John Cornyn

Well, there’s nothing we could do to rein in the president when he said he likes the fund and he wishes it still exists.

There’s nothing we could do to rein in the president when he said he likes the fund and he wishes it still exists, but the fact of the matter [is] it’s dead, and that’s all we could do under these circumstances.

We want to express our gratitude to Mr Blanche and his staff for working with us on this, and we look forward to voting to advance his nomination out of the Senate Judiciary Committee soon.

It would be a monumental mistake for Blanche to attempt to resurrect the $1.8 billion program in another form.

It binds not only him but the Department of Justice as a whole, and so I think that satisfies my demands.

I got a stake driven through the heart of the weaponization fund.

We are pleased that the Department of Justice has issued a formal order terminating the anti-weaponization fund.

POTUS is mistaken if he believes concerns about the provisions in his tax lawsuit settlement are limited to me and Senator Tillis.

If it would make a difference in the outcome, I'm fine with that, but it won't make a difference, which I don't believe it will, that it's an act of futility," Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, told Fox News Digital.

The ball is in Blanche’s court.

Judge Garland's extensive legal experience makes him well-suited to lead the Department of Justice, and I appreciated his commitment to keep politics out of the Justice Department.

This morning I had a very good conversation with judge Merrick Garland, who President Biden has nominated for attorney general.

I think I am prepared to vote no, but I do think I owe it to my constituents and to Mr. Blanche to try to negotiate in good faith.

If this were just between me and Todd Blanche, we would have worked this out, but, apparently, he’s getting some pushback from higher-ups at the White House. I don’t know who, but it doesn’t need to be this hard.

That's a convenient excuse, and it happens to be untrue.

It's pretty simple, and we've actually sent them a redline strikeout.

All I want them to do is to confirm what he said in his sworn testimony before the Judiciary Committee.

I'm not prepared to vote yes without an agreement.

I think we were very close to resolving our differences in a way that was acceptable to the Department of Justice, but it’s clear that the president decided that was unacceptable.

I don’t know whether they think they can wait us out or … we’ll cave. But I assure you, we won’t.

They just don’t want to do it.

If there’s not enough votes to confirm him, then Senator Grassley might decide to postpone it. But I don’t think that’s the No. 1 goal right now.

The more you cast the validity of the voting system in doubt it discourages more people from participating.

Then they got a problem.

With such thin margins, I don’t know how much choice they have, if they want to get some of this stuff done.