John Cornyn

I firmly believe the Supreme Court has lost its way in limiting religious expression in this country.

The rules sometimes yield more nearly the opposite of their intended result, expensive and painfully slow litigation that itself is a form of injustice.

After Justice Scalia's death, Senate Republicans decided to let the American people in this last Presidential election choose his successor.

The judiciary may truly be said to have neither force nor will, but merely judgment.

If our pronouncements of constitutional law rely primarily on value judgments, then a free and intelligent people's attitude toward us can be expected to be quite different.

That judges should strive to apply the law as it is, not to decide cases based on their own moral convictions or the policy consequences they feel might serve society best.

I thank my friend and colleague for yielding for those unanimous consent requests.

May I ask the Senator to yield to consider a couple of brief consent requests?

It needs an investigation so we can find out what the facts are.

The Chamber is too slowly moving forward on the President's Cabinet nominees. So far, this Chamber has confirmed 16 Cabinet nominees since January 20. I would note that the most recent nominee, Secretary Zinke, was confirmed by a vote of…

It troubled me because I'm not sure many people knew what the source of the funds or the source of the lobbying effort was.

I wanted to ask about two subjects, one basically to ask for your help in your new job once confirmed.

If there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask unanimous consent that it stand adjourned under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate, at 1:54 p.m., adjourned until Monday, February 20, 2017, at 4:30…

For the information of all Senators, there will be two votes at approximately 7 p.m. on Monday, February 27-- confirmation of Wilbur Ross to be Secretary of Commerce, followed by cloture on the nomination of Ryan Zinke to be Secretary of…

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 commtitee…

John Cornyn, the Senate's second ranking Republican, and Senator Roy Blunt, a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, both called for an investigation into ties between President Trump and Russia.

I just want the Record to be abundantly clear. The language that resulted in the vote that we had invoking rule XIX was related to a quotation from Senator Ted Kennedy that called the nominee ``a disgrace to the Justice Department, and he…

I am responding to the Senator from Arizona. I am not confident that he will get a unanimous vote here, but he will certainly be confirmed resoundingly under the rules established by the Democratic majority in the last Congress, which…

What do you think is going to happen when we make them rich?

These people are the primary sponsor, the greatest sponsor of terrorist activity in the world.

This thing has set Iran on a path toward having a nuclear weapon.

There are a lot of us up here that were very much opposed to the deal that was cut by the current administration with Iran.

I am confident that he will be instrumental in shaping American foreign policy as we face a broad array of diplomatic challenges.

The depth and breadth of his experience as an accomplished and successful business leader and skilled negotiator, given the solid understanding of our current geopolitical and economic challenges, making him uniquely qualified to serve in…

Without a doubt, Rex Tillerson is an inspired choice by President-elect Trump for this critical position.