John Cornyn

I would say to our colleague from Vermont: This money is not targeted to people who have suffered financially.

I wonder if the Senator from Illinois would consider pairing their request for a $2,000 direct payment with a liability shield provision that would guard businesses that have been operating in good faith and following the guidelines put…

We didn't expect to be in session this week, but we are. And, of course, as we all know, the theme for this entire year has been ``COVID-19 writ large.'' More than 330,000 Americans have died from the novel coronavirus. Tens of millions…

At the end of each Congress, we have the bittersweet task of saying good-bye to some of our retiring colleagues, and today I want to talk a little bit about our departing Members of Team Texas. When I came to the Senate, succeeding Senator…

It's unprecedented. I do not understand the legal theory. I don't want other states having a chance to change Texas law based on a similar effort. I don't expect the Supreme Court to agree.

It's unprecedented. I do not understand the legal theory. I don't want other states having a chance to change Texas law, based on a similar effort.

I frankly struggle to understand the legal theory of it. Why would a state, even such a great state as Texas, have a say-so on how other states administer their elections?

I frankly struggle to understand the legal theory of it. Why would a state even such a great state as Texas have a say so on how other states administer their elections?

First, while he is still on the floor, let me say that I agree with the senior Senator from Vermont. If you don't want to vote, you probably ought to look for another line of work. Congress is a bad place to come if you don't want to…

It's pretty crazy to me to think that she can go back in, you know, eliminate all the tweets that she sent out over the last whatever months years. I just think she's going to be radioactive.

It's the president's prerogative, but I think it just adds to the confusion and chaos, and I'm not sure I'm not the only one that would like some return to a little more of a -- well, I don't even know what's normal anymore.

They want to return to normal. They want some kind of change here.

It's a president's prerogative, but I think it just adds to the confusion and chaos, and I'm sure I'm not the only one that would like to return to a little bit more of a -- I don't even know what's normal anymore. We'll call it the next…

It's about the principle, the principle being that it's up -- it's up to the American people in this next election, no matter who they choose.

It can't be that one set of rules apply to a Democratic president, and a second set of rules apply when there's a Republican president.

I think he let his guard down and I think in his desire to try to demonstrate that we are somehow coming out of this and that the danger is not still with us, I think he got out over his skis. And frankly, I think it's a lesson to all of…

I just want to say how much I appreciate the resolution of the Senator from Indiana. It reminds me of discussions I know all of us have had about the teaching of American history and civics in our schools and, frankly, a collective concern…

It's up to the American people in this next election to make the nomination for this important seat on the Supreme Court.

I congratulate our friend from Pennsylvania who has demonstrated that bipartisanship is not dead in the U.S. Congress. In fact, I learned a long time ago that bipartisanship, collegiality, and cooperation don't really make much news, so…

May I ask one last question? Will the Senator yield? What I am trying to fathom is why the Senator would rather have these negotiations occur behind closed doors as opposed to here on the floor of the Senate with the American people to see…

The Senator certainly is familiar with the rules of the Senate, which allow Senators to offer amendments to improve legislation once we get on it, but if the Democratic conference is going to prevent the Senate from actually getting on the…

So the Senators are going to block their own anti-lynching bill by their vote tomorrow.

I wonder if the Senator would tell me, the JUSTICE Act that it sounds like the Democratic conference intends to block tomorrow includes the anti-lynching legislation that you and Senator Booker have championed; are you aware of that?

There can be no perfect deal.

We need at least 200 more officers.