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John Cornyn is a United States Senator from Texas, serving since January 3, 2002. A member of the Republican Party, he has held various leadership positions within the Senate, including serving as the Senate Minority Whip. Cornyn has focused on issues such as judicial appointments, immigration reform, and national security throughout his tenure. He is known for his strong support of conservative policies and has frequently aligned with the positions of former President Donald Trump.
Mr. President, I want to thank Senator Cruz for his leadership on this legislation, which I am, of course, proud to cosponsor. We represent a booming State. We represent in excess of 30 million people, and because of geopolitical shifts of…
Madam President, last year the Center for Missing & Exploited Children received 32 million--32 million--reports of suspected child sexual exploitation. As we are demonstrating here on a bipartisan basis, the Senate Judiciary Committee…
Madam President, yesterday, my good friend Leader McConnell shared some big news. At the end of this year, he will step down as the Republican leader of the U.S. Senate after having served the longest tenure of any leader in Senate…
Mr. President, tomorrow President Biden will do something he has done only once before in his term as President of the United States, he will travel to the U.S.-Mexico border to Brownsville, TX, in an attempt to address his biggest…
Madam President, I yield 30 minutes of debate time to the manager. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator has that right. The Senator from Maine.
Madam President, for the entirety of President Biden's term of office--for the last 3 years--my Republican colleagues and I have spoken out about the crisis on our southern border. Of course you can imagine, coming from a border State like…
Mr. President, after listening to the majority leader's comments, I think it is worth taking 5 minutes to recall how we got here. You know, it is ironic to me that people give speeches here on the floor of the Senate about their support…
Mr. President, on Sunday night of this last weekend, three of our colleagues released the much anticipated text of what has come to be known as a bipartisan border deal. In fact, this was negotiated by three main principal Senators here in…
Mr. President, tensions in the Middle East have escalated dramatically since Hamas, an Iranian-backed terrorist organization, launched its war on Israel on October 7 of last year, killing innocent men, women, and children and taking and…
Mr. President, the Biden administration, in the last few days, has made another reckless attempt to try to appease its more radical aspects of its political base--in this case, leftwing climate activists. Last week, the administration…
Mr. President, earlier this week, the American people received the tragic news that two Navy SEALs died during a nighttime raid near Somalia. Somalia is a world away from here, but what happens in that region has a direct impact on us here…
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