Cornyn: Senate Should Have True Cost of ‘Build Back Better’ Before a Vote
What they’ve basically done is to create the illusion of a lower price tag without making any real, substantive long-term cuts. And how do you do that? Well, it’s the old-fashioned way. It’s called budget gimmicks. The cost estimate provided by the CBO, we know – given these phony assumptions – is not an accurate […]
Cornyn: Schumer, Democrats’ Inability to Govern Creates December Mess
This year our Democratic colleagues, who control the Senate agenda, have ignored some of the Senate’s most important and basic responsibilities, leaving us with a whole lot to do and not a whole lot of time in which to do it. Instead, our Democratic colleagues found time for partisan dead-on-arrival messaging bills, while they failed […]
Cornyn, Doggett, McCaul, Texas Colleagues Urge Commerce Secretary Raimondo to Consider Texas for Key Semiconductor Production Sites
AUSTIN – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX), along with Congressman Lloyd Doggett (TX-35), House Foreign Affairs Committee Ranking Member Michael McCaul (TX-10), and a bipartisan group of 31 other members of the Texas congressional delegation sent a letter today to Department of Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo calling for Texas to be considered for the future […]
Cornyn Requests True BBB Estimate from CBO in Place of Democrats’ ‘Smoke-and-Mirror Accounting’
At a time when government spending and debt continue to grow at an unsustainable rate, the American people deserve more than smoke-and-mirror accounting from Washington, D.C. DEL RIO – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) sent a letter today to the Joint Committee on Taxation and the Congressional Budget Office requesting a score for the Build […]
Cornyn Legislation Honoring Historical Texas School Passes Out of Committee
Marfa’s Blackwell School Would be Established as National Historic Site WASHINGTON – Today, the Senate Energy & Natural Resources Committee passed the Blackwell School National Historic Site Act authored by U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) which would establish the Blackwell School in Marfa, Texas as a National Historic site and become a part of the […]
Cornyn Urges House to Pass Funding for Critical Semiconductor Legislation
WASHINGTON – Today U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) spoke at a press conference calling on the House to pass funding for his CHIPS for America Act, which will ramp up semiconductor manufacturing in the United States. Excerpts of Sen. Cornyn’s remarks are below, and video can be found here. The CHIPS for America Act passed […]
Cornyn, Cuellar Bill to Safeguard U.S. Law Enforcement & Federal Employees Abroad Now Law
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX), Representative Henry Cuellar (D-TX-28) and Representative Michael McCaul (R-TX-10) today released the following statements after their Jaime Zapata and Victor Avila Federal Officers and Employees Protection Act, which ensures that individuals who harm or attempt to harm U.S. federal officers and employees serving abroad can be prosecuted in […]
Cornyn Joins Colleagues in Challenging Biden’s Vaccine Mandate
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) joined all Senate Republicans in filing a Congressional Review Act (CRA) disapproval resolution, the official process for Congress to eliminate an executive branch rule, against President Biden’s vaccine mandate for private businesses. “At a time when companies are facing higher costs to do business and supply-chain disruptions, […]
Cornyn Calls for Congress to Support Taiwan After Leading Delegation to Southeast Asia
What’s at stake here is much larger than the future of one nation. We shouldn’t view Taiwan as the CCP’s ultimate goal but as the first domino in a quest to reach regional and global dominance. If Taiwan falls, it will not be the end, but rather a beginning. Whether our service members are guarding […]
Cornyn Leads U.S. Congressional Delegation to India
Members of Congress Met with Officials in India to Strengthen Ties with Critical Partner and Counter Chinese Aggression WASHINGTON –U.S. Senator and India Caucus Co-Chair John Cornyn (R-TX) returned yesterday from leading a congressional delegation (CODEL) to India and other countries in southeast Asia. The delegation, which included Senators Mike Crapo (R-ID), Mike Lee (R-UT), […]
Cornyn Leads Delegation to Southeast Asia to Support the U.S. Military’s Largest Combatant Command
WASHINGTON – This morning, a congressional delegation (CODEL) led by U.S. Senator and India Caucus Co-Chair John Cornyn (R-TX) touched down back in the U.S after visiting key allies and partners in southeast Asia. The delegation, which included Senators Mike Crapo (R-ID), Mike Lee (R-UT), and Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) and Representatives Tony Gonzales (TX-23) and […]
Cornyn, Feinstein Bill to Close Loophole Enabling Illegal Opioid Distribution Signed Into Law
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) released the following statements after their Ensuring Compliance Against Drug Diversion Act, which would help prevent bad actors from creating shell entities or using registration loopholes to continue to distribute opioids at alarming rates and provide more transparency and accountability for pharmacies seeking to […]
Cornyn: Senate GOP Will Reject Schumer’s Unconstitutional ‘Compromise’ Elections Bill That Solves Problem That Doesn’t Exist
WASHINGTON – Today on the floor, U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) discussed Democrats’ voting legislation, which would give control of Texas’ elections to the federal government. Excerpts of Sen. Cornyn’s remarks are below, and video can be found here. “Based on the way our Democratic colleagues talk about the state of voting rights in America, […]
Cornyn Opposes Biden Efforts to Settle Lawsuits with Illegal Immigrants for Millions at Taxpayer Expense
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) sent a letter to President Biden with his Republican colleagues on the Senate Judiciary Committee expressing their opposition to the reports of the Administration’s plans to pay illegal immigrants up to $450,000 of taxpayer dollars per person to settle lawsuits as a result of those individuals violating U.S. […]
Cornyn Introduces Legislative Package to Meet Hydrogen Energy Infrastructure Needs
Bills to Expand and Diversify Resources for Energy Sector WASHINGTON – Today U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) introduced the Hydrogen Infrastructure Initiative, which is composed of three bills to support the deployment of hydrogen technologies and the buildout of the requisite infrastructure needed to transport, store, and deliver hydrogen. The bipartisan legislative package is cosponsored […]