VIDEO: On Fox, Cornyn Discusses DOGE, Pam Bondi Meeting
News Raising the visibility of this issue, as Elon [Musk] and Vivek [Ramaswamy] have done… will give us an opportunity to try to find some consensus. Congress has tried to kick the can down the road on some of the hard decisions, which are where we should cut and where we should seek efficiencies, but […]
Cornyn, Colleagues’ Bill to Increase Transparency of Federal Grant Application Process Heads to President’s Desk
News WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX), Maggie Hassan (D-NH), John Thune (R-SD), Gary Peters (D-MI), John Kennedy (R-LA), and Raphael Warnock (D-GA) released the following statements after their Grant Transparency Act, which would require government agencies to provide competitive grant applicants with more information about their selection criteria and evaluation process, passed the […]
Cornyn: Voters Chose ‘New Chapter’ with GOP Government
News The last four years under Democratic leadership has been marked by reckless spending, failed border policies, and a weak and dangerous presence on the world stage. The history books will remember this presidency for the open border policies that have been simply devastating to our country. The American people voted not only to turn […]
Cornyn Statement on the New Conservative Senate Majority
News WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) released the following statement in response to election returns indicating that Republicans have won the majority in the Senate: “Tonight, the American people have roundly rejected Chuck Schumer and the Senate Democrat majority’s years of disastrous border policies, reckless spending, and failed management that has caused the Senate […]
Cornyn Praises Selection of American Airlines for San Antonio to D.C. Direct Flight Route
News Slot Created by Cornyn-Supported Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization Bill AUSTIN – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) released the following statement on the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) announcement of the establishment of a direct flight route between San Antonio and Washington D.C.’s Ronald Reagan National Airport to be serviced by Texas-based American Airlines: “As […]
Cornyn: Schumer’s Delays on Defense Make America Less Safe
News The lack of productivity on some very important matters by the United States Senate lies squarely at the feet of the Majority Leader. We have defense leaders from every facet of our military saying that the way the Senate is currently operating… is making their jobs harder and Americans less safe. The picture of […]
Cornyn, Rounds, Colleagues Introduce Resolution to Rectify Biden-Harris Admin’s FAFSA Fiasco
News WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Mike Rounds (R-SD) introduced a resolution yesterday along with 17 of their Senate GOP colleagues slamming the Biden-Harris Administration’s botched rollout of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) for the 2024-2025 school year. The resolution condemns the continued problematic rollout, calls for the U.S. […]
Cornyn Sounds Alarm on Schumer’s September ‘Collision Course’
News The Democratic-led Congress has… wasted an enormous amount of time turning what should be a marathon into an unnecessary sprint. The American people look to Washington and, particularly the United States Congress, and they see dysfunction. I hope as a result they will choose new management come November. WASHINGTON – Today on the floor, […]
VIDEO: Cornyn Joins Fox News Sunday on the Presidential Election, Government Funding, Border Crisis
News I’m looking forward to a repetition of the good debate performance that President Trump had with President Biden.’ When President Trump is reelected, along with my colleague JD Vance, I expect we will be helping the administration pass their agenda. The truth is that the Biden-Harris administration spent three and a half years dismantling […]
Cornyn Scorches Schumer on Sham Tax Bill Vote
News You don’t put a major tax bill on the floor after waiting six months, the day before we’re supposed to break for August and with very little time left between now and the election. The rushed vote on the Wyden-Smith tax bill is not an honest attempt to pass legislation. I can guarantee we […]
Cornyn on Pres. Biden’s Plan to Raise Taxes for Majority of Americans
News Washington Democrats went on a crazy spending spree that sent inflation skyrocketing to the highest in 40 years. Allowing the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act to expire would raise taxes on virtually everybody, including working families. Inflation is up, interest rates are up, and according to President Biden, another term in office for him […]
Cornyn Votes for FAA Reauthorization Bill: ‘A Major Win for Texas’
News A highly functioning FAA is vital to the country, but it’s clear that the agency has fallen short in a number of respects in recent years. ‘This legislation… delivers a major win for Texas, and in particular, San Antonio, where I was raised. This legislation will allow five additional long-haul flights into Reagan National […]
PHOTO: Cornyn Meets with Midland and Odessa Chambers of Commerce
News WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) met today with the Midland and Odessa Chambers of Commerce to discuss President Biden’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) project permitting freeze, transportation infrastructure and his and Sen. Cruz’s I-27 Numbering Act, which is now law, and the new Permian Basin Behavioral Health Center opening next year. See […]
Cornyn, King Introduce Bill to Revoke Tax-Exempt Status of Organizations Bankrolling Terrorists
News WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Angus King (I-ME) today introduced legislation that would terminate the tax-exempt status of groups who provide material support, such as finances, services, or training, to terrorist organizations: “As tensions rise across the globe, terrorism must be rooted out at its source: money,” said Sen. Cornyn. “This […]
Cornyn Discusses Mexico’s Delayed Water Deliveries with Secretary Blinken
News WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) released the following statement after a phone call this morning with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken to discuss Mexico’s continued delays in supplying water deliveries to Texas pursuant to the Treaty Relating to the Utilization of Waters of the Colorado and Tijuana Rivers and of the Rio […]