NEW: @JohnCornyn penned a letter to @SenMullin, urging DHS officials to consult w/ local leaders, residents + business owners about border barrier projects in the Big Bend region as construction is underway @statesman
https://t.co/josr9G7RZQ
Yesterday, I sent a letter to @POTUS backing @GregAbbott_TX’s major disaster declaration request for 33 Texas counties affected by severe weather this month.
This declaration would help ensure critical response and recovery efforts can move forward.
Sandy and I continue to pray for the families and communities that have been impacted by this devastating flooding.
https://t.co/CFDnB1XGBH
NEW from @JohnCornyn: “Seconds matter during fast-moving disasters… The Mystic Alerts Act would help ensure communities experiencing severe disasters receive wireless emergency alerts even when cellular communications networks are compromised.”
https://t.co/1fm2B0x4i8
Inbox: @JohnCornyn and @ossoff introduce the Mystic Alerts Act, “which would allow wireless emergency alerts to be delivered via satellite communications technologies when other pathways fail during emergencies”
Like millions around the world, my thoughts are with Senator Graham’s family today. He was a fierce advocate for our nation’s military and our federal judiciary. At the same time, he was one of the funniest people I have ever met. This country has lost a great patriot, and all Senators have lost a friend.
Remarks of U.S. Senator John Cornyn
May 26, 2026
Austin, TX
Good evening everybody.
After a public service career lasting more than four decades, and 18 consecutive campaign wins, tonight we have come up short in this primary run-off.
A few years ago, I had a friend of mine say, “You know what makes God laugh? When we make plans.”
I have spent most of my time in the Senate building the Republican Party in Texas and in the U.S. Senate.
And I have always supported the Republican ticket, and I intend to do so again in this general election.
I’ve said throughout this race that I trust the voters of Texas. And they’ve made their decision and I must respect it.
Tonight I am joined up by three women who mean everything to me, and without whom I never would have enjoyed the incredible ride and public service career that I have had for many, many years.
Of course my wife Sandy of 46 years and counting.
And then our daughters Danley and Haley of whom I’m enormously proud and they mean everything to me.
Politics is hard on families especially. But I believe – and I know my family believes – that public service is an honorable calling. Serving others is a high purpose, and while much about politics is ugly, we choose to serve through the good, the bad and the ugly.
Of course, we could not have run this race without an outstanding campaign team that has served me so well throughout so many campaigns – truly the finest I have ever worked with.
To Rob, Maianne, and Andy, and the entire campaign team, who worked tirelessly and gave everything they had and who believed in me, I want to express my gratitude.
Of course I want to thank my U.S. Senate staff, ably led in Washington, DC, by Drew and in Texas by David. You work hard for 32 million Texans every day that I’m honored to represent with long hours, high stress, and job uncertainty.
I want to express my gratitude to my staff for their incredible professionalism and dedication to the 32 million people of Texas that I’m honored to represent. To everyone who has worked with me, alongside of me, for all these many years, I just want to say thank you.
And then to my supporters in this campaign, more than 1,000 current and former elected official endorsements, more than 30 statewide organizations, to every financial supporter, every volunteer, everyone who voted for me in this election, I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart.
Tonight I am reminded of something Teddy Roosevelt said in 1910. He said:
“It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat.”
A number of years ago, up in West, Texas – that’s not the region but the city where there was a terrible catastrophe – a county commissioner up there said something that stuck with me all these years.
He said, “Being a Texan doesn’t describe where you’re from, it describes who your family is.”
And for the past two and a half decades, I have represented this family in the United States Senate.
During that time, I helped write and pass a number of historic tax reform bills, focused on building our military for tomorrow, helping put hundreds of conservative judges on the federal bench, worked to take Washington’s boot off the necks of Texas job creators, and helped tackle some of our nation's most challenging problems.
In this runoff election, approximately 8% of registered voters made their voices heard. And of that 8% who voted, roughly 60% said they were ready for a different direction. Another reminder that those who show up, decide for those who do not.
There is a simple rule in elections, you’ve heard me say it before, and that is the candidate who gets the most votes wins.
The party in the majority gets to govern, and my hope is to keep my party in power for generations.
I am an optimist by nature, which is just another way of saying, I am a Texan.
Yesterday I was in San Antonio where I stood alongside 109 students who had been admitted to service academies for this upcoming year.
This was the 20th time that we’ve had this academy sendoff and it remains my favorite event of the year.
Because these young men and women, the leaders of our military and our communities and our nation tomorrow, give me great hope and optimism for our future.
Well, a scripture verse comes to mind as well, where the apostle Paul says, “I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith”.
Over the next seven months of my service in the United States Senate, I intend to continue my work to help make this nation a better place for all Texans and all Americans.
Thank you very much.
And may God bless Texas and may He continue to bless the United States of America.
#txsen
On the way to San Antonio for my 20th annual Service Academy Sendoff, celebrating the students (and their families) who will be the next generation of America’s military leaders. Great way to spend Memorial Day! 🇺🇸
Sandy and I are praying for Chad Hasty’s family as they grieve his unimaginable loss. Chad was a fixture of West Texas and of conservative radio in our state, and his wit and intellect will be missed by all of us.
Thank you to @POTUS & @SecRollins for your leadership in helping mitigate the spread of the dangerous New World screwworm.
I am glad to be in the Rio Grande Valley today for the groundbreaking of the sterile fly production facility, which will combat this parasite from spreading throughout the Lone Star State.
Texas ranks first in the nation in cattle production & I will keep working with @SecRollins to ensure Texas ranchers & farmers are supported & protected from this pest.
USDA's @BrookeLRollins heading back to Texas on Friday.
Rollins is scheduled to be with @JohnCornyn & @monica4congress in Edinburg to discuss the screwworm parasite that is threatening cattle industry.
The Houston City Council’s new sanctuary city policy is not only absurd – it’s dangerous.
Immigration enforcement is a critical part of ensuring national security and public safety. There’s no logical reason @HoustonPolice shouldn’t be able to fully cooperate with @ICEgov agents who are simply enforcing our nation’s immigration laws.
I support @GregAbbott_TX’s effort to revoke state taxpayer funding unless the Houston City Council changes course.
YESTERDAY: @JohnCornyn & @RepNateMoran met with East Texas health care leaders to discuss the new $50B Rural Health Transformation Program.
Read more: https://t.co/gyDB1ZpZB5
Here at NRG stadium as @JohnCornyn receives a briefing from local and federal law enforcement on security preparations for the upcoming 2026 FIFA World Cup:
Inbox: @JohnCornyn and colleagues introduce Dalilah’s Law in Senate - creating “new criminal and civil penalties for illegal aliens who obtain or use Commercial Driver’s Licenses, as well as the Democrat-led states that issue CDLs to these criminals”
NEW: @JohnCornyn says he supports bill to keep lawmakers from getting paid during gov’t shutdowns. “If Representatives and Senators can’t perform a fundamental duty of Congress that Americans elected them to do – funding the government – they shouldn’t earn a paycheck either..”