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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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Feb 28, 2013

I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be printed in the Record as follows: S. 413 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives…

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Feb 28, 2013

here we are again, on the eve of this administration's latest manufactured crisis. Tomorrow, as we all know-- anybody who has been paying attention knows--the sequester will go into effect. And if we believe the majority leader, the…

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Feb 27, 2013

I want to start with some numbers that help put our spending budget debate in perspective. Since President Obama became President of the United States, our gross national debt has gone up by 56 percent--56 percent. Over the next decade…

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Feb 27, 2013

I come to the floor today to mark another lamentable milestone in the long record of deadlines and misgoverning that might be called malpractice over the last 4 years. As we can see, today is the 1,400th day our colleagues across the…

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Feb 26, 2013

we all know the Chamber is about to hold a cloture vote on the President's nominee to be the next Secretary of Defense. If former Senator Chuck Hagel is eventually confirmed, he will take office with the weakest support of any Defense…

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Feb 26, 2013

I yield the floor. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Delaware.

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Feb 26, 2013

There is no confiscation of weapons or anything of that sort contemplated by anyone.

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Feb 26, 2013

So there would be 3.5 or 4 million of these weapons that would be prohibited prospectively under this legislation that would still be in the possession of American citizens?

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Feb 26, 2013

But I think we are actually interested in what would work.

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Feb 25, 2013

Sen. John Cornyn has introduced legislation, S. 178, the Cross-Border Trade Enhancement Act of 2013.

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Feb 25, 2013

it has been 1,398 days since the Senate passed a budget. People wonder why we are lurching from one budget crisis to another one in Washington. The fact is this is not the only deadline that has been missed. This year the President failed…

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Feb 25, 2013

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Chambliss), the Senator from Idaho (Mr. Crapo), the Senator from Wisconsin (Mr. Johnson), and the Senator from Kentucky (Mr. Paul). The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr…

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