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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.
The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Tennessee (Mr. Alexander), the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Coburn), the Senator from Arizona (Mr. Flake), the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Isakson), and the Senator from Nebraska…
The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Tennessee (Mr. Alexander), the Senator from Arizona (Mr. Flake), the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Isakson), and the Senator from Nebraska (Mr. Johanns). Further, if present and…
The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Tennessee (Mr. Alexander), the Senator from Arizona (Mr. Flake), the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Isakson), and the Senator from Nebraska (Mr. Johanns). Further, if present and…
The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Tennessee (Mr. Alexander), the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Coburn), the Senator from Arizona, (Mr. Flake), the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Isakson), and the Senator from Nebraska…
The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Tennessee (Mr. Alexander), the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Coburn), the Senator from Arizona (Mr. Flake), the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Isakson), the Senator from Nebraska (Mr…
Further parliamentary inquiry, Madam President. If a motion to table the Reid amendment to concur with a further amendment is successful, would there be an opportunity to offer my amendment, No. 2602, the Fort Hood Purple Heart bill? The…
Madam President, to clarify, I believe the Defense authorization bill will pass this evening. That is not in any doubt. The problem is this isn't just about the process, this isn't just about minority rights in the Senate, but this is…
Madam President, I know the distinguished ranking member of the Armed Services Committee is here. I would be glad to yield to him, if I can retain the right to the floor. I think he has a few comments he wanted to make in response to the…
Responding to the distinguished Senator through the Chair, I would be happy for him to take whatever time he wishes to make comments now. Since he has made the objection, this would be a good time to do so, if he wishes.
In a moment I will offer an amendment, and I know the distinguished chairman of the Armed Services Committee is here, but I wish to lay 5 minutes of groundwork. The majority leader was down here earlier today talking about all the…
Madam President, it is unfortunate that the Senate schedule is chock-full of pending cloture motions that are controversial or completely nonurgent nominations. So I would ask the Senator to amend his consent request to say that the…
As we all learned in civics class in high school, the purpose of the Senate was to ensure that every State in the Nation had at least two votes on important matters that might affect not only the country generally but also our States. Some…
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