Honorable John Cornyn
United States Senator, Texas, Republican
Senator Cornyn was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 2002. He served as San Antonio District Court Judge from 1984 to 1990, on the Texas Supreme Court from 1990 to 1997, and as Texas Attorney General from 1998 to 2002. He sits on the Budget Committee, the Finance Committee, and the Judiciary Committee. The following is from the January 7, 2014, Senate floor debate on S.1845, the Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act. Last month, the President of the United States gave a speech on what has come to be known by the code words “income inequality,’’ which means different…
