Cornyn Introduces Legislative Package to Meet Hydrogen Energy Infrastructure Needs
Bills to Expand and Diversify Resources for Energy Sector WASHINGTON – Today U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) introduced the Hydrogen Infrastructure Initiative, which is composed of three bills to support the deployment of hydrogen technologies and the buildout of the requisite infrastructure needed to transport, store, and deliver hydrogen. The bipartisan legislative package is cosponsored […]
Cornyn, Cuellar Pass Bill to Protect U.S. Law Enforcement & Federal Employees Serving Abroad
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) and Representative Henry Cuellar (TX-28) today released the following statements after the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Jaime Zapata and Victor Avila Federal Officers and Employees Protection Act which ensures that individuals who harm or attempt to harm U.S. federal officers and employees serving abroad can be […]
Cornyn Grills AG Garland on Controversial School Board Memo
WASHINGTON –Today in the Senate Judiciary Committee, U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) questioned Attorney General Merrick Garland about President Biden’s Department of Justice (DOJ) issuing a memorandum suggesting federal law enforcement may need to assist policing local school board meetings and what effect that would have on the ability of concerned parents to exercise their […]
Cornyn, Warner Urge Biden Administration to Waive CAATSA Sanctions Against India
WASHINGTON – Today U.S. Senators and India Caucus Co-Chairs John Cornyn (R-TX) and Mark Warner (D-VA) sent a letter to President Biden encouraging him to waive Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA) sanctions against India for buying military arms from Russia. They wrote: “While India has taken significant steps to reduce its purchases of […]
Cornyn, Coons, Colleagues Introduce Bill to Enhance Judicial Disclosure and Transparency Requirements
Bill Comes Following Wall Street Journal Report on Judges Neglecting Financial Disclosure Requirements, Avoiding Potential Necessary Recusals WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX), Chris Coons (D-DE), John Kennedy (R-LA), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Ted Cruz (R-TX), and Jon Ossoff (D-GA), along with Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Ranking Member Chuck Grassley (R-IA), today […]
Cornyn: Glasgow Showcases Climate Hypocrisy, Biden Should Look to Texas for Energy Innovation
They’ll step off their private planes and into meetings about the need to reduce global emissions, and I’m not sure many of them will see the irony of their actions. Around the world, energy shortages are having a costly impact on working families. Here at home, Americans are experiencing sticker shock at the gas pump. […]
Senate Passes Bill from Cornyn, Padilla, Bipartisan Colleagues to Allow Unspent COVID Relief Dollars for Infrastructure, Disaster Relief
WASHINGTON – Last night, the Senate passed the State, Local, Tribal, and Territorial Fiscal Recovery, Infrastructure, and Disaster Relief Flexibility Act, legislation led by Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Alex Padilla (D-CA) to make several categories of infrastructure investments and disaster relief eligible for unspent COVID-19 relief dollars. It also extends the deadline to utilize […]
Cornyn: Democrats’ Election Takeover Bill is ‘Compromise’ Between Left and Radical Left
It’s a compromise between the left and the radical left. Republicans uniformly opposed the first attempt at this partisan power grab, and it’s no surprise we’ll oppose this one as well. WASHINGTON –U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) spoke about his opposition to Democrats’ most recent iteration of legislation to allow a federal takeover of local […]
CBP Nominee Admits Biden Policies Contributing to Border Crises
Sen. Cornyn: ‘Do you agree with me that the decision by Secretary Mayorkas to no longer detain or deport people who enter the country illegally is a pull factor… Is that one of them?’ Nominee Magnus: ‘It is certainly one part of it, yes, sir.’ WASHINGTON –Today in the Senate Judiciary Committee, U.S. Senator John […]
Cornyn Announces Resolution Commemorating Hispanic Heritage Month
SAN ANTONIO – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) released the following statement after announcing a bipartisan resolution to officially recognize September 15th through October 15th, 2021 as Hispanic Heritage Month. He was joined by Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ) and 47 of their colleagues in Congress who co-sponsored the resolution. “Any Texan will tell you that […]
Cornyn Bill to Rename Rocksprings Border Patrol Station After Agent Donna Doss Passes Senate
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) released the following statement after his Donna M. Doss Memorial Act, which would rename the U.S. Border Patrol Station in Rocksprings, Texas in Agent Doss’s honor, passed the Senate. Agent Doss had served more than 15 years in the Border Patrol when she was killed in the line […]
Cornyn Votes Against Raising Debt Ceiling for Democrats’ Reckless Spending
WASHINGTON – Today U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) released the following statement after voting against raising the debt ceiling, which would allow for an additional $480 billion in borrowing as Senate Democrats attempt to pass a reckless, tax-and-spend social welfare bill: “Last July, Senator McConnell told our Democratic colleagues that as long as you’re going […]
Cornyn Pushes Back on Biden Crackdown on Free Speech of Parents Protesting School Boards
WASHINGTON –Today U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX), along with every Republican member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, demanded the Department of Justice (DOJ) not interfere with local school board meetings or threaten the use of federal law enforcement to deter parents’ free speech. This comes after DOJ issued a memorandum suggesting federal law enforcement may […]
Cornyn, GOP Colleagues Press DHS for Answers on Release of Haitian Migrants into U.S.
WASHINGTON –U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) led a letter yesterday with 37 of his colleagues asking Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas to address reports that thousands of migrants in Del Rio, Texas were released into the interior of the U.S. instead of facing removal as the Administration had previously pledged. They wrote: “While we […]
Cornyn Grills Top DOJ Official on Missing Nassar Hearing
Ms. Raisman, one of the victims of repeated sexual assault by the Olympic team doctor, said the message by [the DOJ] not showing up sends that child abuse doesn’t matter. She’s talking about the Department of Justice, talking about you. Here we are, six years later, and the Department of Justice has done nothing, and […]