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 […]
Cornyn on Release of Paul Whelan & Evan Gershkovich
News WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) released the statement below following the announcement that Paul Whelan and Evan Gershkovich were released from Russian prison: “I am relieved that Paul Whelan and Evan Gershkovich will soon return home after years of wrongful detention in Russia. The baseless charges, sham trials, and unjust imprisonment of […]
Cornyn, Sinema, Cruz, Manchin Introduce Bill to Rename Border Patrol Checkpoint After Fallen Agent James Dominguez
News WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX), Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ), Ted Cruz (R-TX), and Joe Manchin (I-WV) today introduced the James R. Dominguez Memorial Act. This bill would rename the U.S. Border Patrol checkpoint on U.S. Highway 90 West in Uvalde County, Texas, after James Ray Dominguez, a Border Patrol agent killed on duty on […]
Cornyn Scorches Schumer on Sham Tax Bill Vote
News You don’t put a major tax bill on the floor after waiting six months, the day before we’re supposed to break for August and with very little time left between now and the election. The rushed vote on the Wyden-Smith tax bill is not an honest attempt to pass legislation. I can guarantee we […]
Cornyn, Klobuchar Bill to Fight Rape Kit Backlog Signed into Law
News WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) released the following statements after their legislation to reauthorize the Debbie Smith Act, which provides state and local law enforcement agencies with resources to complete forensic analyses of crime scenes and untested rape kits, was signed into law: “Examining DNA evidence is a […]