Honorable John Cornyn
United States Representative, 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 Finance Committee, where he chairs the Subcommittee on International Trade, Customs, and Global Competitiveness and on the Judiciary, where he chairs the Subcommittee on The Constitution. The following is from the February 3, 2015, Senate floor debate on H.R. 240, making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30,…
