texas senator john cornyn wants to know what it is.ln's witnessed a good bit of history. even made some themselves. makes you wonder... what will they do for an encore? ♪ >> neil: all right. a week from today, title 42 ends. a lot of those cases are adjudicated on the other side of the border and start getting adjudicated on our side. john cornyn is worried especially as he's not heard a plan from the administration as to how to deal with this, even though we're told that a plan is out there. do you know what it is? >> well, i guess it's a secret plan. we've been asking not just this week, not just this month but for months now because the administration has been using title 42, the covid public health title to expel people from the country, not all of them, but some of them, about 70,000 in a given months out of the 230,000 or so that showed up at the border. and they have demonstrated no willingness to use other tools like expedited removal to remove people from the country. so this is a big flashing green light to anybody and everyb

cornyn: thank you, madam president. ms. duckworth: madam president. the presiding officer: the senator from illinois. ms. duckworth:i ask unanimous consent that the committee on health, education, labor and pensions be discharged from further consideration of s. 52en 6. ms. duckworth: and the senate proceed to immediate consideration. further, the bill be considered read a thirty time and passed and the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. the presiding officer: is there okay? mrs. hyde-smith: i object. the presiding officer: the senator from mississippi. objection is heard. ms. duckworth: madam president, my daughter, abigail, my oldest, just turned 8. she's silly and smart and gives the best hugs you could ever imagine. she has big dreams and if you've ever met her, you just know that she'll reach them. she's decided that one day she's going to become an engineer or an army nurse. she wants to build things and help people. that's it. my younger daughter, mylie pearl, is 4 1/2, with about the most contagious laugh i've eve

senator john cornyn on the future of the policy, next. merry christmas to each and every one.istmas you may wonder if jesus christ can make a difference in your life. you bet he can. that's why he came, to save us from our sins. he came to this earth as a baby, took our sins to the cross 33-years later, and he shed his blood on that cross, and he died for you and for me. but on the third day, god raised him to life. he's not dead. he's alive. if you have never invited him into your heart. if you've never trusted him as your savior, you can do that right now. just pray this prayer with me, just say, "dear god, "i'm a sinner. "i'm sorry for my sins. "forgive me. "i believe that jesus is your son. "i believe that he took my sins to the cross, "that he died in my place, "and i believe that you raised him to life. "i want to trust him now as my savior, "and follow him as my lord. "i pray this in jesus' name, "amen." if you prayed that prayer, call that number. >> brian: the supreme court stepping into key title 42 in place for now as leaders from 19 states, including our next guest

. - today, i'm introducing a bill with senator cornyn.sh start through bankruptcy act will provide an important-- important relief to students. - our bill would restore the ability of student loan borrowers to discharge federal student loans after a waiting period of ten years. - this ten-year window would help students without encouraging strategic bankruptcy. - uh, there's a ten-year waiting period, which is not perfect, but that is where the solution to this problem begins. - so now that the bill had bipartisan support, it might actually have a chance of passing. right? is that bill moving at all? is anything happening with that as far as you know? - uh... well, i don't know. - i mean, you're the foremost authority on this. - i don't know. - okay. - i think we're close. but i don't know. i got to get some cat food. - i didn't blame alan for feeling nervous about it. after nearly two decades of fighting for change, i wouldn't want to get my hopes up, either. - oh, sh--sorry about that. - with a bipartisan bill introduced, it was time to

mcconnell and cornyn didn't say a word and you'll not hear a word on television tonight about the fact that zelensky banned an entire ancient christian religion in ukraine and seized churches and thrown priests in jail. mcconnell hasn't left the office since the 1980s and it's what most want above all. they don't get enough and they're begging for it. watch mcconnell explain. >> providing assistance for ukrainians to defeat the russians, that's the number one priority of the united states right now according to most republicans. that's sort of how we see the challenges confronting the country at the moment. tucker: two other senators stand behind him defeating putin is the number one priority on republicans and mitch leading in the senate. number one? before the own economy and own children's schools or for that matter before the more than 2,000 young people killed last year in fentanyl in mitch mcconnell's home state of kentucky. >> we'll be providing ukraine with missile batter and training forces to be able to accurately use them. tucker: he's reading his little script and maybe wri

texas senator john cornyn. >> this is a big flashing green light to anybody and everybody from anywhere around the world. if you can get to our southern border you can probably make your way into the united states. it is dangerous, and it is chaotic and it is creating a lot of hardship for border communities. >> harris: 2.3 million coming across since fiscal year 2022. about 6500 every single day at this point. and we're only 75 days into the brand-new fiscal year which started on october 1st. already a half million people. that number is expected to skyrocket when, as i mentioned, that trump-era measure title 42 ends. we could see, according to a texas judge and now many in the legal system, 15 to 18,000 people per day. compare that to what president obama's homeland security chief, once considered unacceptable just a few years ago. >> so we are truly in a crisis. there were 4,000 apprehensions. i know that 1,000 overwhams the system. i can't begin to imagine what 4,000 a day looks like. >> harris: what would 15,000 a day look like? all of this as a background, will it get the attentio

