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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 24, 2014

Madam President, there are two things I wish to address here briefly on the floor of the Senate. The first, strangely enough, has to do with an editorial that appeared in the New York Times this weekend. I remember one of the people who…

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Jun 24, 2014

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Cochran) and the Senator from Nebraska (Mr. Johanns). The PRESIDING OFFICER (Ms. Warren). Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The…

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Jun 24, 2014

Madam President, the chairman of the Homeland Security Committee is exactly right to say we can't just look at the border in dealing with this crisis. My friend Henry Cuellar from Laredo, TX, a Member of the House of Representatives…

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Jun 24, 2014

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Cochran) and the Senator from Nebraska (Mr. Johanns). The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The result was…

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Jun 24, 2014

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Cochran) and the Senator from Nebraska (Mr. Johanns). The PRESIDING OFFICER (Ms. Heitkamp). Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The…

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Jun 24, 2014

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Cochran) and the Senator from Nebraska (Mr. Johanns). The PRESIDING OFFICER (Ms. Heitkamp). Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The…

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Jun 24, 2014

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Cochran) and the Senator from Nebraska (Mr. Johanns). The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The result was…

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Jun 19, 2014

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Burr), the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Coburn), the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Cochran), the Senator from Nebraska (Mr. Johanns), the Senator from Kansas…

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Jun 19, 2014

Now this border between Iran and Syria has basically been wiped away. We see all of these places where the ISIS, a horrific terrorist group that is even worse than Al Qaeda, has basically taken charge. So this is what happens with a…

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Jun 19, 2014

Mr. President, I wish to talk about the intersection of national security and our mounting debt. Over the last 5 years, President Obama has had multiple occasions to embrace real structural entitlement reform that would help solve our…

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Jun 19, 2014

Mr. President, how much time remains in the allocation of this side's time? The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Republicans have 8 minutes remaining.

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Jun 19, 2014

I know we perhaps have another Member coming to speak. Would the Chair please advise me after I have used 5 minutes of that 8 minutes? The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Chair will do that.

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