PHOTO: Cornyn Meets with Bryan/College Station Chamber of Commerce
News May 15, 2026 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) spoke yesterday with the Bryan/College Station Chamber of Commerce and local leaders, including City of Bryan Mayor Bobby Gutierrez and City of College Station Mayor John Nichols, to discuss the provisions in the once-in-a-generation Working Families Tax Cuts Act secured by Sen. Cornyn and […]
Cornyn Introduces Bill to Bar Aliens Who Support Sharia Law from Entering or Remaining in the United States
News May 14, 2026 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) today introduced the Ban Outsiders Openly Touting (BOOT) Sharia Law Act, which would bar aliens who support Sharia Law from entering or remaining in the United States. Video of Senator Cornyn discussing this legislation on the Senate floor can be found here. “Sharia Law […]
Cornyn, Rosen Introduce Bill to Combat Mexican Cartel Fuel Theft
News May 14, 2026 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Jacky Rosen (D-NV) today introduced the Stop Fueling Cartel Violence Act, which would require reporting from the U.S. Department of War on its activities to combat the smuggling of hydrocarbon products and the corresponding rise in violence by Transnational Criminal Organizations (TCOs) in […]
Cornyn Introduces Water Assurance and Treaty Enforcement for the Rio Grande Farmers Act
News Bill Would Impose Tariffs on Mexico for Refusal to Send Water to U.S., Help Reimburse Agriculture Producers for Economic Losses May 14, 2026 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) today introduced the Water Assurance and Treaty Enforcement for the Rio Grande Farmers Act, or WATER for Farmers Act, which would impose penalties in […]
Cornyn, Welch Bill to Help Solve Cold Cases Passes Senate Judiciary Committee During National Police Week
News The Carla Walker Act Supports Advanced DNA Technology for Investigative Agencies May 14, 2026 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Peter Welch (D-VT) released the following statements after their Carla Walker Act, which would dedicate existing federal grant funds to support forensic genetic genealogy (FGG) DNA analysis and help solve previously unsolvable […]
Cornyn, Fetterman Introduce Bill to Give American Energy Producers Certainty, Safeguard Against Anti-LNG Policies
News May 14, 2026 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and John Fetterman (D-PA) introduced the LNG Export Security Act, which would amend current law to provide certainty to American energy producers and ensure future administrations cannot take advantage of vague language to enact policies that stifle Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) production and exports: […]
Cornyn Votes to Confirm Kevin Warsh as Federal Reserve Chair
News May 13, 2026 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) released the following statement after Kevin Warsh was confirmed as Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve: “Kevin Warsh has decades of experience in finance and economics that span the public and private sectors, making him an excellent choice by President […]
Cornyn Announces U.S.-Mexico Water Treaty Tariff Legislation
News May 13, 2026 Water shortages created by Mexico’s failure to follow this treaty have wreaked havoc on the ability of farmers and ranchers to plan and to tend their crops, which has in turn, had a terrible economic cost on our entire state. I’m introducing legislation called the Water Assurance and Treaty Enforcement for […]
Cornyn on New Bill to End Birth Tourism, Protect America’s Sovereignty
News May 12, 2026 Citizenship in this country…is a great privilege, and the practice of birth tourism undermines what it means to be an American. This is why I’m introducing the BACK OFF Act, which will make aliens involved in birth tourism inadmissible and deportable from the United States. This legislation would create new criminal […]
Cornyn Introduces Bill to Designate Major U.S. Highway as ‘Interstate 47’ in Honor of President Trump
News Bill Would Designate US-287 as ‘Trump Interstate’ May 11, 2026 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) today introduced the I-47 Future Interstate Act to designate US-287, which is the second-longest three-digit highway in the U.S. and runs from Port Arthur, Texas, to Choteau, Montana, as the future Interstate 47, otherwise known as Trump […]
Cornyn Applauds Pres. Trump’s Nomination of Kasdin Mitchell as District Judge for the Northern District of Texas in Dallas
News May 11, 2026 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) released the following statement after President Trump nominated Texan Kasdin Mitchell to be a U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Texas – Dallas Division: “I applaud President Trump for nominating Kasdin Mitchell to serve as a federal judge for the Northern District […]
Cornyn Praises Pres. Trump’s Nomination of Angela Colmenero as District Judge for the Southern District of Texas Houston Division
News May 11, 2026 WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator John Cornyn released the following statement after President Trump announced his intention to nominate Angela Colmenero to be a U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of Texas – Houston Division: “I am proud to support President Trump’s nomination of Angela Colmenero to serve as a […]
Cornyn, Colleagues Urge SCOTUS to Protect Women & Babies from Dangerous Chemical Abortion Drugs
News May 11, 2026 AUSTIN – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) joined more than 100 bicameral Republican lawmakers in filing an amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court in support of Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill’s lawsuit, Louisiana v. FDA, to protect women and unborn children from dangerous mail-order chemical abortion drugs. This builds on the amicus brief […]
Cornyn to Introduce Bill to End Birth Tourism, Protect America’s Sovereignty
News Would Bar Aliens from Entering the United States to Give Birth and Impose Stiff Criminal Penalties on Facilitators of Birth Tourism Rings April 30, 2026 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) today announced that he will be introducing the Barring American Citizenship by Keeping Out Foreign Fraudsters (BACK OFF) Act, which would put […]
Cornyn Blasts Democrat Senator for Blocking Kayla Hamilton Act, Named for Child Killed by MS-13 Gang Member
News April 30, 2026 Kayla’s murder highlights how irresponsible the Biden administration was in handling unaccompanied minors. It’s only common sense that we should not place our children in the custody of criminals, and we should also vet the unaccompanied minors themselves, including for ties to gangs and existing criminal histories. Our children should not […]