John Cornyn Floor Speech

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John cornyn floor speech. Senator john cornyn r tx came to the floor to speak about the nomination of william barr for attorney general. 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. 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. John cornyn iii born february 2 1952 is an american politician and attorney serving as the senior united states senator for texas since 2002.

He was the republican senate majority whip for the 114th and 115th congresses. About senator john cornyn senator cornyn was first elected to the u s. 23 following the committee s vote to deny hearings. 2020 senator john cornyn.

Born in houston cornyn is a graduate of trinity university and. Senate in 2002 and is currently serving his third term after being re elected in 2008 and 2014. 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. Cornyn also previously served as chair of the national republican senatorial committee from 2007 to 2011.

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. 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. John cornyn john cornyn gop senators pan debate.