John Cornyn Quotes (115 Quotes)

The president's action is welcome news, and will bring much-needed relief to the most affected counties in our state.

clears the way for a more efficient and lower-cost delivery of this next-generation military aircraft.

One of the dangers of being here the Senate a while is you may have been on record directly and diametrically opposed to what one is saying today.

I don't want to kill the bill.

The truth is that we have not devoted the funds, resources or manpower to enforce our immigration laws or protect our borders.

By the time the process is over, she will have been ... poked and prodded enough to satisfy even the most skeptical mind.

an artificial landmark. Of course we grieve over each one of those losses, but it's an artificial number that some are using to try to undermine support for our effort there. These are people without any constructive alternative is cutting and running what we're supposed to do.

But I do think it's unwise, and it - to build a mosque at the site where 3,000 Americans lost their lives as a result of a terrorist attack. And I think to me it demonstrates that the - that Washington, the White House, the administration, the President himself seems to be disconnected from the mainstream of America.

But I think the - what the tea party movement demonstrates, and I think the, the, the enthusiasm that we're seeing from independents and Republicans, is that if Washington isn't going to change itself, then we're going to change Washington. And I think that's what we're seeing.

Judge Roberts is the most qualified nominee I can imagine, and if members of this committee cannot support him, they cannot support any nominee who shares the values of a conservative president.

It isn't a crime to make a profit. What can the government do that would be constructive to bringing prices down

Justice Ginsburg declined to answer senators' questions 55 times,

Tens of thousands of documents have already been released more than any Supreme Court nominee in history, ... And with each new release of information, it's growing increasingly difficult for the president's opponents to complain with a straight face about the need for more information.

I think what we found out this week is that any alleged wrongdoing is really confined to a single individual. Those who were expecting an indictment, indicating a broad conspiracy to out a covert CIA agent or -- are going to be disappointed because there is no evidence to support that.

The truth is, Judge Roberts is a mainstream nominee, and extremely well-qualified, despite the efforts by some to mischaracterize him,