John Cornyn

I ask the Senator--and we now have both distinguished Senators from Arizona on the Senate floor--is he aware of a new poll that came out today--CNN, I believe--that said nearly 9 out of every 10 Americans in this poll support putting more…

The 3,000 Texans who work for Continental in Houston are in jeopardy of losing their jobs.

Now Continental argues that a merger with United would benefit Houston in the long run because Houston will be the largest hub for the largest airline in the world.

Last year, when I talked to Continental Airlines representatives about the possibility of a merger with United, we were told that it would not be good for Houston and that Houston and Cleveland would be some of the biggest losers in terms…

A merger, Continental explained then, was not in the best interest of its shareholders, employees, or the communities it serves.

Responding to my colleague through the Chair, we were told that it would take $3.1 billion in rescission authority to come up with the $2 billion that would pay for the various provisions of the bill. I would be happy to explain that…

This amendment, which deals with border security and will help the Federal Government live up to its responsibility for border security, is exactly the kind of response I think the President and certainly all of us who care about border…

I would like to speak for a couple of minutes... President Calderon also reminded us that Mexico is one of our most important trading partners, primarily as a result of NAFTA--the North American Free Trade Agreement. He pointed out that…

I think it would be a mistake for the administration to use administrative action like deferred action on a categorical basis to deal with a large number of people who are here without proper legal documents.

I would just like to respectfully suggest to our Chairman and our current Chair that it might be good to have all Members of the Senate, on a bipartisan basis, briefed in a classified setting on what is going on in Mexico.

I worry that what we are doing is not turning the direction of the escalating violence around, and there is more that we need to do.

I do not think it is anywhere near the point where we can say that our border is secure.

I am very concerned that some of the assets that could be deployed not only to help quell the violence in Mexico, but also keep our borders secure, are not being deployed because of unnecessary foot dragging.

I support the Merida Initiative, which I know you support and are responsible for implementing in large part.

There is a war going on, as you know, and I worry that the Mexican Government may not be poised to win that war.

My last question is, in that same article you cite the Supreme Court's decision in USDA v. Murray of 1973.

Our government is not a national government, but a Federal Government

From my experience as a former trial judge, I will tell you that if a lawyer came into my courtroom and failed to respond completely and accurately to a request from the other side for information and had to be called to task four…

I think we could all vouch for that.

The aggressive growth of the Federal Government and the intrusion of the Federal Government in their lives

I am really very troubled by the fact that, as Senator Sessions documented in his questions, that the lack of attention and diligence, and frankly, sloppiness, in your response to this Committee's questionnaire.

I would note that the latest estimate I saw is that 18,000 people have lost their lives as a result of this violence since 2006.

We have to come up with mechanisms--that probably means auditors and people like that--to prevent this from happening in the first place.

I suspect you will agree with me that criminal prosecution can be an effective deterrent to those who might be tempted to commit future crimes.

I commend the efforts that you have made and that you described, although I think we would have to all admit that it is just a tiny fraction of the money lost to health care fraud.