Senator John Cornyn
517 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington DC, 20510
202-224-2934 - phone
202-228-2856 - fax
Committees:
FINANCE (Subs: Energy, Natural Resources & Infrastructure; International Trade, Customs and Global Competitiveness (Ranking Member); Taxation & IRS Oversight);
INTELLIGENCE;
INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL CAUCUS;
JUDICIARY (Subs Constitution; Criminal Justice & Counterterrorism; Immigration, Citizenship & Border Security (Ranking Member); Intellectual Property; Privacy, Technology & the Law)
Global Action Record:
2003 - HR 1298 - AIDS, TB, Malaria - passed voice vote
2003 - HR 192 - Microcredit - passed voice vote
2004 - Dewine Amendment - Yea
2005 - S 1307 - Yea (bad for generic AIDS drugs)
2005 - HR 1409 - Orphans & vulnerable children - unanimous consent
2005 - signed Micocredit sign-on letter to World Bank
2006 - Santorum/Durbin $866m Global Fund budget amnt - passed voice vote
2006 - Dewine $400m Child Survival budget amnt - passed voice vote
2006 - DeWine/Durbin Approp amnd $100m (total $600m) GFATM - Unanimous
2008 - S 903 - Muhammad Yunus Congressional Gold Medal - cosponsor
2008 - S 2731 - Tom Lantos & Henry J. Hyde United States Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria Reauthorization Act - passed - Nay
2008 - S 3335 - Jobs, Energy, Families, and Disaster Relief Act (lowering Child Tax Credit) - Nay
2008 - HR 1532 - Comprehensive Tuberculosis Elimination Act - passed into law - unanimous consent
2009/04/02 - Kerry/Lugar Amdt to restore full funding for international affairs budget - passed unanimously
2010/07/15 - signed Bennett/Durbin/Enzi sign-on letter to World Bank requesting update on microcredit initiatives
2015/05/22 - Trade Promotion Authority - Yea / 2015/06/24- Trade Promotion Authority - Yea
2017/09/06 - HR 601 +Harvey Relief + Continuing Resolution + raising debt limit - Yea (signed into law by President Trump)
2018/11/28 – Staffer Nathan spoke to Senator Graham’s staff about House TB funding level
2019/06/10 - initial cosponsor of S1766 - Reach Every Mother & Child Act
2022/10/19 - H.R.4693 - Global Malnutrition Prevention and Treatment Act of 2021 (unanimous, President Biden signed into law)
U.S. Action Record:
2007 - HR 2 - Fair Minimum Wage Act - Yea
2007 - HR 976 - SCHIP - Nay / Nay second vote
2007 - LHHS appropriations bill - Nay
2007 - Farm Bill - Lugar-Lautenberg FRESH amendment - Nay (failed)
2007 - Farm Bill - Grassley-Dorgan Amendment - Nay (failed)
2007 - Farm Bill - Klobuchar-Durbin-Brown Amendment - Nay (failed)
2007 - Farm Bill - Brown-Sununu Amendment - Nay (failed)
2008 - HR 2419 - Farm Bill - passed/veto override - Yea/Yea
2008 - HR 5140 - Economic Stimulus - (passed; signed into law) - Yea
2008 - HR 6049 - Renewable Energy and Job Creation Act (extends Child Tax Credit) - Yea
2008 - HR 6331 - Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act - unanimous / yea after veto
2008 - HR 6867 - Unemployment Compensation Extension Act - Yea
2008/02/06 - Grassley-Baucus Economic Stimulus - Nay (failed)
2008/02/06 - Reid Amdt. No. 4010 to HR 5140 - passed - Yea
2008/03/13 - S.Con.Res.70 - Baucus amnt - tax relief - passed - Yea
2008/03/13 - Kyl Amdt. No. 4191 - limit Estate Tax - failed - Yea
2008/03/13 - Sanders amdt. No. 4218 - pre-2001 tax rate > $1m - failed - Nay
2008/05/22 - Reid amdt. No. 4803 - stopping Medicaid and SCHIP cuts - Nay
2009 - HR 1 - American Recovery and Reinvestment Act - Nay
2009 - HR 2 - Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act - Nay
2009 - S.Con.Res.13 - Congressional Budget Resolution - Nay
2009/04/02 - Lincoln Amdt To create a deficit-neutral reserve fund for estate tax - Yea
2010 - HR 3590 - Patient Protection and Affordable Health Act - Nay
2010 - S 3307 - Healthy Hungry Free Kids Act of 2010 - passed unanimously
2010 - HR 4853 - Middle Class Tax Relief Act of 2010 - Yea
2013/05/21 - amendment to strike a reduction in SNAP - failed - Nay
2013/05/21 - amendment to enact $30 billion in cuts to SNAP- passed - Yea
2014//02/04 - HR 2642 - Agriculture Act of 2014 = Farm Bill (cuts SNAP $8.6b) - Nay
2015/12/17 - HR 2029 - Omnibus tax bill including permanent extension or critical EITC/CTC provisions - Yea
2018/06/28 - HR 2 Farm Bill senate version good for SNAP Yea (keep amendment requiring photo ID Yea)
2020/03/25 - HR 748 Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES) - Yea
2020/12/21 - HR 133 FY21 + Coronavirus Relief - Yea