Cornyn: BBB Punt Another Missed Deadline by Schumer
WASHINGTON – Today on the floor, U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) highlighted Senate Democrats’ inability to meet their own deadline on their Build Back Better legislation. Excerpts of Sen. Cornyn’s remarks are below, and video can be found here. “I want to look back over some of the deadlines that the Majority Leader, the Senator […]
What the Defense Bill Means for Texas
Cornyn Secured Numerous Provisions in National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 Today, U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) voted for the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2022. Legislation authored by Sen. Cornyn was included in this year’s NDAA to benefit Texas military instillations and servicemembers as well as support ongoing national security […]
Cornyn: Congress Must Overturn Biden’s Illegal Vaccine Mandate
There’s nothing in the Constitution that empowers the President to order particularly private employers to do anything. Today U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) discussed the upcoming vote in the Senate on the Congressional Review Act to roll back the Biden Administration’s unconstitutional vaccine mandate. Excerpts of Sen. Cornyn’s remarks are below, and video can be […]
Cornyn: Senate Democrats Bring Home Dismal End-of-Year Report Card
We’re nearing the halfway point of the 117th Congress, and it’s time to look back and see what our Democratic colleagues, now in the majority, have accomplished. Unfortunately, we’ve seen a lot of wasted valuable time, the ignoring of critical tasks, and failing to meet some of the most basic requirements of governing. Presented with […]
Cornyn, Coons Bill to Enhance Judicial Ethics and Transparency Requirements Passes House
Bill Follows Wall Street Journal Report on Judges Neglecting Financial Disclosure Requirements, Avoiding Potential Necessary Recusals WASHINGTON – Today the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Courthouse Ethics and Transparency Act, legislation from Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Chris Coons (D-DE) to require online publication of financial disclosure reports for federal judges and mandate that […]
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), […]