WASHINGTON – Today on the floor, U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) recapped his travel in Texas during the state work period, including visits to Corpus Christi, Houston, Midland, Dallas, San Antonio, and Austin to discuss the importance of unleashing Texas’ energy industry with oil and gas workers and renewing the Trump tax cuts with small business owners. Excerpts of Sen. Cornyn’s remarks are below, and video can be found here.

“From Corpus Christi, which is on the Gulf Coast of Texas, [and] Houston, also along the Gulf Coast, now the Gulf of America, to Midland to Dallas to San Antonio, Austin, and I had great conversations with folks that are praising the work that we’re doing here in Congress.”

“I went down to Corpus Christi, which is on the Gulf Coast of the Coastal Bend region of Texas, and met with energy businesses located there.”

“We had a great discussion about the importance of the Port of Corpus Christi and the product that passes through that port that helps America’s energy independence and helps our friends and allies around the world.”

“Another important opportunity I had during the state work period was to meet with my constituents to talk about the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act and how it has helped their small businesses and their employees thrive.”

“I met with the good folks at Southland Hardware in Houston, Texas… We also had representatives from Empire Tools and Sylvia’s Enchilada Kitchen and Tejas Office Products—all thriving small business owners who shared their support for the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act and explained why it needed to be extended.”

“I heard the same thing from business owners all across the state, including Austin, where I live. We went to Wally’s Burger Express in Austin.”

“I went there in 2018, and I went back, and Robert Mayfield, who employs a single franchise there in Austin, seven years later reported that the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act had been very, very helpful, allowing him to provide better benefits and bonuses to his employees.”

“I would encourage the naysayers and our Democratic colleagues to actually talk to real people about what their experience has been.” 

“I’m sure they would find that the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act did not, contrary to our Democratic colleagues, just help a bunch of rich people.”

“The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act has, in fact, allowed people in communities from Austin to Houston and everywhere across the country to provide more of what they’ve earned to their families, provide employment opportunities to their neighbors, and contribute to their communities, which is just another way of saying helped them help contribute to the American dream.”