Voting Resources
John Cornyn
August 13th, 2012
My thoughts and prayers go out to all those affected by the shooting in College Station this afternoon. I join the community in expressing my deepest condolences.
June 28th, 2012
The Supreme Court ruled 5-4 today to uphold the constitutionality of Obamacare.The Supreme Court made clear today that the American people will be the ultimate judge of ObamaCare. As Republicans, we will redouble our...
June 13th, 2012
Tuesday morning I called on Attorney General Eric Holder to resign from office. Let me explain why.The case against Eric Holder could begin and end with his handling of “Operation Fast and Furious,” the program in which our...
June 6th, 2012
Today, I questioned Deputy Attorney General James Cole on possible coordinated, politically motivated leaks of classified information by the Obama Administration. In response to my questions, and just hours after Republicans...
May 18th, 2012
I issued the following statement after the House approved the Defense Authorization bill with a provision that mandates the Obama Administration sell at least 66 new F-16 C/D fighter aircraft to Taiwan:Today’s result is...
May 8th, 2012
Today, I issued this statement ahead of Interior Secretary Ken Salazar and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Director Dan Ashe’s visit to Midland as the Administration considers whether or not to list the dunes sagebrush lizard as...
April 3rd, 2012
U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-Texas) released the following statement responding to today’s violent weather that hit North Texas:My thoughts and prayers are with those affected by today’s violent weather across North Texas....
March 22nd, 2012
Two years after passage of the President’s health care law, I have released a new video detailing a long list of broken promises that President Obama pledged his health care law would accomplish for the American people:
August 3rd, 2012
Yesterday, I introduced a bill to amend the Endangered Species Act (ESA) to give local parties a say in the settlement of litigation between special interest groups and the Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS).
July 19th, 2012
Today, I issued the following statement in response to the Department of Defense’s announcement of a new $171 million contract with the Russian state-controlled arms export firm Rosoboronexport, who continues to arm the...
July 12th, 2012
Tuesday, Attorney General Holder spoke in Houston, Texas, at a gathering of the NAACP, and Im sorry to say that his remarks were completely inappropriate and misleading.
June 19th, 2012
U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, today issued the following statement in honor of Juneteenth. Sen. Cornyn is a cosponsor of a Senate resolution introduced by Sens. Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas, and Carl Levin, D-MI, that...
June 12th, 2012
Monday I sent a letter to Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta again expressing concerns with the U.S. Government’s relationship with the Russian state-controlled arms export firm Rosoboronexport, who has for years been arming...
June 3rd, 2012
U.S. Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) delivered the following weekly Republican address.
May 9th, 2012
I joined my colleagues in introducing legislation to remove barriers in the awarding of the Purple Heart to military victims of terrorist attacks that occur on U.S. soil, including the 2009 attack at Fort Hood:
April 25th, 2012
Today I spoke on the Senate floor on my Justice for Victims Amendment, co-sponsored by Sens. Kirk (R-IL), Vitter (R-LA) and Bennet (D-CO).
March 28th, 2012
Tuesday I offered remarks following the Supreme Court’s second day of arguments on the Affordable Care Act, which I attended. Additionally, I authored an op-ed for National Review Online on why ObamaCare must be overturned...
March 14th, 2012
When President Barack Obama first took office, he promised “an unprecedented level of openness.” Instead, we have seen an unprecedented level of obstruction regarding the Freedom of Information Act.Don’t take my word for it...
