PHOTO: Cornyn Meets with Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham
News WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) met today with Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham to discuss Texas’ leadership in reversing the Biden-Harris administration’s reckless border policies and reforming how the federal government handles disaster relief funding to make it more efficient for Texas communities. See photo below. This image is in the public […]
Cornyn Meets with CIA Director Nominee John Ratcliffe
News WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) made the following remarks to media after meeting with former Congressman representing Texas’ 4th congressional district and Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe, whom President-Elect Trump has announced he will nominate to serve as Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA): “I’ve known John Ratcliffe for a […]
Cornyn, Van Hollen, Warner, Murray Urge Biden to Provide Update on Austin Tice
News WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Mark Warner (D-VA), and Patty Murray (D-WA) today sent a bipartisan letter to President Joe Biden urging him to provide an update on efforts to locate and free Austin Tice in light of the fall of the Assad regime. Tice is an American […]
Cornyn Sounds Alarm on Outbound Investment
News It’s high time that the United States becomes serious about limiting the flow of U.S. dollars into the arsenal of our biggest strategic adversary. The Senate voted 91-6 to include my amendment in the NDAA last year, showing an overwhelming bipartisan consensus on the need to address this issue. We must not squander this […]
Cornyn Meets with Secretary of Defense Nominee Pete Hegseth
News WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) met today with Pete Hegseth, whom President-Elect Trump has announced he will nominate to serve as U.S. Secretary of Defense. Please see photo below. This image is in the public domain, but those wishing to do so may credit the Office of U.S. Senator John Cornyn. Senator John […]
Cornyn Meets with FBI Director Nominee Kash Patel
News WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) met today with Kash Patel, whom President-Elect Trump has announced he will nominate to serve as Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Please see photo below. This image is in the public domain, but those wishing to do so may credit the Office of U.S. […]
Cornyn, Warner, Lankford, Kelly Introduce Bill to Foster Intelligence Community Partnerships
News WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX), Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Chairman Mark Warner (D-VA), and Senators James Lankford (R-OK) and Mark Kelly (D-AZ) introduced the Enable IC Partnerships Act, which would encourage public and private partnerships with the Intelligence Community to streamline acquisitions and adoption of cutting-edge technologies and support workforce development: […]
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 Meets with Attorney General Nominee Pam Bondi
News WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) met today with Pam Bondi, whom President-Elect Trump has announced he will nominate to serve as U.S. Attorney General. Please see photo attached and below. This image is in the public domain, but those wishing to do so may credit the Office of U.S. Senator John Cornyn. Senator John Cornyn, […]
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 […]
PHOTO: Cornyn Meets with NASA Astronauts
News WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) met yesterday with NASA astronauts Jasmin Moghbeli and Texas native Loral O’Hara who recently returned from Expedition 70, which marked the 70th long-duration mission to the International Space Station (ISS). They discussed the scientific research conducted during Expedition 70, NASA’s priorities, and their shared commitment to ensuring […]
Cornyn, Welch, Risch Introduce Bill to Mitigate Foreign Influence on U.S. Policymaking
News WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX), Peter Welch (D-VT), and Jim Risch (R-ID) today introduced the Conflict-free Leaving Employment and Activity Restrictions (CLEAR) Path Act, which would mitigate foreign influence on U.S. policymaking by prohibiting former government employees from lobbying on behalf of countries of concern: “When it comes to influencing U.S. policymaking, […]
VIDEO: Cornyn Praises Trump’s Energy and Environment Nominees
News It should be no surprise to the Biden administration that Texans voted against a president who prioritized keeping radical climate activists happy at the expense of average Americans. With President Trump at the helm, I have no doubt that Texans will be able to breathe a sigh of relief when it comes to their […]
VIDEO: Cornyn on Hunter Biden Pardon: ‘Blatant Corruption’
News This is blatant corruption, and an abuse of the office. Justice means nothing if it’s not applied evenhandedly. The notion that someone could be above the law simply because his father happens to be president is an affront to law-abiding citizens. WASHINGTON – Today on the floor, U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) discussed President […]
Cornyn on Release of Texan Mark Swidan
News AUSTIN – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) released the following statement on the announcement that Mark Swidan, a Houston resident, was released from Chinese prison: “After 12 long years of unjust imprisonment, Houstonian Mark Swidan is finally free,” said Sen. Cornyn. “Mark has suffered unimaginable conditions and treatment after being wrongfully detained at the […]