Cornyn Introduces Resolution Honoring National Child Abuse Prevention Month
News WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) led a resolution with Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) expressing support for National Child Abuse Prevention Month in April. Text of the resolution is below. Expressing support for the goals and ideals of National Child Abuse Prevention Month. Whereas children are fundamental to the success of the United […]
Cornyn, Colleagues Introduce Bill to Reform Security Classification System
News Legislation Would Streamline Declassification While Modernizing the Classification System & Reviewing Existing Security Clearances WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX), Mark Warner (D-VA), Jerry Moran (R-KS), Ron Wyden (D-OR), Susan Collins (R-ME), Angus King (I-ME), Mike Rounds (R-SD), and Martin Heinrich (D-NM) today introduced the bipartisan Sensible Classification Act of 2023, which would […]
Cornyn Joins Texans in Grieving Victims of Allen Outlet Mall Shooting
News We are all trying to make sense of this unspeakable tragedy. I am grateful to the police officers, the emergency medical technicians, and health care workers who responded… especially the heroic officer who responded to the gunfire and immediately ran toward the danger. We mourn the eight lives that were stolen and lift up […]
Cornyn, GOP Colleagues Oppose Raising Debt Limit Without Spending Cuts and Budget Reforms
News WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) joined a group of 43 Republican Senators led by Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) in sending a letter to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer expressing their commitment to oppose raising the debt ceiling without substantive spending cuts and budget reforms. The full text of the letter is below. […]
Cornyn: Congress Must Address China’s Dominance in Critical Minerals
News The Biden administration says by 2032, we are going to mandate that two-thirds of new passenger vehicles be run on batteries. The supply chain for electric vehicles is a vulnerable one. We need to address the blind spots that are protecting China’s dominance in critical minerals and battery production, and we’re not going to […]
VIDEO: Cornyn Calls Out Judiciary Committee’s Inaction Ahead of Title 42 Expiration
News One week from today Title 42 expires, and the Senate Judiciary Committee, which has jurisdiction over immigration matters, has been strangely silent. The fact is that what is now a flood of humanity coming across the border is going to turn into a tsunami. I don’t know what it takes for people’s sense of […]
Cornyn: Democrats’ Threats Against Federal Judiciary Must Stop
News We are not here to bully any judge into doing what the Majority Leader wants, or what any of us wants, which would ultimately undermine the legitimacy of the Court. Many in… today’s Democratic party are trying to blur the line between the legislative and judicial branches and act as if the judges are […]
VIDEO: Cornyn Condemns Democrats’ Baseless Attacks on Supreme Court Justices
News Members of the United States Supreme Court…have been subjected to relentless campaigns of harassment and intimidation. It can lead unstable individuals to decide that they are going to conduct an assassination of these members of the Supreme Court. Things have gotten terribly out of hand. WASHINGTON – Today in the Senate Judiciary Committee, U.S. […]
VIDEO: Cornyn on Shooting in Cleveland, Texas: ‘Horrific’
News I can’t imagine the shock and grief that these families are experiencing today. What they thought was just a normal Friday night, surrounded by family and friends, turned into a life-shattering day because of the actions of this criminal. How much pain and suffering will our country have to endure before the Biden administration […]
Cornyn, Colleagues Introduce Reauthorization of Project Safe Neighborhoods Program to Reduce Violent Crime
News WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX), Gary Peters (D-MI), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ), Thom Tillis (R-NC), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Ted Cruz (R-TX), Deb Fischer (R-NE), and Chris Coons (D-DE) today introduced the Project Safe Neighborhoods Grant Program Authorization Act to reauthorize a nationwide law enforcement program that uses evidence-based and data-driven […]
Cornyn Calls for Biden Admin to Testify on Migrant Child Labor Trafficking
News WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) today led a letter with nine of his Senate Judiciary Committee colleagues urging Chairman Dick Durbin (D-IL) to ask Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra, former Labor Secretary Marty Walsh, and White House Domestic Policy Advisor Susan Rice to testify before the Committee on the Biden […]
PHOTO: Cornyn Meets with Mayor of Pharr
News WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) met today with Pharr Mayor Dr. Ambrosio Hernandez to discuss broadband development and the Pharr International Bridge expansion project, which Sen. Cornyn led efforts to authorize. See photo below. This image is in the public domain, but those wishing to do so may credit the Office of […]
Cornyn Highlights Stories from Texas Parents, Students Affected by Fentanyl Crisis
News We continue to hear and read heartbreaking stories of teens who overdosed in their bedrooms, or in a car, or at school. Earlier this week, I heard more heartbreaking stories from folks in Carrollton, Texas. Until the Biden administration steps up and does its duty to secure the border… there will continue to be […]
Cornyn, Colleagues Introduce Bill to Help Adjust Military Life Insurance for Inflation
News WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX), Mike Braun (R-IN), Ted Cruz (R-TX), Angus King (I-ME), Mazie Hirono (D-HI), and Mark Kelly (D-AZ) today introduced the Fairness for Servicemembers and their Families Act, a bipartisan, bicameral bill that would help ensure life insurance packages for servicemembers and veterans account for increases in cost of […]
Cornyn, Colleagues Introduce Bill to Help Adjust Military Life Insurance for Inflation
News WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX), Mike Braun (R-IN), Ted Cruz (R-TX), Angus King (I-ME), Mazie Hirono (D-HI), and Mark Kelly (D-AZ) today introduced the Fairness for Servicemembers and their Families Act, a bipartisan, bicameral bill that would help ensure life insurance packages for servicemembers and veterans account for increases in cost of […]