hurd: well, it starts with chris and john cornyn having the tenacity to stick to this, right?f you looked at any of their -- either one of their twitter feeds during that process, they were getting attacked by their supporters and people on the extreme of their parties about john, you're doing too much, chris, you're not doing enough, right? but that relationship between the two of them was able -- was able to see this through. and that's -- that's a big component to this. but as chris said, public was tired. 50% of teenagers in the united states of america are afraid of getting shot at school. that's nuts. that's not -- and i don't care what -- where you are on the political continuum, nobody should think that is ok. and so i think that is -- we have to remember that moment and people were influenced, we can go back a few years ago with ou, the shooter went into a church and again, senator cornyn worked on a piece of legislation that nix is in essence the criminal background check and there was a group of about six million records that weren't being included that were suppose

but mcconnell and cornyn didn't mention it. a they didn't say a word. you will not hear a word on television tonight. tabout the fact that zelenskyy has banned an entire ancient christian denomination in ukraine and then seized churches and then thrown priests into jail. jalirainan according to mitch ml apparently hasn't left his office sinceil the mid eighties.1980s anti christian despotisman is what most republicans want. o above all, they don't. get enough. there is beggin for it. watch mcconnell explain providing assistance for the ukrainians to defeat 'sthe russians. that's the number one priority s for the united states . sright now, according to most republicans. that's sort of how we see the challenges confronting the country at the moment. >> and two senators stand behind him nodding like it's true, defeating putin is , prior quote, the number one priority among republicans, says mitch mcconnell, who leads republicans in the senate. no. one , before a own our own economy orre our own children, schools or for that matter, before more than two th

and then i going to mention that john cornyn was going to join us today but he has a calm schedulinge so -- a conflict scheduling wise so that is why he is with us today. we have the international trade commission trying to block imports for a period of time for two factors which is intellectual property and unsupported practices. 337 over the last few years has not lived up to its processes -- promises. it has led into a secondary pattern court. as one scholar wrote, she said some scholars argue that the u.s. itc has departed from its original initiative of protecting industry and is attacking allegedly work instead -- attacking validity court instead. a lot of those issues are about one u.s. firm battling against another west firm. that is another u.s. firm. -- another u.s. firm. that is why would i say we need to have initiative to protect the u.s. economy from unfair trade practices in non-us economies. there are specific policy recommendations we propose. one is defining unfair trade practices specifically in nonmarket non-rule of law nations. there is no reason to include lease

senator john cornyn saying don't dispute that people saw -- doesn't dispute that people saw january 6th. senator rick scott, he called it political theater, senator roger marshall, it is time to move on and, of course, mitt romney who is saying i've said from the beginning he was responsible for this but it is an interesting point that you're not seeing the full throttle defenses of the former president that perhaps you would have seen before. >> yeah, look at senator marshall's words, it's time to move on. i wonder if it has a double meaning. since 2020 how much power is trump going to continue to have? people -- it seems like it almost matters what trump does but what the republican party does in response to trump. and so, you know, with the midterms like seung min said and the trading cards and all these issues going on, it just seems like there's a slow backing away of the republican party from donald trump. >> some are coming out and saying, i don't think he should be the leader of our party. i interviewed a republican congressman from arkansas. he said there should be a generation

one person who suggested as such was senator john cornyn.ate quality is so significant here. he would know. he was chairman of the committee when they had nominated lackluster candidates about a decade ago, what happened? >> they didn't take the senate. >> this is so fascinating. the reason they didn't weigh in on these primaries was trump. trump, they knew, was going to back some candidates that they weren't comfortable with. so what they're saying in between the lines of what cornyn told you and others is that they are maybe next time around willing to go up against trump in the primaries. but this is something we have to see to believe because it's easy to say it now, but when it's a question of do you poke the bear in donald trump or do you leave it alone. >> and even pre-trump, the tea party, anybody? it doesn't always work. we will definitely believe it when we see it. jake? >> i'm here with john king. this is the best part of the night because forget the pollsters, forget the prognosticators, it's up to the voters. in just a few minut

there's another debate taking place right now and that's above bipartisan amendment from senator cornyn, a leader schumer and senator cornyn on section 89 of the and the aa which basically says we have that cd while way and these are dishes chinese state owned enterprise from telecom for the us government but we need to make sure china's checks even the commodity chips, not the advanced at the chips act are named after but the commodity chips stay out of our system so our platforms and mark montgomery are retired at about it but se there's no question the chinese can put malware in these chips and every f-18 has 35, has a lot of advanced chips and a lot of commodities chips in those platforms as well. the last thing we want is chinese malware going off in our platforms. so there's just examples, every military platform. and the second thing is by encouraging the government to buy us ships for trusted provider. governments helps the industry develop here and moves away from china kind of funny industrial policy. i have that word like subsidies. i don't like regulations where the usf i th

