Cornyn, Colleagues’ Bill to Strengthen Cross-Border Trade, Guard Against Terrorism Heads to President’s Desk
News WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX), Tom Carper (D-DE), James Lankford (R-OK), and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) released the following statements after their legislation to create a pilot program to strengthen the Customs Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (CTPAT) program passed the House and now heads to the President’s desk: “In order for America to […]
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, Blumenthal, Colleagues Introduce Bill to Combat Child Exploitation
News WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Josh Hawley (R-MO), Dick Durbin (D-IL), and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Representatives Nathaniel Moran (TX-01) and Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-25) yesterday introduced the PROTECT Our Children Act, which would reauthorize and modernize the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force Program: “For […]
Cornyn, GOP Colleagues’ Bill to Make Catch-and-Release Data Public Passes Senate
News Legislation Would Require the Biden-Harris Administration to Release Data on Unlawful Migrant Release Programs WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX), Thom Tillis (R-NC), Tom Cotton (R-AR), Tommy Tuberville (R-AL), and Susan Collins (R-ME) released the following statements after their Southern Border Transparency Act, which would require the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) […]
Cornyn, Peters, Webster, Carbajal Introduce Bill to Strengthen Cybersecurity at Ports
News WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Gary Peters (D-MI) and U.S. Representatives Daniel Webster (FL-11) and Salud Carbajal (CA-24) today introduced their Protecting Investments in Our Ports Act, which would ensure that all applicants for competitive grant funding from the Port Infrastructure Development Program (PIDP) to purchase secure digital infrastructure or software […]
VIDEO: Cornyn Condemns Antisemitism, Rise in Hate Crimes in Judiciary Hearing
News RABBI: Jews are often called the canary in the coal mine of intolerance. CORNYN: I’m proud of the fact the University of Texas… actually enforced its own rules. RABBI: If you can see those rules when it applies to racist, sexist, homophobic, misogynistic speech, but not when it comes to antisemitic speech, your problem […]
Cornyn, Padilla, Castro Introduce Bipartisan, Bicameral Resolution to Honor Hispanic-Serving Institutions Week
News AUSTIN — U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-Texas) and Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), along with U.S. Representative Joaquin Castro (D-Texas-20), introduced a bipartisan, bicameral resolution to designate the week starting on September 9, 2024 as National Hispanic-Serving Institutions Week. The resolution is co-led in the House of Representatives by Congressional HSI Caucus co-chairs Representatives Jenniffer González-Colón […]
Cornyn, Cortez Masto Bill to Stop Illicit Drug Financing Signed into Law
News AUSTIN – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) released the following statements after their Preventing the Financing of Illegal Synthetic Drugs Act, which helps the federal government financially stifle organizations that traffic synthetic drugs like fentanyl into the United States, was signed into law: “Fentanyl is an unprecedented crisis that […]
Cornyn: Schumer ‘Playing with Fire’ on NDAA Delay
News We could have taken up the good bipartisan work of the Armed Services Committee and put the National Defense Authorization bill on the floor, but the Majority Leader would have none of that. We’re playing with fire… at a time when the national security threats loom so large. Our adversaries are not acting on […]
Cornyn, Cruz, Kelly Bill to Expand Starr-Camargo Bridge Heads to President’s Desk
News WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX), Ted Cruz (R-TX), and Mark Kelly (D-AZ) released the following statements after their Starr-Camargo Bridge Expansion Act, which would give authority to increase the number of lanes for the toll bridge or allow a rail line to be built that runs from Rio Grande City, Texas, to Mexico and facilitates […]
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 […]
On Fox, Cornyn Discusses Harris’ Border Flip-Flop
News [Harris] takes a radically permissive position or approach to illegal immigration, and then when she realizes this isn’t to her political advantage when she’s now the Democratic nominee, she seems like she is simpatico with President Trump. Both can’t be true. This is clearly an opportunistic flip-flop. She will say or do anything she […]
Cornyn Urges Biden Admin to Push for Release of Austin Tice
News WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX), along with Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), led more than a third of the Senate in a bipartisan letter to President Joe Biden yesterday urging him and his administration to prioritize the return of Austin Tice, an American journalist, Houston native, and Marine veteran who will mark the grim milestone of being held […]