Cornyn, Colleagues’ Bill to Strengthen Cross-Border Trade, Guard Against Terrorism Signed Into Law
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 was signed into law: “In order for America to remain competitive in global markets, we […]
Cornyn Supports Colleagues’ Disaster Relief Request After Hurricane Helene
News WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) released the following statement in support of an appropriations package to provide disaster relief to the millions of Americans impacted by Hurricane Helene, as requested by Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC), Ted Budd (R-NC), Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Tim Scott (R-SC), Raphael Warnock (D-GA), Jon Ossoff (D-GA), Marco Rubio […]
Cornyn, Warren Bill to Award Congressional Gold Medal to U.S. Army ‘Dustoff’ Crews Signed Into Law
News WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) released the following statements after their legislation to collectively award a group of Vietnam War veterans known as “Dustoff Crews” with the Congressional Gold Medal was signed into law: “The U.S. Army Dustoff Crews who served during the Vietnam War risked their lives […]
Cornyn Blasts Vice President Harris’ Last-Ditch, Election-Year Border Stunt
News Texas Senator Calls Out Vice President Kamala Harris’ Refusal to Secure the Border for Four Years WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) released the following statement in response to Vice President Kamala Harris’ trip to Douglas, Arizona, her first visit to the border in more than three years despite record-breaking illegal immigration caused […]
Cornyn, Britt Call for Urgent Action After Mexican Government Illegally Seizes Deep-Water Port Owned by U.S. Company
News WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Katie Britt (R-AL) released the following statement after the Mexican government, under the directive of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO), illegally seized a deep-water port owned by U.S.-based Vulcan Materials Company: “President López Obrador’s seizure of Vulcan’s deep-water port represents a flagrant expropriation of a […]
Cornyn, Grassley Lead Bicameral Colleagues in Calling Out Abuses in the Biden-Harris Unaccompanied Migrant Children Program
News WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Chuck Grassley (R-IA) yesterday led 42 bicameral Republican colleagues in a letter urging President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris to work with Congress to root out abuses in their administration’s unaccompanied migrant children program and stop the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)’s attempted cover-up […]
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 […]