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 […]
Cornyn, Coons, Colleagues Introduce Bill to Combat Fentanyl-Laced Pill Production
News September 18, 2025 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX), Chris Coons (D-DE), Jerry Moran (R-KS), John Fetterman (D-PA), Thom Tillis (R-NC), and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) 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 […]
Cornyn, Cruz File Amicus Brief in Support of Texas’ New Congressional Map
News September 18, 2025 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Ted Cruz (R-TX) filed an amicus brief in the case of the League of United Latin American Citizens v. Texas in support of the State of Texas, not federal courts, having the authority to draw congressional district maps as granted by the Constitution. […]
PHOTO: Cornyn Meets with Corpus Christi Mayor Guajardo & City Leaders
News September 17, 2025 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) met yesterday with Corpus Christi Mayor Paulette Guajardo and members of the United Corpus Christi Chamber of Commerce to discuss enhancing the port, improving water resiliency, and supporting the Coastal Bend’s growing workforce. Please see photo attached and below. This image is in the public domain, but those wishing […]
PHOTO: Cornyn Meets with ONDCP ‘Drug Czar’ Nominee Sara Carter
News September 17, 2025 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) met yesterday with Texan Sara Carter, whom President Trump nominated to serve as Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP). As chair of the U.S. Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control, Sen. Cornyn is strongly committed to stopping the flow of […]
Cornyn Chairs Hearing on Biden’s Endangering of Unaccompanied Migrant Children
News September 17, 2025 The Biden administration prioritized the release of thousands of migrant children without doing background checks…or without conducting mandatory home studies. This issue highlights the way that our Democratic colleagues have pushed to skirt the formal process for releasing unaccompanied minors, in order to minimize the chances of any person who’s come […]
Cornyn, Colleagues Introduce Bill to Disinter Ineligible Veterans from National Cemeteries
News September 16, 2025 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX), Mazie Hirono (D-HI), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), John Fetterman (D-PA), Rick Scott (R-FL), and Adam Schiff (D-CA) today introduced the Restoring the Sanctity of Public Entombments, Cemeteries, and Tributes (RESPECT) Act, which would extend the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) retroactive authority to disinter […]
Cornyn, Senate GOP Colleagues Introduce Bill to Eliminate D.C. Soft-On-Crime Laws
News Legislation Would Ensure Adults Who Commit Crimes Before the Age of 25 Are Not Prematurely Released September 16, 2025 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX), Ted Budd (R-NC), Lindsey Graham (R-SC), and Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) today introduced the Just Incarceration of Criminal Elements (JUSTICE) in D.C. Act, which would eliminate two Washington, D.C. […]
Cornyn, Patel on Trump’s Whole-of-Government Approach to Combatting Drug Traffickers
News September 16, 2025 CORNYN: ‘Do you think a law enforcement model for dealing with these narcotraffickers is adequate to deal with the threat, or do you think we need to start thinking about this in maybe new and different ways?’ PATEL: ‘In order to eliminate…the drug trade and eliminate the pouring into this country […]
PHOTO: Cornyn Meets with Brownsville Chamber of Commerce
News September 11, 2025 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) met yesterday with members of the Brownsville Chamber of Commerce, including Mayor John Cowen, to discuss the growing space economy in South Texas, benefits of the One Big Beautiful Bill for small businesses and Texas families, and water infrastructure funding for our vibrant border […]
Cornyn, Colleagues Introduce Bill to Lower Prescription Drug Costs for Seniors
News September 11, 2025 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX), Jacky Rosen (D-NV), Thom Tillis (R-NC), and Peter Welch (D-VT) today introduced the Share the Savings with Seniors Act, which would lower out-of-pocket prescription drug costs for seniors with chronic health conditions and ensure that the patients most likely to face high out-of-pocket costs […]
PHOTO: Cornyn Meets with U.S. Ambassador to India Nominee Sergio Gor
News September 11, 2025 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) met yesterday with Sergio Gor, whom President Trump nominated to serve as U.S. Ambassador to India. As a co-founder of the Senate India Caucus, Sen. Cornyn is strongly committed to bolstering bilateral ties between the United States and India. See photo attached and below. […]
Cornyn Statement on 24th Anniversary of 9/11 Terrorist Attack
News September 11, 2025 WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) released a statement on the anniversary of the terrorist attack on September 11, 2001, and urged the Senate to pass his American Victims of Terrorism Compensation Act (AVTCA), which would provide financial compensation to Americans injured in acts of international state-sponsored terrorism and their families: […]
Dems Block Cornyn Resolution Allowing for Nomination Votes En Bloc, Paving Way for Senate Republicans to Expedite Confirmations
News September 9, 2025 It’s abundantly clear that we’ve exhausted all the opportunities for negotiation. We’ve vetted a number of different alternatives, but it is this all-consuming, mindless, partisan objection to President Trump and his policies that are blinding our Democratic colleagues from doing what they know is right, which is having a way to […]
Cornyn: ‘The Blockade Ends Today’
News September 9, 2025 We will no longer tolerate Democrats’ efforts to blockade President Trump’s nominees and his agenda. I will offer for unanimous consent a bill… that would provide a process to vote for a number of nominees en bloc, or together. I’m optimistic we’re going to be able to confirm a large portion […]