Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), and I today introduced the Abolish Human TraffickingAct which strengthens and reauthorizes key programs that support survivors of human trafficking and provide resources to federal, state, and local law enforcement officials on the front lines of the fight against modern-day slavery. Senators Bob Corker (R-TN), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Dean Heller (R-N Read more about Cornyn, Klobuchar, Grassley, Feinstein Introduce Bill to Strengthen and Reauthorize Key Anti-Human Trafficking Measures
San Antonio entered the battle on June 1 when Mayor Ivy Taylor was out voted on her protest of suing over the Sanctuary City SB4. Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, MALDEF, filed a lawsuit in federal court against the state of Texas along with Governor Greg Abbott and Attorney General Ken Paxton. Plaintiffs included three non-profit organizations: Texas Associatio
Today I questioned former Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) James Comey in a Senate Select Committee on Intelligence hearing. Excerpts of my remarks are below, and video of my remarks can be downloaded here. Read more about VIDEO: Cornyn Questions Former FBI Director Comey
At dawn, in the hard cold rain of the choppy English Channel, thousands of men-boys, really--aboard landing craft assaulted the beaches in a place called Normandy, France. They were under brutal enemy gunfire and artillery shelling. Read more about Hit the Beaches
Last Saturday, I joined old friends, local biologists and anglers in the final day of the 2017 federal red snapper season. Red snapper fishing, both commercially and recreationally, is a big part of the economy and people’s lives along the Gulf Coast. Unfortunately, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), in an effort to conserve the red snapper population, limited the recreational fishing season this year to just three days. Read more about Fighting for a Longer Red Snapper Season
Last month, as fans streamed out of a concert in Manchester, they were met by the worst kind of despicable treachery.
A terrorist lay in wait with his time bomb to inflict maximum damage on people, killing as many as he could and creating fear among survivors. Twenty-two innocent people were slaughtered, including many children. Read more about Condemning Terrorist Attacks in Manchester
When President Obama signed the 2,300 page Dodd-Frank Act into law, it created a system that added more than 400 burdensome financial regulations, allowed banks to become “too big to fail" and hurt small businesses and American consumers. That's why this week the full House will vote on H.R. 10, the Financial CHOICE Act, which will work to undo the mess created by the Dodd-Frank Act by: Read more about Voting to Hold Wall Street Accountable