John Cornyn
Senator Republican representing TX
Member profile
- Role
- Senator Republican representing TX
- Current member
- Yes
- Birth year
- 1952
- Official website
- https://www.cornyn.senate.gov/
Terms
- Senate · TX · Republican · 2002-present
- Senate · TX · R · 2023-2025
- Senate · TX · R · 2021-2023
- Senate · TX · R · 2019-2021
- Senate · TX · R · 2017-2019
- Senate · TX · R · 2015-2017
- Senate · TX · R · 2013-2015
- Senate · TX · R · 2011-2013
- Senate · TX · R · 2009-2011
- Senate · TX · R · 2007-2009
- Senate · TX · R · 2005-2007
- Senate · TX · R · 2003-2005
- Senate · TX · R · 2002-2003
Committee assignments
- United States Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control · Chairman
- Committee on Finance
- Subcommittee: Subcommittee on International Trade, Customs, and Global Competitiveness · Chairman
- Subcommittee: Subcommittee on Energy, Natural Resources, and Infrastructure · Member
- Subcommittee: Subcommittee on Taxation and IRS Oversight · Member
- Committee on Foreign Relations
- Subcommittee: Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health Policy · Member
- Subcommittee: Subcommittee on East Asia, the Pacific, and International Cybersecurity Policy · Member
- Subcommittee: Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, Transnational Crime, Civilian Security, Democracy, Human Rights, and Global Women's Issues · Member
- Committee on the Budget
- Committee on the Judiciary
- Subcommittee: Subcommittee on Border Security and Immigration · Chairman
- Subcommittee: Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism · Member
- Subcommittee: Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology, and the Law · Member
- Subcommittee: Subcommittee on the Constitution · Member
- Joint Committee on Taxation
- Select Committee on Intelligence
Leadership
- Assistant Democratic Leader · 113th Congress
- Assistant Majority Leader · 114th Congress
- Majority Whip · 115th Congress
Sponsored bills
- S 3050: PAID OFF Act of 2025: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 500.
- S 4723: Eliminate Chinese Organized Crime Act: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 518.
- SRES 781: A resolution commemorating June 19, 2026, as "Juneteenth National Independence Day" in recognition of June 19, 1865, the date on which news of the end of slavery reached the slaves in the Southwestern States.: Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S4286)
- S 1041: Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act: Held at the desk.
- S 5024: Stop PRC Economic Espionage Act of 2026: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Cosponsored bills
- S 3900: Iran Human Rights, Internet Freedom, and Accountability Act of 2026: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 504.
- S 4726: PEACE in Sudan Act: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 519.
- S 3456: Law Enforcement Officer and Firefighter Recreation Pass Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held.
- S 5023: Ban Birth Tourism Act of 2026: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
- S 5025: Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia Act of 2026: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.