Cornyn, Cruz Bill to Allow Federal Court Proceedings in West Texas Signed Into Law
News WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Ted Cruz (R-TX) released the following statements after their 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 […]
Cornyn, Colleagues’ Bill to Ensure Crime Victims’ Representatives Receive Restitution Signed into Law
News Bill Requires Offenders to Pay Victims’ Proxies for Related Expenses WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and U.S. Representatives Harriet Hageman (WY-At-Large) and Lucy McBath (GA-07) released the following statements after their Victims’ Voices Outside and Inside the Courtroom Effectiveness (Victims’ VOICES) Act, […]
Cornyn-Supported Child Online Protection Bills Pass Senate
News WASHINGTON – Today on the floor, U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) discussed the Senate passing two landmark child online protection bills he has cosponsored, the Kids Online Safety Act and the Children and Teens’ Online Privacy Protection Act. Excerpts of Sen. Cornyn’s remarks are below, and video can be found here. “Every day, […]
Cornyn, Lee Introduce SHUSH Act to Simplify Suppressor Rules
News WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Mike Lee (R-UT) introduced the Silencers Helping Us Save Hearing (SHUSH) Act, which would eliminate the excessive regulation of firearm suppressors by simplifying the purchase process for law-abiding citizens and reducing unnecessary bureaucratic obstacles: “Law-abiding Americans should not be subject to unnecessary federal regulations when purchasing a […]
VIDEO: Cornyn Grills Secret Service Director on Trump Assassination Attempt
News CORNYN: Why would the President be allowed to take to the stage while a suspicious person had been identified and before the Secret Service or local law enforcement were able to investigate the circumstances? ROWE: It was in a failure to challenge our assumptions. CORNYN: Assumptions can be lethal. WASHINGTON – Today in the […]
Cornyn Details Border Czar Harris’ Failures
News Vice President Harris has proven she has no interest – zero interest – in stopping the alarming number of people streaming across the border. The Vice President of the United States, who was appointed the Border Czar by President Biden, has never spoken to the head of the Border Patrol. Vice President Harris has […]
Cornyn Sounds Alarm: Schumer’s Senate Working Just 18 Days Until November
News We have 104 days until the election, and the Senate is scheduled to be in session for only 18 days. That’s about one day a week. The Majority Leader has given us 18 days to complete 14 bills. WASHINGTON – Today on the floor, U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) discussed Democrat Leader Schumer’s embarrassingly […]
Cornyn: VP, Democrat Leadership Skipping Netanyahu Speech ‘Disgraceful’
News I think it’s absolutely disgraceful that the most senior members of the Democratic Party have chosen to give the Heisman to one of our closest allies in the Middle East. It’s pandering to the most radical elements of the Democratic base. Eight of the current hostages are American citizens, and the Vice President can’t […]
Cornyn, Cortez Masto Bill to Stop Illicit Drug Financing Heads to President’s Desk
News WASHINGTON – 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 would help the federal government financially stifle organizations that traffic synthetic drugs like fentanyl into the United States, passed the Senate and now heads to the President’s […]
Cornyn Blasts VP Harris for Plans to Boycott Netanyahu Address
News Many on the far left in our country have chosen to take sides, not with our friend and ally Israel, but with the terrorists. It’s disgraceful and embarrassing to see the pandering to extremist elements in the Democratic Party. If the Vice President keeps up with her current plans to boycott this address, it […]
Cornyn, Cruz Bill to Extend Federal Court Proceedings in West Texas Heads to President’s Desk
News WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Ted Cruz (R-TX) released the following statements after their 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 […]
Cornyn, Colleagues’ Bill to Ensure Crime Victims’ Representatives Receive Restitution Heads to President’s Desk
News Bill Would Require Offenders to Pay Victims’ Proxies for Related Expenses WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and U.S. Representatives Harriet Hageman (WY-At-Large) and Lucy McBath (GA-07) released the following statements after their Victims’ Voices Outside and Inside the Courtroom Effectiveness (Victims’ VOICES) […]
Cornyn Statement on Establishment of Marfa’s Blackwell School as a National Park
News WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) released the following statement after U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland formally established the Blackwell School in Marfa, Texas, as part of the National Park System, which was designated a National Historic Site through the passage of Sen. Cornyn’s Blackwell School National Historic Site Act: “For […]
Cornyn Urges DoD to Block Chinese Wind Farm Near Laughlin AFB
News MILWAUKEE – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) sent a letter urging the U.S. Department of Defense to either terminate or suspend the environmental permit for the Blue Hills Wind Farm site in northern Val Verde County, Texas. The letter cites security concerns related to the purchase of 130,000 acres of land in proximity to Laughlin Air Force Base […]
Cornyn, Colleagues’ Bill to Exempt Trafficking Survivors’ Restitution from Federal Taxes Passes Senate
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) released the following statements after 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, […]