Cornyn Statement on Biden Admin.’s Reversal of Their Reversal of Texas’ Medicaid Waiver
I’m glad they’ve now reversed themselves, but this was a boneheaded move that could have cost lives. WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) released the following statement after the Biden Administration’s Center for Medicaid Services (CMS) Director reversed their earlier decision to rescind Texas’ previously-approved 1115 waiver and put the health of low-income and […]
Cornyn, Klobuchar Lead Reauthorization of the Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Reauthorization Act
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) led a bipartisan group of colleagues to introduce the Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Reauthorization Act, which would reauthorize critical grants for mental health courts, crisis intervention teams, and other programs that have helped law enforcement assist individuals experiencing mental illness for nearly two decades. They […]
Cornyn Votes for Ukraine Aid Package, New Violence Against Women Act
I believe we have a moral duty to support Ukraine, and this legislation provides $13 billion in humanitarian, economic, and military assistance. One of the good things about this omnibus appropriations bill is it does exclude poison pills that included things like taxpayer funding of abortions. I think there’s enough good in this bill to […]
Cornyn Votes Against Biden Vaccine Mandate for Health Care Workers
“There’s nothing in the Constitution that empowers the President to order particularly private employers to do anything.” WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) released the following statement after voting for the resolution of disapproval under the Congressional Review Act (CRA) to overturn the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ vaccine mandate for health care […]
Cornyn, Durbin Introduce Bill to Address Shortage of Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) and Senate Judiciary Chairman Dick Durbin (D-IL) yesterday introduced the Supporting Access to Nurse Exams (SANE) Act, which would help clarify and improve an existing grant program to train Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners (SANEs), specialized nurses who provide forensic sexual assault examinations to rape victims. “Too often survivors […]
Cornyn: Congress Must Overturn Biden’s Illegal Vaccine Mandate
There’s nothing in the Constitution that empowers the President to order particularly private employers to do anything. Today U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) discussed the upcoming vote in the Senate on the Congressional Review Act to roll back the Biden Administration’s unconstitutional vaccine mandate. Excerpts of Sen. Cornyn’s remarks are below, and video can be […]
Cornyn Joins Colleagues in Challenging Biden’s Vaccine Mandate
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) joined all Senate Republicans in filing a Congressional Review Act (CRA) disapproval resolution, the official process for Congress to eliminate an executive branch rule, against President Biden’s vaccine mandate for private businesses. “At a time when companies are facing higher costs to do business and supply-chain disruptions, […]
Cornyn, Feinstein Bill to Close Loophole Enabling Illegal Opioid Distribution Signed Into Law
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) released the following statements after their Ensuring Compliance Against Drug Diversion Act, which would help prevent bad actors from creating shell entities or using registration loopholes to continue to distribute opioids at alarming rates and provide more transparency and accountability for pharmacies seeking to […]
Senate Judiciary Committee Approves Cornyn-Blumenthal Bill to Lower Drug Costs by Preventing Patent System Abuse
WASHINGTON – Today the Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously approved legislation authored by U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) to help lower drug prices by preventing bad actors in the pharmaceutical industry from deliberately abusing the patent system. Blumenthal and Cornyn’s remarks during this morning’s markup are available for download here. The bipartisan Affordable […]
Cornyn, Feinstein Bill to Stop Chemical Companies & Pharmacies Who Break Rules from Selling Controlled Substances Heads to President’s Desk
WASHINGTON –U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) released the following statements after their Debarment Enforcement of Bad Actor Registrants (DEBAR) Act passed the Senate unanimously last night: “Thousands of Texans die each year from opioid overdoses, and the pandemic has exacerbated the grip drugs like fentanyl have on our communities,” said Sen. Cornyn. “This legislation would stop […]
Cornyn, Bennet, Colleagues Introduce Bill to Augment National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX), Michael Bennet (D-CO), Joni Ernst (R-IA), and Mark Warner (D-VA) today introduced the Suicide and Crisis Outreach Prevention Enhancement Act, which would expand and enhance the capacity of the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline and mental health crisis centers. The bill aims to increase awareness of the Lifeline through […]
Cornyn Pushes Senate to Reject CMS Nominee Over Texas Medicaid Waiver Reversal
WASHINGTON – Today on the floor, U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) discussed Chiquita Brooks-LaSure’s nomination to be Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the Biden Administration’s decision to rescind Texas’ 1115 waiver and put the health of low-income and uninsured Texans in jeopardy in an effort to force the state to accept […]
Cornyn, Bennet Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Increase Access to Generic Drugs
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Michael Bennet (D-CO) yesterday introduced the Increasing Access to Biosimilars Act, which would direct the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish a shared savings demonstration project to increase access to biosimilar biological products under the Medicare program. “Texans who need lifesaving medication shouldn’t have to pay through […]
Cornyn Remarks on Biden Reversal of Texas’s Medicaid Waiver
WASHINGTON – Yesterday U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) shared his frustration that the Biden Administration has rescinded Texas’s 1115 Medicaid Waiver Extension in the Senate Finance Committee. He currently has a hold on the nomination of Chiquita Brooks-LaSure to be administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services until he can get more clarity from the […]
Cornyn, Blumenthal Bill to Support Mental Health Treatment for Incarcerated Individuals Signed Into Law
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) released the following statements after the Crisis Stabilization and Community Reentry Act, which would authorize grants to allow law enforcement to partner with mental health providers in the community on treatment and crisis stabilization services for incarcerated individuals and promote community-based care upon reentry, was signed […]