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Two days after the Vegas attack, Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) said a hearing on banning bump-stock devices is “worthwhile.”

Senator John Cornyn said he is supporting his colleague Ted Cruz in his 2018 re-election campaign. The senior senator from Texas also announced he will seek re-election to his fourth term in 2020. “I think it’s really important, particularly in light of the challenges brought by this huge natural disaster, that we stand together as a Texas delegation and there’s no space between Sen. Cruz and me when it comes to doing work for our state,” Cornyn told Texas Tribune CEO Evan Smith.

Pres. Trump should use his bully pulpit to force Speaker Ryan and Senate Majority Leader McConnell to pass national reciprocity.

Wednesday on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) speculated on the possibility of Attorney General Jeff Sessions resigning or being fired and who might replace him. Durbin raised the possibility of Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) as a replacement and

The national reciprocity legislation that Rep. Richard Hudson (R-NC) put forward in January has now garnered 200 supporters in the House.

A new proposal by a Republican lawmaker would sell United States citizenship to foreign nationals to fund the building of a wall along the U.S.-Mexico Border.

President Donald Trump’s 2018 budget asks Congress to construct 60 miles of new border walls along the U.S./Mexico border – all of which would be located in Texas.

An unpublished border-security bill drafted by Texas Sen. John Cornyn does not curb employers’ ability to hire low-wage illegals, and endorses less than 10 miles of extra border wall, but immigration experts say it may provide political cover for a

Indian nationals are being sold the prospect of a fast-track to U.S. citizenship through the scandal-plagued EB-5 visa just as the Trump Administration initiated an investigation into the H-1B foreign guest worker program.

President Trump hinted that it is “possible” that the FBI’s top post will be filled by Friday, according to a White House press pool report released Saturday.

Texas Senator John Cornyn’s office is denying a CNN report that he is drafting an immigration bill, and instead drafting a bill on “border security and interior enforcement.”

Reports from Washington indicate that Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) is on the short list to take over the position of FBI director following the firing of James Comey.

Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) is looking to expand the number of wealthy foreign nationals who can pay their way to permanent legal residency in the U.S. under the EB-5 visa.

Former Acting Attorney General Sally Yates, testifying in the Senate on Monday, tried to defend her decision to defy President Donald Trump’s executive order suspending travel from several terror-prone countries in January.

WASHINGTON D.C. — The United States military “is not ready” to combat the “diverse threats” of today and the future, including those posed by the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL); state sponsor of terrorism Iran; and the Tehran and the Moscow-backed Syrian regime, declared the Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn.

Texas leaders and farm owners secured a victory in the battle against the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) attempted land grab along the banks of the Red River. The federal agency announced it is suspending the surveys ordered during the Obama Administration to justify the attempted takeover of 90,000 acres of land.

The Senate Judiciary Committee, in a party-line 11-9 vote Monday, has passed Judge Neil Gorsuch, President Donald Trump’s nominee to replace conservative stalwart Justice Antonin Scalia, setting up a full Senate confirmation vote for April 7.

President Donald Trump devoted Friday’s weekly White House address to praising Judge Neil Gorsuch, his nominee to fill the seat of beloved conservative Justice Antonin Scalia, and pushing for his speedy confirmation by the Senate.

With National Reciprocity gaining momentum in the U.S. House and Senate, Bloomberg warns that expanding recognition of concealed carry licenses is really about militarizing America.

Senate Democrats gave up their plan to slow-walk President Donald Trump’s cabinet nominees Thursday when they yielded the floor and allowed Republicans to bring the confirmation of former Texas governor Rick Perry to the floor, where it passed 62-32.

President Donald Trump met Wednesday with Republican leadership to begin work on moving forward the agenda set forth in his Tuesday evening address to a joint session of Congress.

On Monday, Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) introduced a companion bill to the National Reciprocity legislation that was introduced in the House by Representative Richard Hudson (R-NC-8) on January 3.

President Donald Trump promised to appoint judges to all levels of the federal bench who will faithfully follow the law according to its original meaning, including at the Supreme Court.

Edward “Ned” Price, the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) analyst who said he resigned last week because of President Donald Trump’s “disturbing” actions and that his “decision had nothing to do with politics,” donated thousands of dollars to Hillary Clinton’s failed 2016 presidential campaign.

Florida Republican Sen. Marco Rubio told reporters in a hallway just off the Senate floor that his friend, attorney Alexander Acosta, is an excellent choice to lead President Donald Trump’s Labor Department, shortly after the Thursday announcement. “He is a

During Sunday’s “The Cats Roundtable” on New York AM 970 radio, Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) weighed in on President Donald Trump’s proposed border wall with Mexico, saying it would rate “very low” among Texans. “I think people would say if you

Republican federal lawmakers have asked the Obama Administration and the Bureau of Prisons to “place an immediate hold” on granting a contract for additional housing for criminal alien inmates until after President-elect Donald Trump takes office.

Senate Democrats, in a preview of the tactics Democrats plan to deploy against incoming president Donald J. Trump, came within two votes of shutting down the federal government in the name of the union coal miners, whose health and pension benefits lose federal support at the end of the year late Friday night.

The president of the Texas Farm Bureau warned ranchers and farmers at the 83rd annual meeting that the Environmental Protection Agency’s new rule for waters in the U.S., “if it’s allowed to happen, will hamstring many farmers and ranchers to the extent that it might not even be possible to farm.” Farmers and ranchers in Texas are struggling with government bureaucracy in many areas.

The chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee said the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) must continue to use National Guard aviation assets funded through Operation Phalanx.

Bipartisan Texas leaders called on the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to restart the suspended border aerial surveillance program known as Operation Phalanx.

HOUSTON, Texas – Leaders of the nation’s largest red state reached out quickly to congratulate President-Elect Donald J. Trump for his resounding victory.

A top leader in the Republican-majority Senate is signaling his 2017 support for a proposed law to reduce federal prison sentences for drug traffickers.

The U.S. Border Patrol has reclassified the murder of Agent Javier Vega, Jr., to be a “Line of Duty Death” (LODD).

Two U.S. Border Patrol agents were recognized for their courage during a ceremony where they were presented the Law Enforcement Congressional Badge of Bravery. The agents were recognized for their actions in saving an illegal immigrant from rapid currents during a 2014 Rio Grande River border crossing.

Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) called the Clinton Foundation’s fundraising “absolutely deplorable” in the years since the ranking Republican held up Hillary Clinton’s Senate confirmation over concerns of pay-to-play at her troubled charity.