in texas, more republicans voted for senator john cornyn in texas than voted for donald trump in 2020at's what the official results say. same thing in. nebraska senator ben sasse, who i don't like at all, supposedly beat donald trump, nebraska. that is to say more nebraskan republicans voted or they voted for the senate and they did not vote for donald trump as president. now, all of these things combined gave. americans, i believe a lot of legitimate to question this election, that election, and to doubt it is a hold on a minute. hold on a minute. you've got mail in ballots. it's six days to declare winner. you've got these really odd result split balloting where these less important races getting more votes than the for president. covid this is this is not you know, the left did absolutely nothing. not not one thing, not the media, not the denver crats, not the president elect at the time, the vice president elect, they did nothing to explain what they what their version of events were. they did absolutely not. now, of course they can say and they would say, well, what do you what d

, leader schumer and senator cornyn on section 89 of the ndaa which basically says, you know, we banned c.t.e. and huawei and pernicious chinese state-owned enterprises from american government but we have to make sure the commodity chips that stay out of our systems, our platforms and mark montgomery, an admiral, retired admiral, talked about there's no question the chinese can put mallware into these chips and the last thing we want is conflict and every f-18 has a lot of advanced chips, but there are a lot of commodity chips as well. the last thing we want is malware going off in our platforms. every military platform, almost every car anyone drives here. and the second thing is by encouraging the government to buy u.s.-made chips or trusted provider chips made from governments that are our friends, that helps the industry develop here and moves it away from china. so kind of on the industrial policy part of it, i hate that word. i don't like subsidies. i don't like, you the, regulations on what we have to -- where the u.s. has to buy things but i think it makes sense in this case. b

john cornyn, my colleague, senator from texas, they're on the front lines, state that borders mexico,t's unattainable. >> what can congress deliver in terms of emergency funding? as we understand it, unless the supreme court steps in, title 42 is going away. >> yeah, well, the executive order -- we could pass an emergency piece of legislation if we could all come to an agreement that title 42 has to be, by law, extended and have the president sign it. done. we're going back in monday. it's just -- it's a crisis. when you have a crisis, it seems like we can manage under a crisis in a bipartisan way. it's a shame we've come to this gridlock. >> you said recently you have a worker shortage in west virginia right now. how do you get to bipartisan legislation on legal migration when you are about to face a republican-controlled house that's vowed to impeach the homeland security secretary? >> yeah, well, first of all, it's an unfair charge. i think the gentleman is very competent. he can do a good job. they need to unleash him, let him do his job. that's what i have said before and i'll sa

on ukraine, senators graham, wicker, cramer, cotton, barrasso, risch, burr, murkowski, sullivan, cornyn, mcconnell, johnson, ernst and others. i want to take although subjoin me hunting trips ukraine since 2014 when ukraine rose up and throw off the court russian backed government and turned to us, turned to the west. this includes two recent sobering visits to ukraine with senator klobuchar and coons. i authored the ukraine security assistance initiative which is become the key funding account we have used to train and equip the ukrainian armed forces. we need to continue to fund this account and lead the free world, carrying the torch of freedom. since russia's original occupation of ukraine escalator into full-scale war unfavored 24th of this year i have now spoken on the senate floor 27 times, every week we been in session, but the unprovoked, illegal, and brutal invasion of ukraine. my most recent speech was last that i won't go on but except to say we're at a critical, critical juncture right now, and it is more important than ever we support ukraine's i will be fighting hard for

for example, senator cornyn's bill, s. 48 # 34, protect our children act of 202 2-rbgs signed into law a couple days ago. that's protecting our children. would that be dead on arrival now? senator boozman's bill, s. 2102, expands access to mammograms for veterans. that passed and became -- passed in june and now law. is that not important? providing mammograms to our veterans? that would be dead on arrival under this new rule my republicans are saying they want to enforce? senator inhofe was the lead sponsor on s. 1790, the ndaa for fiscal year 2020 act. i just complained about how big the defense budget is. i don't like the fact that it's so overblown and bloated. i know my republican friends do. would they have blocked that bill because senator inhofe voted for the omnibus? imagine veterans or children didn't get the aid they needed because of petty politics. that's not a way to govern, mr. speaker. this legislation will not only keep the lights on, but aid thousands of americans and provide -- the legislation that some of these republican senators brought forward, it's important tha

