John Cornyn

Fast and Furious has had a significant spillover effect in my State of Texas where 119 of these weapons of the 2,000 weapons that were walked into the hands of the cartels, 119 of them have shown up at crime scenes in my State.

What would be a legitimate reason for the Department of Justice to refuse to turn over a document or provide a witness for a--to a Congressional investigation of this matter?

I have great respect for the legal profession, and I heard what you said about your commitment to the law and to the facts.

I will be back to talk to the substance of my amendment. I yield the floor, and I thank the Senator from Maine.

There is a positive societal good for having an expeditious and inexpensive way to have these small claims resolved without litigation.

I intend to vote against those earmarks.

According to an October 2011 report by the Office of the National Counterintelligence Executive, 'Chinese actors are the world's most active and persistent perpetrators of economic espionage.'

I call up my amendment No. 634 and ask for its immediate consideration. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The clerk will report. The legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from Texas [Mr. Cornyn] proposes an amendment numbered 634.

An ongoing challenge in Iraq is the push for influence by Iran, and the activities of Iranian-backed militias that have attacked U.S. forces and the Iraqi people.

Secretary Panetta, military and civilian leaders have expressed serious concern about the Iraqi air force's ability to protect its own air space once U.S. forces withdraw.

It is clear that the Afghan Government will require continued financial assistance to support enduring ANSF efforts against insurgents.

Given the administration's stated intent to continue withdrawing U.S. forces from Afghanistan at a pace more rapid than recommended by military commanders, do you believe that the al Qaeda factions that have dispersed to these other…

I want to make sure that we do it in a way that preserves the integrity of elections.

I want as many people as possible to vote and all of them to vote for me.

Democracy is a fragile thing. We all have to work to make sure it survives.

I intend to make it one of my responsibilities to make sure it is adequate to the task and the challenges we face.

I think one of the things that we might want to consider in working together on legislation here...

I cannot think of anything that would sabotage our desire to try to fix this broken system...

No other major developed economy gives such a low priority to employment--based immigration.

I think it is clear, at least to me, that he has not done so, and we need to find a way to try to work together to solve this particular aspect of our broken immigration system.

It is a fact that America's lack of a sensible and coherent high-skilled immigration policy is causing our Nation to lose too many entrepreneurs and job creators to our competitors abroad.

It is hard to ignore the benefits to our Nation of attracting high-skilled talent.

But we should assure every American and all Americans that we will never hire, never allow to be hired a foreign national under an H-1B program where there is a qualified American ready, willing, and able to do that job.

I am confident that our distinguished panelists today will help us better understand the urgent need we face to reform our immigration system in a manner that will grow our economy by attracting those who want to come here to start a…

So I join my colleagues in supporting the balanced budget amendment. I look forward to the vote on this amendment--sometime during the week of July 18 I think we are shooting for. We invite our colleagues on the other side to join us. The…