http://cornyn.senate.gov/public/ A collection of the latest records posted to United States Senator John Cornyn, Texas website. http://cornyn.senate.gov/public/ http://cornyn.senate.gov/public/_skins/default/images/rss_banner.jpg en_US Frontrunner || www.gslsolutions.com Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:00:01 GMT Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:00:01 GMT WASHINGTON—U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, today issued the following statement regarding the newly released January jobs report:

“January’s lower unemployment rate masks the reality that job creation across America is stagnant and represents more disheartenin...]]> Fri, 05 Feb 2010 10:56:00 EST WASHINGTON—U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, today issued the following statement welcoming Sen. Scott Brown to the U.S. Senate. Sen. Brown will be sworn in on the Senate floor today.

“Today I welcome my newest colleague Sen. Scott Brown to the United States Senate. ...]]> Thu, 04 Feb 2010 02:00:00 EST WASHINGTON—U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, today released the following statement regarding legislation he has cosponsored to bar taxpayer dollars from funding the trial of 9/11 terrorists in civilian court:

“9/11 was an act of war, and the terrori...]]> Tue, 02 Feb 2010 03:02:00 EST WASHINGTON—U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, a member of the Senate Budget Committee, today issued the following statement regarding the President’s proposed cancellation of NASA’s Constellation project for human space flight, as included in his Fiscal Year 2011 b...]]> Mon, 01 Feb 2010 01:47:00 EST WASHINGTON –U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, a member of the Senate Budget Committee, today released the following statement regarding the President’s proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2011:

“Simply put, the President has sent Congress a budget proposal ...]]> Mon, 01 Feb 2010 01:42:00 EST When the people of Massachusetts voted to send Scott Brown to Washington, they gave us an opportunity to produce the kind of health care reform that all Americans can support. The people of Massachusetts, like their fellow citizens in Texas, have rejected Washington's $2.5 trillion health care po...]]> Fri, 29 Jan 2010 11:32:00 EST WASHINGTON—The Minerals Management Service (MMS) awarded a $455,275 grant to Victoria County to fund water quality improvement efforts, a project included in the State’s Coastal Impact Assistance Program (CIAP), U.S. Sen. John Cornyn announced today. The grant will be...]]> Thu, 28 Jan 2010 02:19:00 EST WASHINGTON—U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, today issued the following statement calling for action on the issues of trade, offshore energy production and tax relief for small businesses, which President Obama voiced his commitment for in last night’s State of the Unio...]]> Thu, 28 Jan 2010 02:17:00 EST WASHINGTON—U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, a member of the Senate Republican Leadership, issued the following statement following the conclusion of tonight’s State of the Union address:

“President Obama’s State of the Union address was ...]]> Wed, 27 Jan 2010 10:16:00 EST WASHINGTON—U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, a member of the Senate Finance Committee, today issued the following statement after the Senate voted down the Conrad Amendment to H.J. Resolution 45, a proposal that would have created a bipartisan commission to propose long range...]]> Tue, 26 Jan 2010 01:58:00 EST If ever there were a year that we might want to forget, it would likely be 2009. Our country saw the worst economic conditions since the Great Depression. The housing industry all but collapsed, and thousands of Texans faced foreclosure. The automobile industry laid off thousands and turned to Wa...]]> Tue, 26 Jan 2010 11:10:00 EST WASHINGTON—U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, today issued the following statement after agreeing to cosponsor a Resolution of Disapproval of the EPA’s Endangerment Rule, introduced by U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) and supp...]]> Mon, 25 Jan 2010 09:56:00 EST WASHINGTON—U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, today issued the following statement regarding the 2010 March for Life rally:

“My staff and I would like to extend a warm welcome to all of the Texans, including many religious leaders, who have made the trip to our nation&...]]> Fri, 22 Jan 2010 04:28:00 EST WASHINGTON—U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, a member of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Terrorism and Homeland Security, today issued the following statement regarding his participation in a bipartisan Senate delegation visiting Afghanistan, India, Syria, Cyprus, and Mo...]]> Fri, 22 Jan 2010 04:26:00 EST WASHINGTON—U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today introduced legislation to close critical security gaps in our current visa screening process, which, had they been addressed prior, could have prevented Nigerian terrorist Umar Faro...]]> Fri, 22 Jan 2010 12:22:00 EST WASHINGTON—U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, a member of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Terrorism and Homeland Security, and Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison today sent a letter to President Obama urging him to override the DoJ’s decision to try the Christmas Day Bomb...]]> Fri, 22 Jan 2010 12:18:00 EST WASHINGTON—U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, a member of the Senate Finance Committee, today issued the following statement after the Majority voted down the Thune Amendment, of which Sen. Cornyn was an original cosponsor, that would have terminated the Treasury Department&rs...]]> Fri, 22 Jan 2010 10:37:00 EST WASHINGTON—U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, a member of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Terrorism and Homeland Security, today joined his colleagues in sending a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder asking him to identify the Department of Justice official who made th...]]> Thu, 21 Jan 2010 05:11:00 EST WASHINGTON—U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today joined a Bipartisan group of 45 Members of the Senate and House in sending a letter to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urging her to give Haitian orphans high priority in all U.S...]]> Tue, 19 Jan 2010 09:52:00 EST WASHINGTON—U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today issued this statement following the release of a Pentagon report examining the terror attacks at Fort Hood last November:

“As the report indicates, the Fort Hood com...]]> Fri, 15 Jan 2010 03:02:00 EST