Nazi-Confiscated Art
News AUSTIN – 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) introduced the Holocaust Expropriated Art Recovery (HEAR) Act, which would aid in the recovery of Nazi-looted art and deliver justice for Holocaust survivors and their […]
Cornyn Backs Creation of Texas Stock Exchange
News Texas Senator Sends Letter of Support to U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission AUSTIN – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) sent a letter to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) expressing his strong support for the Texas Stock Exchange’s (TXSE) application to operate as a National Securities Exchange: “If approved, the TXSE will bolster […]
President Grants Major Disaster Declaration for South Texas
News Cornyn Wrote in Support of Gov. Abbott’s Request AUSTIN – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) released the following statement thanking President Donald J. Trump for approving Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s request for a Major Disaster Declaration for the State of Texas following severe flooding in Cameron, Willacy, Starr, and Hidalgo counties in late March. This comes after […]
Cornyn, Colleagues Introduce Bill to Safeguard Genetic Data Privacy After 23andMe Bankruptcy
News WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), and Chuck Grassley (R-IA) today introduced the Don’t Sell My DNA Act, which would safeguard customers’ sensitive genetic information when an entity that maintains their data files for bankruptcy: “Advances in DNA testing have allowed Americans to have unprecedented access to important insights about […]