Voting Resources
John Cornyn
July 7th, 2011
Today I issued the following statement in response to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s final Clean Air Transport Rule (CATR) to include Texas in the Nitrogen Oxide (NOx) and Sulfur Dioxide (SO2) programs:Once again...
June 25th, 2011
Thursday, I spoke on the Senate floor about the Democrats’ calls for new stimulus spending, the debt ceiling negotiations, and unemployment:
June 9th, 2011
In response to the 2010 Medicare funding warning, the President was legally required to present a plan to Congress—within 15 days after submitting his 2011 budget—addressing funding for the Medicare program. As of today, 101...
May 28th, 2011
Responding to reports that the Obama Administration will oppose efforts to make Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac subject to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), I issued the following statement:Citizens have a fundamental right...
May 20th, 2011
Following President Obama’s Middle East speech calling for Israeli-Palestinian borders to “be based on the 1967 lines with mutually agreed swaps,” I released the following statement:President Obama should not unilaterally...
May 10th, 2011
I issued the following statement in advance of President Obama’s immigration speech that will be today in El Paso: We aren’t sure what the President plans to say today, but it’s highly unlikely he’ll mention a recent GAO...
May 2nd, 2011
In the aftermath of 9/11, President Bush promised a fearful, grieving nation that those individuals responsible for this atrocity would be brought to justice. Now, nearly a decade after those horrific attacks, President...
April 12th, 2011
I testified today before the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW) on the economic and energy security benefits associated with hydraulic fracturing and natural gas to help meet America’s energy needs, lower...
April 1st, 2011
Today, I issued the following statement regarding the Labor Department’s March jobs report indicating the national unemployment rate has dropped to 8.8 percent:Today’s jobs numbers are a positive sign that our economy is...
March 23rd, 2011
It seems like just yesterday President Obama and Congressional Democrats promised the American people that ObamaCare would increase coverage and lower costs. Now, just one year after ramming it through we are discovering the...
June 30th, 2011
Today, I released the following statement after the unanimous vote by the Senate in favor of confirming General David H. Petraeus as Director of the Central Intelligence Agency.Few Americans have contributed more to the...
June 23rd, 2011
Following President Obama’s speech calling for a rapid troop drawdown from Afghanistan, I released the following statement:Many of us had high expectations for the President’s speech Wednesday night. I had hoped he would...
June 8th, 2011
I filed an amendment Tuesday to the Economic Development Administration reauthorization bill that would halt the proposed listing of the Sand Dune Lizard to the Endangered Species List. His amendment would exempt the Sand...
May 24th, 2011
Today, I issued the following statement in response to Senate Democrats’ plan to forego producing a budget and ignore entitlement reform because it is politically expedient:Senate Democrats have given their game plan away:...
May 18th, 2011
Today, I issued the following statement regarding the Offshore Production & Safety Act of 2011:Seventy percent of Americans say gas prices are causing their families financial hardship, and Democrats introduce a bill...
May 4th, 2011
Today, I issued the following statement regarding the Administration’s denial of Governor Rick Perry’s request for a federal disaster declaration for Texas. Senator and Hutchison and I have written twice in the past month to...
April 13th, 2011
In response to President Obama’s speech at George Washington University on America’s national fiscal crisis, I issued the following statement:The first step towards fixing a problem is admitting you have one. This, the...
April 8th, 2011
Thursday I spoke on the Senate floor about the House-passed stopgap spending measure that would ensure our troops continue to receive the paychecks they deserve and the President’s subsequent threat to veto that measure:...
March 28th, 2011
Today, I issued the following statement in response to an AP report that political operatives in the Obama Administration are screening Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests:Citizens have a fundamental right to know...
March 19th, 2011
WASHINGTON — The National Taxpayers Union Foundation (NTUF) recently named U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-Texas) as the Senator with smallest-spending agenda in the previous Congress. The NTUF’s annual BillTally report examined...
