Cornyn Bills to Combat Fentanyl Crisis Signed into Law
News December 2, 2025 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) released the following statement after his Halting the Epidemic of Addiction and Loss (HEAL) Act, which would expand access to new opioid overdose reversal agents in addition to naloxone by updating guidance and grant language from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services […]
Cornyn Honors Heroism of Attacked National Guardsmen, Slams ‘Notorious’ Biden Afghan Parole Program
News December 1, 2025 The perpetrator was an Afghan parolee… who entered the country under the Biden administration’s Operation Allies Welcome program, which was notorious for insufficient vetting of Afghan refugees. Our prayers continue to go out to the family of Sarah Beckstrom, an American hero, who gave and made the ultimate sacrifice for her […]
Cornyn Meets with NASA Administrator Nominee Jared Isaacman
News Isaacman Committed to Move the Space Shuttle Discovery to Houston December 1, 2025 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) met today with Jared Isaacman, whom President Trump nominated to serve as Administrator of National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). They discussed NASA’s role in maintaining America’s competitive edge over China and other foreign adversaries […]
Cornyn, Cruz File Amicus Brief Backing Texas’ Emergency Application to Implement New Congressional Map
News November 25, 2025 AUSTIN – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Ted Cruz (R-TX) yesterday filed an amicus brief in support of the State of Texas’ emergency application to the U.S. Supreme Court for a stay of the district court injunction that barred Texas from implementing its new congressional district map. The Senators did so in […]
Cornyn, Lee Introduce Bill to Prevent Criminal Non-Citizens From Skipping Bail or Fleeing U.S.
News November 25, 2025 AUSTIN – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Mike Lee (R-UT) introduced the Flight Risk Reduction Act, which would prevent criminal defendants who are not U.S. citizens from fleeing or failing to appear for trial: “This legislation would alter current law to help ensure criminal defendants who are not U.S. citizens […]
Cornyn Calls on Senate Appropriators to Prevent Taxpayer-Funded Abortions, Maintain Hyde Protections in FY26 Funding Process
News Hyde Amendment Protections Have Saved More Than Two Million Lives & Must Continue November 25, 2025 AUSTIN – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) sent a letter to Senators Susan Collins (R-ME), Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Chair of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, […]
Cornyn Urges Olympic Committee to Finalize Ban on Men Competing in Women’s Sports
News November 24, 2025 AUSTIN – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) today sent a letter to the newly elected President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Kirsty Coventry, urging the IOC to finalize and implement a ban on biological males competing in female categories at the Olympic Games to ensure fairness, safety, and integrity in […]
Cornyn, Colleagues Introduce Bill to Protect Medical Residents from Coercive Abortion Training
News November 24, 2025 AUSTIN – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX), along with Senator James Lankford (R-OK) and a group of their Senate GOP colleagues, introduced the Conscience Protections for Medical Residents Act, which would ensure medical students and residents are never pressured or coerced into abortion training that violates their moral or religious beliefs […]
Cornyn, Budd Introduce Bill to Ban Terrorist Sympathizers from U.S.
News November 21, 2025 AUSTIN – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Ted Budd (R-NC) introduced the Terrorist Inadmissibility Codification Act, which would expand a provision in the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) to make any member of or person who publicly endorses the terrorist activities of Hamas, Hezbollah, Al-Qaeda, ISIS, and Palestine Islamic Jihad, […]
Cornyn, Coons, Colleagues’ Bill to Protect State and Local Judges Passes Senate
News November 21, 2025 AUSTIN – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX), Chris Coons (D-DE), Jerry Moran (R-KS), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) released the following statements after their Countering Threats and Attacks on Our Judges Act, which would establish a State Judicial Threat Intelligence and Resource Center to provide technical assistance, training, and […]
Cornyn, Colleagues’ Bill to Help Adjust Military Life Insurance for Inflation Heads to President’s Desk
News November 21, 2025 AUSTIN – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX), Maggie Hassan (D-NH), Ted Cruz (R-TX), and Angus King (I-ME) released the following statements after their Fairness for Servicemembers and their Families Act, which would help ensure life insurance packages for service members and veterans account for increases in cost of living and inflation, […]
Cornyn, Colleagues Introduce Bill to Exempt Trafficking Survivors’ Restitution from Federal Taxes
News November 20, 2025 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX), Ron Wyden (D-OR), James Lankford (R-OK) and Raphael Warnock (D-GA) and U.S. Representatives Jodey Arrington (TX-19) and Brad Schneider (IL-10) today introduced the Human Trafficking Survivor Tax Relief Act, which would exempt civil damages, restitution, and other monetary awards given to human trafficking survivors […]
PHOTO: Cornyn Meets with Texas Farm Bureau
News November 20, 2025 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) met yesterday with Texas Farm Bureau (TFB) President Russell Boening and TFB board members to discuss efforts to prevent the spread of New World screwworm (NWS) and the historic wins included in the One Big Beautiful Bill, now law, which will bolster the agriculture […]
Cornyn Op-Ed: Antisemitism’s Rise is Intolerable
News November 20, 2025 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) authored the following op-ed in the Dallas Morning News condemning the dangerous rise of antisemitism on the right and calling for moral clarity within the conservative movement to defend the dignity of every person. Antisemitism’s rise is intolerable Senator John Cornyn The Dallas Morning News […]
Cornyn Chairs Hearing on the Radical Left’s Crusade Against Immigration Enforcement
News November 19, 2025 Ever since President Trump was sworn into office and began prioritizing immigration enforcement, assaults and attacks on immigration agents and officers have skyrocketed. Some of our Democratic colleagues have used incendiary rhetoric to fan the flames of public protests…the result has been widespread assaults on our law enforcement officers. Why is […]