Senator John Cornyn

Proudly representing Texas in the U.S. Senate.

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The Pentagon on Monday updated its list of Chinese businesses the U.S. has identified as aiding Beijing’s military to include tech giants Alibaba and Baidu— limiting their operations in America https://t.co/ue831Dkt4D via @WSJ

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Taiwan Needs U.S. Arms Now by @SethGJones https://t.co/ip4DNyNQFz via @WSJopinion

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President Trump and Democrats imperil the extension of a crucial intelligence-gathering tool. America’s adversaries are laughing in happy disbelief. https://t.co/xiOddfAfbb via @WSJopinion

[U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. @SenBillCassidy]

In April, I led a discussion with parents of children with dyslexia. They told me how the education system failed them.

This month, I introduced the READ Act to implement proven reforms so EVERY child has the power to read and reach their full potential!

[Manu Ginobili @manuginobili]

All in! #GoSpursGo!

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One of the best

[Joshua Claybourn @JoshuaClaybourn]

On Sunday, my friend Gordon Wood was struck and killed in a car accident. Gordon taught history at Brown Univ. and was among the most accomplished historians America has produced. He won the 1993 Pulitzer Prize for The Radicalism of the American Revolution, and his earlier book The Creation of the American Republic, 1776–1787 took the 1970 Bancroft Prize. He also received the National Humanities Medal.

He was, in my view, the finest historian of America's founding—which makes it all the sadder that he did not live to see the nation's 250th birthday. His reputation reached popular culture, too. Matt Damon's character in Good Will Hunting invokes him by name in the famous bar scene, accusing a Harvard student of simply "regurgitating Gordon Wood, talking about [...] the pre-Revolutionary utopia and the capital-forming effects of military mobilization."

I feel fortunate to have collaborated with Gordon on several projects. In a 2019 anthology I compiled, he wrote an essay on the possibility of a shared American narrative. He centered his argument on equal rights as "the most radical and most powerful ideological force" the Revolution unleashed. "This powerful sense of equality is still alive and well in America," he wrote, "and despite all of its disturbing and unsettling consequences, it is what makes us one people."

When I needed jacket blurbs for my new book Lincoln's Compass, coming out this November, I turned to Gordon. The fit was natural: the book argues that Abraham Lincoln took the Declaration's claim that "all men are created equal" as his guiding moral compass—and that he refocused the nation on that claim. Gordon, ever the gentleman, offered generous praise.

He was, in many respects, the dean of American historians. He will be very hard to replace.

[Michael McCaul @RepMcCaul]

As one of the only members who worked with FISA warrants before joining Congress, I know how critical FISA is. By holding it hostage, Democrats are playing dangerous, political games with U.S. national security. Forcing our intelligence community to go dark right now would be grossly irresponsible.

[Senate Republican Communications Center @SRCC]

FISA 702 is subject to more oversight than any other intelligence collection tool in the world.

This year's newest bipartisan reforms will continue to safeguard the program from abuse.

Senate Democrats must not let this lapse.

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[Burgess Everett @burgessev]

Cornyn on Pulte

“I'm still seeking any evidence of qualifications, and Democrats are not going to vote to pass 702 until he's withdrawn and we need that done. …the stalemate needs to be broken”

Trump “could nominate a permanent nominee, and maybe that would be one way to do it, but this is up to the president”

[Anthony Adragna @AnthonyAdragna]

Senate Judiciary Chair @ChuckGrassley warns of quick impacts if 702 lapses:

“There will be high stakes litigation, and a very real possibility that intelligence collection will cease, at least temporarily.  

And in this work of intelligence gathering, minutes do matter.”

[Manu Raju @mkraju]

Asked John Cornyn if he feels like he has more freedom now, and he said with a smile: “Are you kidding? Of course. Absolutely. My liberation day: May 26.”

(That was the day he lost the runoff to Paxton)

[Mike Pompeo @mikepompeo]

If the IRGC is left in control of Iran, America will never be secure. We need to keep at this and show the Iranian regime - and the world - that we are ready to do what it takes to win.

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I was proud to vote for the Working Families Tax Cuts, which is providing real relief for the American people:

✅97% of filers received a tax cut 
✅Nearly 70% of Americans receiving a tax cut earned less than $100,000
✅Taxpayers receiving No Tax on Tips saw an average deduction of $7,000
✅Filers benefiting from No Tax on Overtime saw an average deduction of more than $3,100 
✅Nearly 40 million families claimed the enhanced Child Tax Credit

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Wouldn’t have happened without the united effort of the Texas congressional delegation

[Reena Jade Diamante @reenajade]

The State of Texas may soon be reimbursed for its border security costs under President Trump's major tax and spending legislation.

The administration posted the grants notice and Gov. @GregAbbott_TX's Office tells me, "we are working to submit our application."

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Great choice

[Michael Board @MikeBoard1200]

INBOX: San Antonio's John Bellinger, who serves on the Texas A&M Board of Regents, has been tapped by Trump to be the new Senior Advisor for New World Screwworm Preparedness. Among his many accolades is that he was into the U.S. Meat Industry Hall of Fame.

[Tymofiy Mylovanov @Mylovanov]

5,000 tons of Russia’s Navy ammunition near St. Petersburg is gone.

Eight Ukrainian deep strike drones got through air defenses and triggered a massive secondary detonation — United24. 1/

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Thanks to increased community based mental health funding in the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act

[Secretary Kennedy @SecKennedy]

Every American deserves access to effective mental health and addiction treatment.

By bringing 10 new states into the CCBHC Demonstration Program, we are expanding coordinated treatment services in communities across the country.

This program strengthens behavioral health systems, advances President Trump's Great American Recovery Initiative, and helps us Make America Healthy Again.

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Cornyn: "Those who show up decide for those who don't." https://t.co/Wtr6B0Z8Lo via @YouTube

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It’s good news that 4.3 million Americans have left food stamps over the past year. GOP reforms are paying off as more recipients work or volunteer. https://t.co/HZ4a2L6reI via @WSJopinion