Cornyn Factchecks the Left on Democrats’ Shutdown Claims
News October 3, 2025 The blame for this government shutdown lies squarely on the Senate Democrats’ shoulders. This shutdown is obviously not about health care if they’re actually making health care worse by shutting down government. To hold this short-term, stopgap spending bill hostage is really unconscionable. WASHINGTON – Today on the floor, U.S. Senator […]
Cornyn, Shaheen Introduce Bill to Counter Foreign Cyber Scams
News October 1, 2025 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) yesterday introduced the Scam Compound Accountability and Mobilization (SCAM) Act, which would counter foreign cyber scams and hold transnational criminal organizations accountable for human trafficking, forced criminality, and cyber-enabled fraud schemes targeting Americans: “Transnational criminal organizations who are ensnaring innocent […]
Cornyn Statement on Senate Democrats Shutting Down the Federal Government
News September 30, 2025 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) released the following statement after Senate Democrats, led by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), once again voted against the clean short-term government funding bill passed by the House of Representatives, ensuring the federal government will shut down today at 12:01AM ET: “Senate Democrats’ […]
Cornyn, Booker Bill to Help Law Enforcement Better Prosecute Child Abusers Passes Senate Unanimously
News September 30, 2025 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Cory Booker (D-NJ) released the following statements after their Strengthening Child Exploitation Enforcement Act, which would close loopholes in existing criminal child sexual abuse statues to help law enforcement better prosecute offenders and protect victims, passed the Senate unanimously: “Perpetrators who attack our […]
Cornyn, Padilla Introduce Bill to Protect Americans from Russian Lawfare
News September 30, 2025 WASHINGTON –U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Alex Padilla (D-CA) introduced the Protecting Americans from Russian Litigation Act, which would protect American companies who have been unfairly targeted in foreign jurisdictions, particularly Russian courts, for their good faith compliance with U.S. sanctions and export controls following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine: “American […]
Cornyn on Shooting at Dallas ICE Facility, Schumer Shutdown
News September 29, 2025 The radical base of the Democratic party seems to be at war with the men and women who actually enforce our laws. [Schumer would] rather shut down the government than work across the aisle for the benefit of the American people. If Democrats continue to head down this path of violence […]
On Fox, Cornyn Discusses Former FBI Director Comey Indictment
News September 26, 2025 Clearly Director Comey went off the rails because of his antipathy – his hatred, really – for Donald Trump and made a number of decisions, including leaking confidential, maybe classified information. He was bound and determined to destroy President Donald Trump… he was ultimately unsuccessful. There needs to be accountability. AUSTIN – […]
Cornyn Statement on Indictment of Former FBI Director Comey
News September 25, 2025 HARLINGEN – U.S. Senator John Cornyn released the following statement on reports that former Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director James Comey has been indicted for obstruction of justice and making false statements: “While our legal system provides for the presumption of innocence, Comey’s accountability for FBI abuses during the first […]
Cornyn Op-Ed: LETITIA Act Will Hold Politicians Accountable For Fraud
News September 23, 2025 AUSTIN – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) authored the following op-ed in the Washington Examiner highlighting his LETITIA Act, legislation that empowers the Trump administration to hold public officials who commit acts of federal bank fraud, tax fraud, or loan or mortgage fraud accountable: LETITIA Act will hold politicians accountable for fraud […]
Cornyn, Colleagues Introduce Bill to Protect Students’ Religious Freedom on College Campuses
News September 22, 2025 AUSTIN – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX), James Lankford (R-OK), and Tim Scott (R-SC) introduced the Equal Campus Access Act, which would codify a U.S. Department of Education (DoED) policy from the first Trump administration to ensure religious student organizations on college campuses do not face discrimination: “Freedom of religion is […]
Cornyn, Colleagues Introduce Bill to Modernize Spaceports
News September 22, 2025 AUSTIN – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) and a group of his Senate colleagues introduced the Spaceport Project Opportunities for Resilient Transportation (SPACEPORT) Act, which would encourage the development of commercial spaceports through the modernization of the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) Space Transportation Infrastructure Matching (STIM) grant program: “Outdated space infrastructure […]
Cornyn Bills to Combat Fentanyl Crisis Head to President’s Desk
News September 19, 2025 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) released the following statement after his Halting the Epidemic of Addiction and Loss (HEAL) Act, which would expand access to new opioid overdose reversal agents in addition to naloxone by updating guidance and grant language from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services […]
Cornyn, Ossoff Introduce Bill to Support Foster Youth
News Legislation Would Require States to Follow Texas’ Example & Ensure Wellbeing of Children Informally Separated from Parents September 19, 2025 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Jon Ossoff (D-GA) introduced their Hidden Foster Care Transparency Act, which would require states to measure and publicly report on children who have been separated from […]
Cornyn, Moran Introduce Bill to Support Foster Youth
News Legislation Would Require States to Follow Texas’ Example & Ensure Wellbeing of Children Informally Separated from Parents September 19, 2025 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) and Congressman Nathaniel Moran (TX-01) introduced the Hidden Foster Care Transparency Act, which would require states to measure and publicly report on children who have been separated […]
Cornyn Op-Ed: ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ is a Big Win for Texas on Border Security
News September 19, 2025 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) authored the following op-ed in the Austin American-Statesman touting the provision he spearheaded in Washington to reimburse Texas for the billions of taxpayer dollars spent to secure the border during the Biden-Harris administration’s dereliction of duty, which was signed into law as part of the […]