John Cornyn

Our friends in Mexico and other countries want their citizens to come home.

I look forward, after concluding my remarks, to joining you up there as a member of the Subcommittee.

I must confess when that bill was first considered by this body, I could not support it. It was always my hope that once it went through the conference committee it would be improved. Indeed, from what I know of the bill so far, it has…

Rather than have a debate, rather than have an honest debate, and then an up-or-down vote on this important nomination, what we saw was simply a boycott. Members of the committee on the other side of the aisle simply decided not to show…

I will never forget that site as long as I live, nor should any of us forget it. I know many of my friends and colleagues who were here on that horrific day feel a very deep and personal debt to the heroes of September 11, particularly…

The truth is that they are uniformly highly qualified, able, and experienced, and should be, and are the same type of people who should be confirmed; and why they have picked out these 2 nominees against whom to engage in an unprecedented…

Young Americans deserve to learn about the Constitution, Bill of Rights, our Founding Fathers, Federalism...

I hope that your efforts will complement the Teaching American History Grant Program that is already in place.

American history and civics were crucial for my education.

I am forced to conclude Justice Owen's opponents have no real arguments--none that stand up under scrutiny; at least none that will withstand scrutiny under any reasonably fair standard. It bears noting, by the way, that Justice Owen's…

I rise this morning, after an entire month of Senate debate on the nomination of Miguel Estrada to serve on the Federal court of appeals, in continued dismay over what I see as a politicization of our judicial confirmation process.

I believe that earlier I asked--and I am asking for clarification now--whether even if Mr. Estrada wanted to produce the memos that the Democratic minority wishes to receive, whether he has custody of those, or whether it is the client's…

Are you satisfied that, as part of this program, that there will be sufficient standardized reporting systems to prevent double counting and other such problems?

I am inclined certainly to support a voluntary program if, in fact, it will work.

I certainly support the cap-and-trade approach and believe that is a reasonable way to approach it.

I, obviously, am new to this committee and the Senate, but strongly believe that having a sound economy and good job creation is not inconsistent with having common-sense environmental rules.

Let me jump to another subject in my remaining time--maintenance backlogs at our Nuclear Weapons Complex.

It is supremely ironic that at a time when we are justifiably concerned about the ability of North Korea to produce nuclear weapons, that America cannot.

I look forward to working with you to ensure that our nuclear weapons facilities receive the proper funding and resources they need.

The V-22 will save American lives in all military operations, including the global war on terrorism.

I hope the Committee would look forward rather than backward.

I hope I have made it clearly.

This is my first hearing where the Presidential's judicial nominees have come before the Committee.