VIDEO: Cornyn Condemns Democrats’ Baseless Attacks on Supreme Court Justices
News Members of the United States Supreme Court…have been subjected to relentless campaigns of harassment and intimidation. It can lead unstable individuals to decide that they are going to conduct an assassination of these members of the Supreme Court. Things have gotten terribly out of hand. WASHINGTON – Today in the Senate Judiciary Committee, U.S. […]
VIDEO: Cornyn on Shooting in Cleveland, Texas: ‘Horrific’
News I can’t imagine the shock and grief that these families are experiencing today. What they thought was just a normal Friday night, surrounded by family and friends, turned into a life-shattering day because of the actions of this criminal. How much pain and suffering will our country have to endure before the Biden administration […]
Cornyn, Colleagues Introduce Reauthorization of Project Safe Neighborhoods Program to Reduce Violent Crime
News WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX), Gary Peters (D-MI), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ), Thom Tillis (R-NC), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Ted Cruz (R-TX), Deb Fischer (R-NE), and Chris Coons (D-DE) today introduced the Project Safe Neighborhoods Grant Program Authorization Act to reauthorize a nationwide law enforcement program that uses evidence-based and data-driven […]
Cornyn Calls for Biden Admin to Testify on Migrant Child Labor Trafficking
News WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) today led a letter with nine of his Senate Judiciary Committee colleagues urging Chairman Dick Durbin (D-IL) to ask Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra, former Labor Secretary Marty Walsh, and White House Domestic Policy Advisor Susan Rice to testify before the Committee on the Biden […]
PHOTO: Cornyn Meets with Mayor of Pharr
News WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) met today with Pharr Mayor Dr. Ambrosio Hernandez to discuss broadband development and the Pharr International Bridge expansion project, which Sen. Cornyn led efforts to authorize. See photo below. This image is in the public domain, but those wishing to do so may credit the Office of […]
Cornyn Highlights Stories from Texas Parents, Students Affected by Fentanyl Crisis
News We continue to hear and read heartbreaking stories of teens who overdosed in their bedrooms, or in a car, or at school. Earlier this week, I heard more heartbreaking stories from folks in Carrollton, Texas. Until the Biden administration steps up and does its duty to secure the border… there will continue to be […]
Cornyn, Colleagues Introduce Bill to Help Adjust Military Life Insurance for Inflation
News WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX), Mike Braun (R-IN), Ted Cruz (R-TX), Angus King (I-ME), Mazie Hirono (D-HI), and Mark Kelly (D-AZ) today introduced the Fairness for Servicemembers and their Families Act, a bipartisan, bicameral bill that would help ensure life insurance packages for servicemembers and veterans account for increases in cost of […]
Cornyn, Colleagues Introduce Bill to Help Adjust Military Life Insurance for Inflation
News WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX), Mike Braun (R-IN), Ted Cruz (R-TX), Angus King (I-ME), Mazie Hirono (D-HI), and Mark Kelly (D-AZ) today introduced the Fairness for Servicemembers and their Families Act, a bipartisan, bicameral bill that would help ensure life insurance packages for servicemembers and veterans account for increases in cost of […]
Cornyn to Biden: It’s Time to Get Serious on the Debt Limit
News This week, the House is expected to vote on legislation to begin to rein in Congress’ out-of-control spending and avoid a debt default. Unfortunately, President Biden refuses to engage. The only way to avoid a debt crisis is through bipartisan negotiation… and it’s time for President Biden to get the message. WASHINGTON – Today […]
VIDEO: Cornyn: Biden Admin Allowed Migrant Child Trafficking, Silenced Whistleblowers
News The Biden administration knew that children were being exploited and willingly failed to act. It repeatedly brushed aside warnings and continued to prioritize speed over safety. The American people need to know, is this an example of gross negligence, of whistleblower chilling, or just simply willful violation of the law by the Biden administration? […]
Cornyn on Fox: Biden Admin Ignoring Migrant Child Trafficking
News Forced labor, as bad as it is, may not be the worst conditions these children are subjected to – recruited in gangs, sex trafficked, abused – and the Biden administration doesn’t know where they are or what’s happening to them. What we have is a basic policy failure due to the Biden open-border policies. […]
Cornyn to IRS Commissioner: Democrats’ EV Tax Credits Will Enrich China
News The Inflation Reduction Act… lavishes rich subsidies for electric vehicles, up to $7,500 credit. 77% of the batteries made in the world are made by China. It appears to me that the American taxpayer will be subsidizing the purchase of Chinese-made… electric vehicles by virtue of these tax credits. WASHINGTON – Today in the […]
Cornyn, Colleagues Introduce Bill to Improve Investigations of Online Child Exploitation
News WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), and Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) yesterday introduced the Project Safe Childhood Act, which would make improvements to the investigation and prosecution of online child exploitation: “The threats our children face online from unidentified predators are vicious and pervasive,” said […]
Cornyn: Schumer Decries ‘Rhetoric’ But Pushes Toothless, Partisan Resolution
News Rather than bringing up legislation to address the debt ceiling or the border crisis or any one of a number of other problems facing American families, Senator Schumer has announced that this week we will vote on a partisan resolution. The Majority Leader tried to frame this resolution as a way to defend the […]
Cornyn, Cruz on Nomination of Irma Carrillo Ramirez for U.S. Fifth Circuit Court
News WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Ted Cruz (R-TX) released the following statements on the nomination of Irma Carrillo Ramirez to fill a judicial vacancy on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit: “Judge Ramirez’s distinguished track record of judicial excellence throughout her decades of service in Texas makes her exceptionally qualified for […]