VIDEO: Cornyn Previews State of the Union Address
News This evening, President Biden will deliver his second State of the Union address. Will he try to blame Republicans for the current state of our country, even though Democrats controlled all the levers of government for the last two years? Or will he finally acknowledge the many problems that proliferated under his leadership and […]
PHOTO: Cornyn Meets with Texas Law Enforcement Associations
News WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) met today with members of the Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA) and the Texas Chapter of the Fraternal Order of the Police (TX FOP), including TMPA Executive Director Kevin Lawrence and TX FOP State Past President Dennis Ward, to discuss several of his bills supporting local law enforcement. […]
Cornyn, Cruz Introduce Bill to Extend Federal Court Proceedings in West Texas
News WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Ted Cruz (R-TX) introduced the Improving Access to Our Courts Act to allow federal court proceedings to be conducted at the U.S. District Court in Alpine, Texas, which is one of the seven U.S. District Courts for the Western District of Texas and serves nine Texas counties: “The American […]
Cornyn Highlights Bill to Lower Drug Costs for Texans
News The list price for Humira is more than $80,000 per year per patient. That’s higher than the median household income in Texas. Patients in Texas and across the country are experiencing sticker shock at the pharmacy counter like never before. There’s a bipartisan desire to stop the anti-competitive behaviors… that are costing patients and […]
Cornyn Honors the 20th Anniversary of Space Shuttle Columbia Disaster
News As Texans and Americans do, people from all walks of life came together at a time of tragedy and rallied behind a unified effort to help bring answers to a nation in mourning. As we mark the 20th anniversary of the loss of Columbia, I’m proud to cosponsor a Senate Resolution to commemorate the […]
Cornyn: Biden Must Work with Republicans to Avoid Debt Crisis
News The one thing that President Biden and Speaker McCarthy agree on is that we cannot breach the debt ceiling. Washington has spent and spent with no meaningful steps to balance the budget. I hope the President will walk back his statement about not negotiating and understand that he has no choice but to work […]
Cornyn, Hagerty, Senate GOP Introduce Concealed-Carry Reciprocity Bill
News WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Bill Hagerty (R-TN), along with 43 of their Senate colleagues, today introduced the Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act, which would allow individuals with concealed carry privileges in their home state to exercise those rights in any other state that allows concealed carry, while still abiding by that […]
Cornyn: Biden Admin Cooking the Books With New Border Policy
News People all over the world are taking advantage of the Biden administration’s weak policies. This new policy lets the administration roll out the welcome mat for tens of thousands of migrants, while making it seem like the numbers have actually gone down, which they have not. The President hasn’t solved the problem. He’s just […]
Cornyn, Colleagues Introduce Bill to Exempt Trafficking Survivors’ Restitution from Federal Taxes
News WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX), Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden (D-OR), and Senators James Lankford (R-OK) and Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ) today introduced their Human Trafficking Survivor Tax Relief Act, which would exempt civil damages, restitution, and other monetary awards given to human trafficking survivors from federal income taxes. It would also codify […]
Cornyn, Blumenthal Introduce Bill to Lower Drug Costs by Preventing Patent System Abuse
News WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) introduced the Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act, which would help lower drug prices by preventing bad actors’ anti-competitive use of patents to block generic and biosimilar competition from coming to market: “Texans shouldn’t have to pay more at the pharmacy counter because of […]
Following Death of Tyre Nichols, Cornyn Calls on DOJ to Implement New De-Escalation Law
News The killing of Tyre Nichols has reignited a national debate about the excessive use of force by police, and rightfully so. This new law will ensure that all police officers have the opportunity to acquire skills to defuse a potentially dangerous situation, like the one we saw in Memphis. The Department of Justice must […]
Cornyn Op-Ed: Time to Get America’s Fiscal House in Order: Here are the First Steps
News WASHINGTON – Amid discussions on the debt ceiling, U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) authored the following op-ed on FoxNews.com on steps Congress and the Biden administration should take to get America’s fiscal house in order. Time to Get America’s Fiscal House in Order: Here are the First Steps Senator John Cornyn FoxNews.com January 30, […]
Cornyn: Senate Must Use ‘Every Tool Available’ to Force Biden Admin to Release Classified Documents
News They’re not policymakers. They’re supposed to tell us the good, bad, and the ugly, without regard to any sort of policy or political affiliation. This is unacceptable, and we’re going to do and use every tool available to us to gain access to this information. WASHINGTON – Today in the Senate Judiciary Committee, U.S. […]
Cornyn, Colleagues Introduce Permanent Ban on Taxpayer Funding for Abortions
News WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) joined 46 of his Senate colleagues today in introducing the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act to establish a permanent prohibition on federal funding for abortion, replacing the current restrictions with a single, government-wide standard: “The Declaration of Independence itself guarantees the right to life, liberty, and […]
Cornyn: Biden Can’t Sit on the Sidelines of Debt Debate
News The United States narrowly avoided hitting the debt ceiling over a year ago, but now we’re staring down the barrel of another debt crisis. Instead of doling out marching orders, the President needs to do his job, listen to what is being proposed, and negotiate a solution. There are a wide range of ideas […]