John Cornyn

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

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

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

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

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

I'm here particularly to introduce Dan Brouillette, who has been nominated as Deputy Secretary of the Department of Energy, and it's an honor to introduce him and to see his large, beautiful family.

Well, thank you, Chairman Murkowski, Acting Ranking Member Franken. Thank you for holding this hearing to consider these nominations today, all of which are very important.

Of course. I'm going to get the facts, that's what we need to do.

I've been increasingly concerned about foreign governments hiring lobbyists here in Washington and, unbeknownst to members of Congress, actually lobbying Congress to enact policies which may be contrary to the best interests of the…

I have one request for a committee to meet during today's session of the Senate. It has the approval of the Majority and Minority leaders. Pursuant to Rule XXVI, paragraph 5(a), of the Standing Rules of the Senate, the following committee…

I thank my friend and colleague from Minnesota for working with us on this piece of legislation. People sometimes say nothing ever gets done around here on a bipartisan basis, and this proves that is wrong. While that isn't one of the…

I don't want them to be criticized later on or taken to court, publicly humiliated, or even forced to buy liability insurance for doing their job.

The same challenges to our integrity, resilience, and courage to resist pressure from outside groups you'll be having to demonstrate, we will as well.

If my friend the Senator from Virginia needs a minute or two to wrap up, I know it caught him midthought. I am happy to yield to him for that purpose.

This is really important. I saw Senator Lankford and Senator King on TV this morning talking about why this was so important to our country.

I came to the floor to talk about the nomination of Judge Gorsuch to serve as the next Supreme Court Justice, and I happened to walk in while the Democratic leader was speaking. In the brief time I heard him comment this morning, I…

I was part of the Senate Judiciary Committee, a number of us were, when we voted to reaffirm the Voting Rights Act.

The Supreme Court of the United States has made that very clear.

You do believe the Fourteenth Amendment applies to all persons, right?

If we see something we think is an injustice or is wrong, it is within our authority to change it as elected representatives of the American people.

It strikes me that this is kind of an indictment of the whole Federal judicial system.

If people are going to cherry-pick a judge's decisions, and to characterize them as caring or not caring about children with autism...

I hope you really will take a look at cameras in the courtroom.

Hostility to religious expression in the public square

The idea that agencies, unelected bureaucrats, have the latitude to interpret their own legal authorities... is a troubling concept.