John Cornyn Floor Speech

Senate majority whip john cornyn r tx in a floor speech called for minority leader chuck schumer d ny to apologize to supreme court justices neil gorsuch and brett kavanaugh for comments he.

John cornyn floor speech.

John cornyn iii born february 2 1952 is an american politician and attorney serving as the senior united states senator for texas since 2002. About senator john cornyn senator cornyn was first elected to the u s. Born in houston cornyn is a graduate of trinity university and. 23 following the committee s vote to deny hearings.

Pursuant to senate policy petitions opinion polls and unsolicited mass electronic communications cannot be initiated by this office for the 60 day period immediately before the date of a primary or general election. 2020 senator john cornyn. 2016 john cornyn claimed to be deeply concerned with fairness insisting that partisanship had nothing to do with his decision to block merrick garland s confirmation. There are some arguments for why you don t want to have a potential 4 4 split on the court and i m concerned about that too said sen.

John cornyn floor speech 3 17 16 there should not be a hearing in the judiciary committee for anyone that the president nominates cornyn said feb. Senator john cornyn r tx came to the floor to speak about the nomination of william barr for attorney general. Cornyn also previously served as chair of the national republican senatorial committee from 2007 to 2011. What i m trying to fathom madam president is why the senator would rather have these negotiations behind closed doors as opposed to on the floor of the senate for the american people to see broadcast on television.

He was the republican senate majority whip for the 114th and 115th congresses. I think it is only a matter of fundamental fairness to apply the same rules to the same situation no matter who is in the majority and who is in the minority john cornyn floor speech 3 17 16. The next video is starting stop. Today in the senate floor schedule.