Cornyn, Blumenthal, Grassley, Durbin Bills to Lower Drug Costs Pass Senate Judiciary Committee
News Legislation Would Crack Down on Patent System Abuse & Deter Product Hopping WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), and Dick Durbin (D-IL) released the following statements after their Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act, which would help lower drug prices by preventing bad actors in the pharmaceutical industry […]
Cornyn, Colleagues Introduce Bill to Address School Bus Driver Shortage
News Legislation Would Eliminate a Specific Commercial Driver’s License Testing Requirement for School Bus Drivers WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), and Mark Kelly (D-AZ) today introduced the Driving Forward Act, which would continue to exempt new school bus drivers from the “Under-the-Hood” Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) testing […]
Cornyn, Colleagues Introduce Legislation to Improve Access to Infrastructure Funding for Gulf Coast Ports
News WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX), along with Senators Gary Peters (D-MI), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Roger Wicker (R-MS), and Todd Young (R-IN), introduced the Securing Smart Investments in Our Ports Act, which would help ensure that Texas Gulf Coast ports receive a fair share of federal funding available for port infrastructure upgrades and […]
Cornyn, Cruz Introduce Senate Resolution Honoring Texan George Foreman
News WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Ted Cruz (R-TX) today introduced a Senate resolution honoring the life and legacy of Houston native and professional boxer George Foreman, who passed away on March 21, 2025. Text is below, and you can view the full resolution here. “Whereas George Foreman was born on January […]
Cornyn Introduces Texan Tilman Fertitta at Ambassador to Italy and San Marino Nomination Hearing
News Tilman’s realization of the American dream will serve him well as a voice for our nation’s interests and as an advocate for a strong relationship between the United States and Italy. I have no doubt he will do a stellar job as ambassador. WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) today introduced Texan and […]
Cornyn, Colleagues Introduce Bill to Make the Feral Swine Eradication Program Permanent
News WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX), Ben Ray Luján (D-NM), Tommy Tuberville (R-AL), Raphael Warnock (D-GA), Katie Britt (R-AL), and Jon Ossoff (D-GA) today introduced the Feral Swine Eradication Act, which would extend and make permanent a pilot program to safeguard public health, agriculture, and local ecosystems against the threat of feral swine: […]
Cornyn Calls on FIFA to Take Steps to Prevent Human Trafficking at the World Cup
News WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) and 16 of his Senate colleagues sent a letter to officials at the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) urging the organization to ensure they are working to prevent human trafficking before, during, and after the 2026 World Cup and requesting that FIFA share information about […]
Cornyn Slams Tesla Attacks, Crockett’s Rhetoric Against Fellow Texans
News Placing bombs and lighting cars on fire is not an appropriate means of expressing dissenting views. I was disappointed to see one of my fellow Texans in our congressional delegation go so far as to condone these kind of activities. This is a disturbing trend in political rhetoric, one that has turned to violence. […]
Cornyn, Padilla Bill to Safeguard U.S. Research Against Foreign Adversaries Passes House
News WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Alex Padilla (D-CA) released the following statements after their U.S. Research Protection Act, which would shield American research from malign foreign influence by updating language in the CHIPS and Science Act to include additional restrictions against programs sponsored by countries of concern, passed the U.S. House […]
Cornyn, Luján, Gonzales Introduce Bill to Expand, Preserve Big Bend National Park
News WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Ben Ray Luján (D-NM) and Congressman Tony Gonzales (TX-23) today introduced the Big Bend National Park Boundary Adjustment Act, which would authorize the U.S. National Park Service (NPS) to acquire around 6,100 acres of land along the western boundary of the park: “Big Bend National Park […]
Cornyn, Cruz File Amicus Brief Urging SCOTUS to Hear Case Challenging Texas’ Lobbying Law
News Texas Senators Raise Concern Over Law’s Potential First Amendment Violations WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Ted Cruz (R-TX) filed an amicus brief encouraging the U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) to take up Sullivan v. Texas Ethics Commission, which is a case on appeal from the Supreme Court of Texas by petitioner Michael […]
Cornyn Recaps Events in Texas on Trump Tax Cuts, Unleashing American Energy
News We had a great discussion about the importance of the Port of Corpus Christi and the product that passes through…that helps America’s energy independence and helps our friends and allies around the world. Another important opportunity I had during the state work period was to meet with my constituents to talk about the Tax […]
Cornyn on Democrats’ Tesla Attacks: ‘Trump Derangement Syndrome’
News [Democrats] are unteachable, and certainly they didn’t learn anything from the election on November 5th, when their party… was rejected by the American people. I would prefer that they would engage constructively and try to work together with us to try to solve some of these problems, rather than just lose their mind and […]
Cornyn, Sheehy Introduce Bill to Modernize Definition of Firearm Silencer
News HOUSTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Tim Sheehy (R-MT) introduced the Protecting Americans Right to Silence (PARTS) Act, which would modernize the definition of “silencer” to ensure gun owners can safely exercise their Second Amendment rights without fear of criminalization: “No law-abiding American should have their Second Amendment rights violated because of […]
Cornyn-Supported HALT Fentanyl Act Passes Senate
News WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) released the following statement after the Senate passed the Halt All Lethal Trafficking of (HALT) Fentanyl Act, which would help keep this deadly drug off of Texas’ streets by permanently classifying fentanyl-related substances as Schedule I before their temporary status expires at the end of March: “This […]