WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) released the following statement after the Senate voted to proceed to the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, and video of the Senator’s remarks prior to the vote can be found here:

“Senate Republicans are one step closer to delivering on President Trump’s agenda by advancing the One Big Beautiful Bill, which will avoid a massive tax increase on Texas families, secure our southern border, remove burdensome taxes on Americans exercising their Second Amendment rights, and chart our country on a path toward fiscal sanity after years of frivolous spending in Washington under Joe Biden,” said Sen. Cornyn. “This significant legislation includes key provisions I have championed that put Texans first, and soon we will vote to send it over to the House and on to President Trump’s desk to become law.”

Background:

The One Big Beautiful Bill Act contains the following provisions championed by Sen. Cornyn:

• $13.5 billion to reimburse states like Texas for stepping up and trying to secure the southern border during the Biden-Harris administration;
• Language that would result in the consideration of movement of the Space Shuttle Discovery from Virginia to its rightful home near the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) Johnson Space Center (JSC) in Houston;
• His Stop Funding Genital Mutilation Act, which would prohibit federal funding from Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) from going toward gender transition procedures at any age;
• A modified version of his Small Business Investment Act, which would make it easier for small and start-up businesses to access the financing they need to grow and succeed;
• Provisions from his Feral Swine Eradication Act to provide $105 million to the Feral Swine Eradication and Control Pilot Program;
• And the reduction of burdensome taxes on certain firearms and silencers to $0.

It also includes the following tax provisions to benefit Texas families:

• Prevents a more-than $3,000 tax hike on the average Texas family;
• Protects more than half a million Texas jobs from being lost;
• Ensures more than 3.7 million Texas households’ child tax credit is not cut in half;
• Shields more than two million Texas small business owners from a massive tax hike;
• Makes sure more than 12 million Texas families’ standard deduction is not cut in half;
• Establishes work requirements for able-bodied adults who are choosing not to work and do not have dependent children or elderly parents in their care;
• And ensures no taxes on tips or overtime for millions of tipped and hourly workers.

The bill also makes historic investments in border security through the following provisions:

• $46.5 billion for U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) to build the border wall and associated infrastructure like access roads, cameras, lights, and sensors;
• $4.1 billion for a border personnel surge;
• $45 billion for the detention of illegal migrants;
• $6 billion for improvements to surveillance at the border;
• Funding for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to increase staffing and enhance migrant screening and vetting processes;
• Resources for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to increase recruitment, onboarding, and retention of ICE staff;
• Funding for the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to hire more immigration judges and staff to address the yearslong backlog of immigration petitions, cases, and orders of removals and investigate and prosecute immigration matters;
• And additional resources for police and law enforcement officers who put their lives on the line to keep our communities safe.