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.

Senator john cornyn r tx came to the floor to speak about the nomination of william barr for attorney general. 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. Senate in 2002 and is currently serving his third term after being re elected in 2008 and 2014. Born in houston cornyn is a graduate of trinity university and.

John cornyn john cornyn gop senators pan debate. 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. Today in the senate floor schedule. 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.

User created clips from this video february 8 2017. 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. About senator john cornyn senator cornyn was first elected to the u s. Cornyn also previously served as chair of the national republican senatorial committee from 2007 to 2011.

John cornyn iii born february 2 1952 is an american politician and attorney serving as the senior united states senator for texas since 2002. 2020 senator john cornyn. 23 following the committee s vote to deny hearings. 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.