Honorable John Cornyn
United States Senator, Texas, Republican
Senator Cornyn was first elected to the U.S. Senate in November 2002. He serves on the Senate Judiciary Committee, where he is ranking minority member of the Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees, and Border Security. The following is excerpted from Senator Cornyn’s August 3, 2010, remarks during debate on confirmation of Judge Elena Kagan to the U.S. Supreme Court. I know of few, if any, responsibilities of the Senate that are more important than the confirmation process providing, in the terms of the Constitution, “Advice and Consent” to the nomination of an individual to serve for life on the U.S. Supreme…
