Jul 7, 2016
The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Indiana (Mr. Coats), the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Graham), the Senator from Nevada (Mr. Heller), the Senator from Utah (Mr. Lee) and the Senator from Louisiana (Mr…
John Cornyn
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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.
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Jul 7, 2016
Mr. President, I want to begin by briefly commending the efforts of the junior Senator from Pennsylvania, Mr. Toomey, for his work and leadership in crafting legislation that the Senate considered yesterday that would protect families from…
Jul 7, 2016
Mr. President, reserving the right to object, as the Senator knows, we have a process for considering district judges. It is the prerogative of the majority to set those votes. Frankly, in light of the process we do have, as the Senator…
Jul 7, 2016
Mr. President, reserving the right to object, if I am not mistaken, we are trying to deal with a biotechnology issue when it comes to our agriculture supply, which was voted out of the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, and…
Jul 6, 2016
Mr. President, some have taken yesterday's announcement by FBI Director Comey as vindicating Secretary Clinton for her use of a private, unsecured email server. But that would be exactly the wrong conclusion to draw. While the FBI did not…
Jun 29, 2016
Mr. President, about 24 hours ago our Democratic friends filibustered an appropriations bill for $1.1 billion that they themselves had said was an emergency, denying mothers pregnant with babies potentially like this one depicted here from…
Jun 29, 2016
Mr. President, I yield back all our time. The PRESIDING OFFICER. All majority time is yielded back. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from New Jersey.
Jun 28, 2016
Mr. President, I will tell you what shameful is. It is allowing more women of childbearing age to contract the Zika virus so their babies can end up looking like this. That is shameful. Make no mistake about it--our colleagues across the…
Jun 27, 2016
Madam President, on another matter, the Senate has been discussing the need to respond to terrorist threats within our own borders. To recap, this isn't about people traveling from the United States to the Middle East and returning or…
Jun 27, 2016
Madam President, we will soon vote on a bill that would provide funding for a coordinated response to the Zika virus--a virus that has already ravaged many parts of Latin America and places like Puerto Rico. Over the past few weeks, our…
Jun 27, 2016
The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Missouri (Mr. Blunt), the Senator from West Virginia (Mrs. Capito), the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Isakson), the Senator from Wisconsin (Mr. Johnson), the Senator from Illinois…
Jun 23, 2016
Mr. President, I think later on this afternoon we will have an opportunity yet again to express ourselves on the terrible shooting in Orlando a little over a week ago. Some have wanted to make this a debate about the Second Amendment…
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