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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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Jun 12, 2017

I would say to my friend from New York that he is omniscient if he claims to know the content of a bill that has not yet been voted on or agreed upon by Republicans in the Senate. I would just put that in the same category as his other…

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Jun 12, 2017

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Burr), the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Perdue), and the Senator from Idaho (Mr. Risch).

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Jun 7, 2017

The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cruz). The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Cotton). Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 91, nays 8, as follows…

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Jun 7, 2017

I didn't believe she could credibly decline that investigation, at least not without grievous damage to the Department of Justice and to the FBI.

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Jun 7, 2017

You clearly believe that Loretta Lynch, the Attorney General, had an appearance of a conflict of interest on the Clinton e-mail investigation.

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Jun 7, 2017

And that heightened your concerns about the appearance of a conflict of interest with the Department of Justice.

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Jun 7, 2017

I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: S. 1311 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of…

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Jun 6, 2017

I came to the floor to talk about other matters, and I will get to those in a moment. I can't help but be struck by the Democratic leader's sudden interest in addressing healthcare reform. It is a fact that even if Hillary Clinton were…

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Jun 6, 2017

702 is an important tool for the intelligence community and one that needs to be preserved.

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Jun 6, 2017

I think there's some confusion when we talk about, generically about Russian investigations.

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Jun 6, 2017

The whole idea is to not collect, not to be able to gather information about American citizens.

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Jun 5, 2017

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Arizona (Mr. Flake), the Senator from Alaska (Ms. Murkowski), the Senator from Alaska (Mr. Sullivan), the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Tillis), and the Senator from…

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