Cornyn, Hassan Introduce Bill to Improve Fentanyl Detection at Southern Border
News WASHINGTON – On Friday, U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) introduced their Contraband Awareness Technology Catches Harmful (CATCH) Fentanyl Act, which would help improve the process for inspecting cars, trucks, and cargo containers for fentanyl and other forms of contraband at the southern border by requiring U.S. Customs and Border Protection […]
Cornyn Denounces Schumer, Wyden Attempts to Ram Through Tax Deal
News We need to pump the brakes on this expansion – this runaway debt train – not stomp on the accelerator. I will not vote to move this bill on the Senate floor until we have a process that allows all Senators to participate. The Majority Leader and the Chairman of the Finance Committee want […]
Cornyn, Sinema, Colleagues Introduce Bill to Improve Schools’ Access to Mental Health Grants
News WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX), Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ), Thom Tillis (R-NC), Jon Tester (D-MT), and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) today introduced the Creating Access and Resources in Education (CARE) for Student Mental Health Act, which would help schools apply for federal mental health grants funded in part by the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act: […]
Cornyn, GOP Colleagues to Judicial Conference: Leave Legislating to Congress
News WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) today sent a letter with Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and 17 of their Senate Republican colleagues to Judge Robert Conrad, Director of the Administrative Office of U.S. Courts, reiterating that the Judicial Conference should not interfere in the legislative process following its recommendation that district […]
Cornyn on Democrats Browbeating Israel: ‘Never Seen Anything Like This’
News Following Hamas’ brutal attack against Israel… Republicans and Democrats came together, along with the President of the United States, and declared our support for Israel. This once rock-solid support on a bipartisan basis has slowly eroded. We need to support our closest friend and ally in the region. It’s just that simple. WASHINGTON – […]
Cornyn, Coons, Colleagues Introduce Bill to Protect State and Local Judges
News WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX), Chris Coons (D-DE), Jerry Moran (R-KS), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) today introduced the Countering Threats and Attacks on Our Judges Act, which would establish a State Judicial Threat Intelligence and Resource Center to provide technical assistance, training, and threat monitoring for state and local […]
PHOTO: Cornyn Meets with Leadership of the Port of Corpus Christi
News WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) met with leadership of the Port of Corpus Christi today to discuss ongoing infrastructure projects aimed at facilitating increased trade and exports, maintaining energy security, addressing Texas’ water needs, and widening the Corpus Christi Ship Channel. Those in attendance included the Port Commission’s Chairman, David Engel, the […]
Cornyn Urges House to Renew Lend-Lease Authority for Ukraine
News There’s broad bipartisan agreement that America should continue to support Ukraine, but there’s also a growing concern over the cost of that assistance. Lend-lease is not a blank check. It would allow us to answer Ukraine’s call to provide more of what they need and ensure it’s done in a more fiscally responsible way. […]
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), Marco Rubio (R-FL), Mark Kelly (D-AZ), Rick Scott (R-FL), and Krysten Sinema (I-AZ) yesterday introduced their Licensing Aerospace Units to New Commercial Heights (LAUNCH) Act, which would streamline the application process for commercial space launches and the […]
Cornyn, Shaheen Introduce Bill to Prevent Military Personnel Transferring Skills to Foreign Adversaries
News WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) today introduced their Safeguarding Tactics and Operational Procedures from (STOP) Enemies Act, which would update the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) to prohibit active duty and retired service members from providing military education, military training, or tactical advice to foreign adversaries: “Our […]
Cornyn, Colleagues Introduce Bill to Close Financial Loophole in GI Bill Repayments
News WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX), Maggie Hassan (D-NH), Thom Tillis (R-NC), and Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ) today introduced legislation to close a financial loophole inadvertently created during the transition from the Montgomery GI Bill (MGIB) to the Post 9-11 Forever GI Bill that prevents at least 25,000 active-duty service members who paid into […]
Cornyn on Schumer’s Israel Speech: ‘Deeply Disrespectful’
News The Majority Leader’s speech this morning was deeply disrespectful of our ally. To say… that Israel ought to stay its hand and allow Hamas, potentially, to reconstitute in Gaza is not only deeply disrespectful, it undermines the ability of the Israelis to do what they must do, which is destroy that threat. We need […]
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, […]