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. The following is from the April 18, 2005, Senate floor debate on amendments to H.R. 1268, making emergency supplemental appropriations for Fiscal Year 2005. What is the problem that this bill, the so-called AgJOBS amendment, seeks to fix? I suggest it does not purport to fix our porous borders. It does nothing to provide additional resources to our beleaguered…