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 Finance Committee, where he chairs the Subcommittee on International Trade, Customs, and Global Competitiveness, and on the Judiciary Committee, where he chairs the Subcommittee on the Constitution. The following is from the August 3, 2015, Senate floor debate on S. 1881, to prohibit any Federal funds from being made available to Planned Parenthood Federation of…