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 following committees: Budget; Finance; and Judiciary, where he chairs the Subcommittee on the Constitution. The following is from the November 30, 2016, Senate floor debate on the 21st Century Cures Act. We are winding down the final days of the 114th Congress, and some of the work we have been engaged in is coming to…
