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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 24, 2021

I regret that the Trump administration decided only bilateral trade agreements made sense and not multilateral agreements, especially under these unique circumstances.

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Feb 24, 2021

The one thing we have that China does not have is friends and allies.

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Feb 24, 2021

If COVID-19 has shown us anything, it has shown us our vulnerabilities to supply chains.

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Feb 24, 2021

I think that trade policy itself needs to be rethought and reformed with resilience and strategy in mind.

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Feb 23, 2021

I think you and I may have talked a little bit about my interest--and Chairman Warner and actually Senator Cotton and the whole Congress, really, now--in reassuring our ability to manufacture the most sophisticated semiconductors.

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Feb 23, 2021

my State is no stranger to severe weather. In the past few years, we have experienced the devastation of major hurricanes, tropical storms, and tornadoes. But last week brought something entirely new in the form of extreme weather--winter…

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Feb 23, 2021

My friendly advice to President Biden is to withdraw your attendance nomination and select someone who at the very least, has not promoted wild conspiracy theories and openly bash people on both sides of the aisle that she happens to agree…

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Feb 23, 2021

But I wish you would work with us and give some thought, not only to what those vulnerabilities are and how we rack them and stack them and address them in terms of the priorities and the vulnerability that currently exists, but help us…

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Feb 22, 2021

It seems to me we need to know a lot more than we know under the current practices in terms of the obligation of the victims to step forward.

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Feb 22, 2021

It seems to me that we are doing a very bad job, generally speaking, of punishing the people who are perpetrating these attacks.

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Feb 22, 2021

I share the concern that has been expressed that Amazon Web Services declined to participate. I think that's a big mistake.

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Feb 12, 2021

I send a question to the desk. The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator from Texas, Mr. Cornyn, has a question for both counsel for the former President and the House managers. The clerk will read the question, and we will recognize first…

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