Cornyn, Cruz Support Abbott Request for SBA Relief Evaluation Due to Panhandle Wildfires
News WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Ted Cruz (R-TX) today announced their support for Texas Governor Abbott’s request for the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) to conduct joint preliminary damage assessments in communities impacted by wildfires to determine if Texas meets the threshold for additional federal disaster assistance. One of the three fires still burning, […]
VIDEO: Cornyn Previews the President’s State of the Union Address
News [President Biden] has opted – rather than secure the border – to issue dozens of executive orders dismantling, piece by piece, the border security protections that President Trump had put in place. President Biden has allowed more illegal migrant encounters across the border than in 12 years of President Obama’s term and President Trump’s. […]
PHOTO: Cornyn Meets with Laredo Chamber of Commerce & Elected Officials
News WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) met today with members of the Laredo Chamber of Commerce, local business leaders, and City Councilmembers to discuss strengthening cross-border trade and travel, increasing access to health care and Federally Qualified Health Centers in the region, and maintaining relations with our strongest trading partner, Mexico. See photo […]
Cornyn, Colleagues Introduce Bill to Enact Consequences of a Chinese Invasion of Taiwan
News WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX), Chris Coons (D-DE), Bill Cassidy (R-LA), and Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) today introduced legislation that would require the U.S. Department of the Treasury to terminate the U.S.-China Tax Treaty within 30 days of a Presidential determination that China has initiated an armed attack on Taiwan: “The United […]
PHOTO: Cornyn Meets with Del Rio Chamber of Commerce, City Leaders
News WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) met today with Mayor Al Arreola, San Felipe Del Rio Consolidated Independent School District Superintendent Dr. Carlos Rios, members of the Del Rio Chamber of Commerce, and other city leaders to discuss various infrastructure projects in the region, including at Laughlin Air Force Base, area highways, and […]
Cornyn, Colleagues’ Bill to Ensure Crime Victims’ Representatives Receive Restitution Passes Senate
News Bill Would Require Offenders to Pay Victims’ Proxies for Related Expenses WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and U.S. Representatives Harriet Hageman (WY-At-Large) and Lucy McBath (GA-07) released the following statements after their Victims’ Voices Outside and Inside the Courtroom Effectiveness (Victims’ VOICES) […]
Cornyn: Government Funding Scramble Latest Example of Schumer’s Broken Senate
News Members of this body are charged to do the hard work of negotiating, debating, and passing bills to provide government agencies with on-time funding. It’s hard to do when Senator Schumer has us in session two-and-a-half days a week. This is regrettably what we’ve come to expect under Democratic leadership. WASHINGTON – Today on […]
VIDEO: Ahead of Biden Border Trip, Cornyn Highlights Executive Action Hypocrisy
News The same laws that were in effect during President Trump’s administration are still in effect during President Biden’s administration, with far different outcomes. President Biden has no right… to claim that his hands are tied when it comes to addressing the border crisis by executive action. He can fix it, just like he broke […]
Cornyn, Cruz to Secretary Mayorkas: Release Files On Migrant Murder Suspect’s Immigration Parole Status
News WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Ted Cruz (R-TX) sent a letter yesterday to U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas with their Senate Judiciary GOP colleagues demanding answers on how Venezuelan national, Jose Antonio Ibarra, was granted parole into the United States. By law, immigration parole is only to be […]
Cornyn, Cruz Issue Joint Statement on Closure of Rio Grande Sugarcane Mill, Mexico’s Failure to Fulfill Water Treaty Obligations
News HOUSTON, Texas – U.S. Sens. John Cornyn (R-Texas) and Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued a statement today in response to news that the Rio Grande Valley Sugar Growers, Inc.’s sugarcane mill will close amid acute water shortages. About the closure, the senators said, “Mexico’s failure to adhere to its […]
Cornyn on Senate Passage of National Security Supplemental
News WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) released the following statement after the Senate passed the national security supplemental funding legislation: “I am disappointed that the national security supplemental appropriation failed to achieve a secure border, but in the end, if President Biden won’t enforce current laws, I have no confidence he will enforce […]
Cornyn, Colleagues’ Bill to Help Prevent Child Abuse Passes Senate
News Bill Encourages Community-Based Prevention Education and Training for Teachers, Caregivers, and Students WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX), Maggie Hassan (D-NH), and Ben Ray Luján (D-NM) released the following statements after their Jenna Quinn Law, which would allow current grant funds to be used to train and educate students, teachers, caregivers, and other […]
VIDEO: Cornyn Discusses Senate Border Proposal
News This proposal is not what the country needs, wants, or deserves. I’ve said from the beginning that I would only support an agreement or a proposal that would… reduce the influx of humanity coming across the border. This proposal does not meet that requirement. WASHINGTON – Today on the floor, U.S. Senator John Cornyn […]
Cornyn, Colleagues Introduce Bill to Address Substance Abuse in Prisons, Reduce Recidivism
News WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Thom Tillis (R-NC), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Bill Cassidy (R-LA), and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) today introduced the Supporting Treatment and Recovery Over Narcotics for Growth, Empowerment, and Rehabilitation (STRONGER) Act, which would help reduce recidivism and break the cycle of addiction by updating and reauthorizing […]
Cornyn on Biden Admin’s Continued Appeasement of Iran
News Since mid-October, Iranian-backed militia groups have attacked U.S. troops in the region more than 165 times. The Biden administration has projected an image of weakness when it comes to foreign policy. Appeasement is not a viable strategy when it comes to autocrats, dictators, and terrorists. WASHINGTON – Today on the floor, U.S. Senator John […]