Cornyn Grills Abortion-on-Demand Advocate on the Value of Unborn Life
News Share on email Share on linkedin Share on facebook Sen. Cornyn: ‘Do you think that a baby that is not yet born – let’s say, the day before this mother delivers – do you think that baby has value?’ Prof. Bridges: ‘I think that the person with the capacity for pregnancy has value, […]
Cornyn: Dems Again Push Tax Break for Manhattan Millionaires
News Share on email Share on linkedin Share on facebook With voter confidence at a concerning low, our Democratic colleagues have made an interesting calculation. They’re trying to resurrect their Build Back Broke agenda. Working families in Texas should not be forced to subsidize the tax bill for Manhattan millionaires. It isn’t time to hand […]
Cornyn: Schumer Jeopardizing Bipartisan Semiconductor Funding for Doomed Spending Spree
News Share on email Share on linkedin Share on facebook Earlier this summer, a conference committee was appointed and began negotiating a compromise bill that would finally fund the CHIPS Act and make other critical investments in our national security and competitiveness. But with the CHIPS funding on the five-yard line, the Majority Leader, the […]
Cornyn’s Mental Health and School Safety Bill Signed Into Law
News This bill includes important targeted reforms, complete with robust due process protections that I believe will keep our children and our communities safe while respecting Second Amendment rights. Will it save lives? I believe the answer to that is yes, and that makes this worth doing. Unless a person is adjudicated mentally ill or […]
VIDEO: Senate Passes Cornyn’s Mental Health and School Safety Bill One Month After Uvalde
News Share on email Share on linkedin Share on facebook For too long some politicians have tried to pit the right to live in a safe community against the constitutional right to keep and bear arms… This is a false choice. Law-abiding gun owners are not the problem. No parent should ever fear for the […]
VIDEO: On Fox, Cornyn Discusses the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act
News Share on email Share on linkedin Share on facebook No parent wants to send their child to school fearful for their safety. This bill… does not infringe on the rights of law-abiding gun owners. They’re not the problem. I think we’ve threaded the needle in a way that protects the right of law-abiding citizens, […]
Cornyn’s Bipartisan Safer Communities Act Endorsed by Key Groups, Editorial Boards
News Share on email Share on linkedin Share on facebook The bill preserves gun rights while trying to keep guns away from the dangerous. That’s a step forward. – WSJ Editorial Board WASHINGTON – A coalition of leading law enforcement, mental health, domestic violence, and education groups have endorsed Senator John Cornyn (R-TX)’s Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, […]
Cornyn, Bipartisan Group of Senators Announce Bipartisan Safer Communities Act
News Share on email Share on linkedin Share on facebook WASHINGTON – Senators John Cornyn (R-TX), Chris Murphy (D-CT), Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ), and Thom Tillis (R-NC) released the following statement: “Today, we finalized bipartisan, commonsense legislation to protect America’s children, keep our schools safe, and reduce the threat of violence across our country. Our legislation […]
Cornyn Details Due Process Protections in Mental Health, School Safety Bill
News Share on email Share on linkedin Share on facebook Unless a person is convicted of a crime or is adjudicated mentally ill, their ability to purchase a firearm will not be impacted by this legislation. What we’re trying do is prevent dangerous individuals from unleashing violence on their communities, and one way of achieving […]
Cornyn’s Juneteenth Resolution Passes Senate
News Share on email Share on linkedin Share on facebook WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator John Cornyn’s (R-TX) resolution honoring Juneteenth passed the Senate last week. Text is below, and you can view the full resolution and a list of cosponsors here. Designating June 19, 2022, as “Juneteenth National Independence Day” in recognition of June 19, 1865, the date […]
New Cornyn Legislation to Support Texas Sea Turtle Population
News Share on email Share on linkedin Share on facebook On World Sea Turtle Day, Bill to Bolster Rescue and Recovery Efforts WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Ed Markey (D-MA) released the following statements after introducing the bipartisan Sea Turtle Rescue Assistance Act, which would establish a grant program to fund the […]
Cornyn Gives Update on Key Issues in School Safety, Mental Health Negotiations
News Share on email Share on linkedin Share on facebook We’ve run into a couple of bumps in the road that have slowed things down a little bit. The details of these provisions are critical for support from my colleagues on this side of the aisle, and I hope our colleagues across the aisle will […]
Cornyn, Coons Introduce Bill to Promote Civics Education
News Share on email Share on linkedin Share on facebook WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Chris Coons (D-DE) yesterday introduced the USA Civics Act, which would reauthorize an American history and civics grant program to promote knowledge of American political thought and history, free institutions, democracy, and participation in political and civic life: “Learning […]
Cornyn, Coons Bill to Extend Security for SCOTUS Justices & Families Heads to President’s Desk
News WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Chris Coons (D-DE) released the following statements after their Supreme Court Police Parity Act, which would allow the Supreme Court of the United States Police to provide the families of Supreme Court Justices with around-the-clock security protection, passed the House of Representatives: “Last week we received […]
Cornyn: ‘No National “Red Flag” Law’
News Share on email Share on linkedin Share on facebook None of what we are proposing would create a national “red flag law. The existence or lack of a “red flag” law should not impact any state’s ability to receive funds for crisis intervention. And if a state does want to use this money to […]