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John Cornyn
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...
March 2nd, 2012
AUSTIN — Today U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-Texas) released the following statement commemorating the 176th Anniversary of Texas Independence Day:On this date in 1836, delegates representing settlements across Texas...
February 22nd, 2012
Today, I asked President Obama to reinstate a provision, passed unanimously last fall, that would prevent federal agencies from engaging in the practice of "gun-walking."President Barack H. Obama The White House 1600...
January 18th, 2012
U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) released the following statement amidst reports that the State Department will be denying a permit to build the Keystone XL pipeline this afternoon:The President has said he wakes up...
January 9th, 2012
Today, I issued this statement following a report that the national debt is now larger than our entire economy:This dismal benchmark underscores the President’s aversion to making tough fiscal choices in an election year....
December 19th, 2011
The following op-ed, authored by Senator Cornyn, ran in the Sunday edition of the Austin American-Statesman.Speaking Tuesday at the LBJ Presidential Library, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder criticized state voter-...
December 7th, 2011
I issued the following statement in response to President Obama’s speech in Osawatomie, Kansas on economic fairness:
November 16th, 2011
Ahead of the upcoming vote in the House of Representatives, I will call on Congress to adopt a strong balanced budget amendment to the Constitution in a speech at the Heritage Foundation today.The following are excerpts from...
November 9th, 2011
Today, I delivered an address at the Hudson Institute. In light of the pending recommendations of the Deficit Reduction “Super Committee,” I argued that defense strategy should drive defense spending, not the other way...
November 4th, 2011
This statement was issued in response to another bipartisan opposition to the President’s second stimulus:On three separate occasions a bipartisan group of Senators has rejected the President’s second stimulus. The American...
March 8th, 2012
Today U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) spoke on the Senate floor responding to reports that the President is personally lobbying Democrat Senators to vote against an amendment that would approve the Keystone pipeline’s...
February 3rd, 2012
I released this video following U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder’s hearing before the House Government Oversight and Reform Committee:Questions U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder Still Has Not Answered:
January 18th, 2012
U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, joined Sens. Grassley (R-IA), Hatch (R-UT), Sessions (R-AL), Coburn (R-OK), and Lee (R-UT) in sending a letter to Senate Majority Leader Harry...
January 4th, 2012
I issued this statement today after the White House confirmed President Obama will recess appoint Richard Cordray to lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB).Today’s appointment of another unaccountable czar is...
December 17th, 2011
The following statement was issued after the Senate passed a bi-partisan bill requiring the President to decide within 60 days whether or not to allow construction of the Keystone XL pipeline to proceed:The President says he...
November 18th, 2011
Today, I sent a letter to President Obama requesting a clear plan from the Administration for addressing Taiwan’s aging and inadequate fleet of fighter jets. This letter follows yesterday’s hearing to consider the nomination...
November 14th, 2011
I issued this statement today following the United States Supreme Court’s decision to hear the challenge to President Obama’s health care law:The individual mandate violates the liberties our founders fought so hard to...
November 8th, 2011
Today, I pressed U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder for answers on the federal “gun-walking” operation known as “Fast and Furious.” Attorney General Holder claimed he could not “be expected to know” the details of Fast and...
October 24th, 2011
Today I sent a letter to Sen. Charles Grassley (R-IA) and Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) requesting that they look into allegations of additional Texas-based “gun-walking” programs similar to the “Fast and Furious” operation they...
