John Cornyn Quotes (115 Quotes)


    One thing that characterizes Harriet is that she is extremely diligent. She's going to be prepared. The temptation will be great for some to try to match wits with her on constitutional issues. There's some danger that senators might demonstrate not her lack of knowledge, but their own.

    I think (a border fence) is futile because I don't think you can build a wall high enough or wide enough to keep people out of the country who have no hope or opportunity where they live,

    At least two senators that I heard with my own ears cited this as a reason why they decided to vote to not allow a bipartisan majority to reauthorize the Patriot Act. Well, as it turns out the author of this article turned in a book three months ago and the paper, The New York Times, failed to reveal that the urgent story was tied to a book release and its sale by its author.

    If you've got air conditioning, clean water, toilets that work where you are, don't come back to Beaumont,

    John Roberts will be confirmed. The question is will Democrats jeopardize their credibility and vote against him, or bolster their credibility by voting for this highly qualified nominee -- and hold fire for the next one.


    When it rains, it pours - figuratively and literally.

    The Supreme Court enjoyed renewed respect under Rehnquist's leadership, ... Chief Justice Rehnquist restored sanity to our criminal justice system, respect for our nation's allocation of power between the states and the federal government, and freedom in the public square to people of faith.

    For the past three decades, William Rehnquist did not simply serve on the bench. He truly loved and revered the court, as only a devoted scholar and student of that great institution could. His dedication was unrivaled,

    I think people expected that they could go to Houston because it has a world-famous medical center, but it's at capacity and they've had to shut down some facilities,

    we're learning a lot about Judge Roberts.

    Justices are not politicians. They don't run on a political platform, and senators should not ask them to do so.

    I believe the American people will see this for what it is. We ought not to appropriate a national tragedy in a misguided effort to further a political interest of any sort.

    I hope the members of this body who have politicized this issue by making false allegations of manipulation of intelligence would realize their allegations only serve to divide the American people and undermine critical American resolve to finish the important work we are about in Iraq,

    no obligation to tell us how you will rule on any issue that might come before you if you're confirmed to the Supreme Court.

    It does not affect your daily life very much if your neighbor marries a box turtle. But that does not mean it is right. Now you must raise your children up in a world where that union of man and box turtle is on the same legal footing as man and wife.

    To some extent, (Bush) is having to recover a little bit in terms of framing the debate. Many people didn't figure out how (guest-worker visas) fit into the overall issue.

    What this does is serve our national interest from the standpoint of increased security. It deals with our economic needs in terms of the work, but it also, I think, helps to address some of the root causes of illegal immigration by encouraging people to return with the savings and skills they've acquired in the United States.

    While the president continues to highlight the successes of our troops, and the plan for victory in Iraq, his opponents in the Congress have yet to provide a plan of their own.

    What worries me more than anything else is this mind-set that once people go to Mexico there's nothing law enforcement in this country can do.

    Texas voluntarily accepted and placed students from states damaged by Hurricane Katrina, meeting an enormous challenge. And now the federal government is beginning to live up to its end of the bargain.

    There is no more urgent imperative in the United States today than to fix this problem.

    on the side of justice and individual liberties.

    did commiserate with me a little bit about the problems that the Supreme Court has had in coming up with a coherent body of law that is clear and can be easily applied, and can be predictable in a way that doesn't discourage people from expressing their religious views.

    to extraordinary and unprecedented measures to obstruct the business of the American people. Because the Democrats have no ideas or agenda of their own, they've made an awkward attempt at changing the subject.

    Despite a good-faith effort by the Bush administration to provide Senate Democrats with all relevant information on the nomination, critics continue to expand the scope of their demands, and then cavil loudly about the administration's 'secrecy' and 'refusals' when the goal posts are moved,

    builds up and builds up to the point where some people engage in violence, certainly without any justification.

    It has to do with our suspicion and skepticism of government power being able to take private property.

    Without objection, on behalf of the majority leader, I send a cloture motion to the desk,

    During my several visits to Red River, I have been impressed by the professionalism and dedication of the men and women at the depot,

    possibly the most unqualified choice since Abe Fortas.

    The enemy is not just terrorism. It is the threat posed specifically by Islamist terrorism, by Bin Ladin and others who draw on a long tradition of extreme intolerance within a minority strain of Islam that does not distinguish politics from religion, and distorts both.


    I hope we have restored the best traditions of the Senate.

    If you think about it, the successor to Sandra Day O'Connor should objectively be a lot more controversial than the successor to Chief Justice Rehnquist, ... The successor to Rehnquist . . . won't change the balance of power on these hot-button issues as might Roberts' nomination.

    In the end, it was clear that this has turned into a very tough, very nasty process, and you have got to really want it to be able to submit yourself to all of this.

    I don't know what 'operational control' of the border means, but I do understand the English language. And as I understand that phrase, that's not true. We do not have operational control.

    Don't take the bait. Decline to answer any question that you would feel would compromise your duty to do your job.


    You have no obligation to tell us how you will rule. Don't take the bait.

    While we must address the 12 million illegal aliens already here, we have to do so without granting amnesty.

    They (Continental and American) felt the proposal put them at a competitive disadvantage and actually punished them for doing what we would all hope airlines do, and that is avoid bankruptcy,

    I want to make sure that the burden is spread equally among all the states so that Texas is not left holding the bag,

    It will not work to ignore them in the hope that the problem goes away on its own.

    The only surprise today was that any senator would vote against him.

    I would ask everyone not to prejudge the nominee. I would ask everyone to take a deep breath, to look at her background and qualifications and to give her a chance before the Judiciary Committee.

    base his rulings on what the Constitution says.

    There was some shocking poverty exposed in New Orleans and other places ... We need to recommit ourselves to making sure we are a society where everyone who's willing to work and get an education has the opportunity to do it.

    I wouldn't read too much into this enforcement-only approach. I think the leader has previously endorsed the idea of comprehensive reform, ... I'm not aware if he has changed his view.

    He did commiserate with me a little bit, ... I hope that he will be able to give the United States Supreme Court's ruling some coherence, because frankly they are way out of step with what the founding fathers intended.

    This is fundamentally a national security issue because the same human smugglers who will smuggle a worker are willing for a price to smuggle a terrorist who can exploit that vulnerability to kill innocent civilians,


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