cornyn: madam president, reserving the right to object. the senator from illinois asks why can't we change this bill. well, first of all, this bill passed unanimously in the house. if we don't pass this bill today, it's dead and the senator's objection to this unanimous consent request will effectively kill this legislation for this congress. as he knows. because we start a new congress and we'll have to start all over from scratch. and i don't know when we started -- decided to start outsourcing as the congress of the united states to the department of justice. the fact of the matter is the changes that the senator is suggesting would basically be just to instruct the u.s. sentencing commission to amend the federal sentencing guidelines to incorporate specific characteristics or any other offense. essentially he has another way to build a mouse trap that doesn't really change anything except the fact that he will effectively have killed this legislation this congress and we'll have to start all over again. the reason why i'm here today an

cornyn: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senior senator from texas. mr. cornyn: mr. president, i'm glad that we hopefully soon will finally pass the national defense authorization act and send this legislation to the president for his signature. obviously, this has national, even global, implications, but i'd like to spend just a moment to talk about what it means to my home state of texas. this year's ndaa sports a range of projects that will lead our military into the future, from nuclear modernization to next-generation weapons development. it sends critical military assistance to ukraine, and makes a big investment in our national defense stockpile. it focuses appropriately on long-term strategic competition with china. and it ensures our troops will have the tools, the training, and the resources they need to succeed in any conflict. and of course, the ultimate goal is to make the united states military so strong that no country dares engage in a nirlt conflict with us -- in a military conflict with us, and thus provides needed deterrence in order to maintain th

cornyn: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from texas. mr. cornyn: mr. president, my children are grown now, but every time we moved or considered what neighborhood to live in, as they were growing up and attending public school, the first question we would ask is, what about the schools? because we, like most parents, wanted to make sure it that our children went to the very best schools possible. and if we had to dig a little deeper and figure out how do we buy a house in a neighborhood where that -- that was in that school district, then we would do it. but the sad fact of life is that many parents of lesser means, of lower income don't have the luxury of buying a house in a neighborhood where a public school is excellent. in fact, many of our children, because they don't have access to charter schools, are literally trapped in failing schools, which will forever affect their course of life. their development, the jobs they can qualify for, the level of education they can achieve -- all of that will be impacted negatively by the fact that many of many

i thank my colleague, congresswoman sylvia garcia, and the senator from texas, senator cornyn and the other sponsors. i rise to acknowledge the crucialness of this legislation dealing with the lighterrees. it's about the economic engine that many of us have in our communities and that is, of course, the port. but also the travel and business and the issues of recreation that encountered on large vessels. so to give these individuals the time that they need to do the proper work safely rather than the short time of 29 days to have an extended period of time to respond is both in this climate an economic boost, a recognition of fairness in the immigration process, and to recognize the importance of the hard work that the lighterrees do. i congratulation my colleague, congresswoman garcia, and members of the other body, senator cornyn, for the work that's going to shine a light on a better productivity and better economic aspect of this work. with that, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman yields. the gentleman from reserves. the gentleman from wisconsin is recognized m

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but i also tell my friends, senator cruz and cornyn, look at it another way. texas is five and a half times bigger than louisiana, but we're ten and a half times more interesting. and that's because of my people, the people of louisiana. so my wish this christmas to my people is, first, enjoy your family, worship your god, worship our god, and may your sunrises be full of hope and your sunsets be full of peace. mr. president, i yield. the presiding officer: the senator from oregon. mr. wyden: mr. president, i come to the floor this afternoon with requests to confirm a highly qualified nominee, dr. brent neiman is nominated to serve as assistant secretary of the treasury for international finance and development. finance committee members voted in november of last year. let me repeat. november of 2021, more than 13 months ago, over a year, to approve dr. neiman's nomination on a strong bipartisan basis. this is not a controversial nominee. his nomination has waited long enough, and there's a lot of challenges waiting for him at the treasury department. for exam

i've heard concerns that some of the timelines in the bill that cornyn and i have introduced maybe too restrictive. now that you've had some time to implement those asylum processing rules, we would like to get your feedback on what a more feasible timeline would be, and what interviews could be provoked. >> we need police to provide. >> thank you, mister chair. >> thank you, senator sinema. we have, for our witnesses now, we have one, perhaps, two senators to finish up the first round. we will take a five minute break, let you stretch your legs a little bit, and we'll be back for the second round. senator -- you are recognized for your question. >> thank you, mister chair. thank you all for being here today. first question would be for secretary mayorkas. as you recall, mister secretary, in the last year, i place if you get concerns about the critical -- teams with customs and border protection, and their involvement with internal investigations of cbp agents. these units, as we understand, have been operating since 1987, but their investigations were never authorized, because they ar

senator cornyn among the g.o.p. leadership asked my reporter about this. and he said i don't know why anybody would say something like that. certainly not an expresident. i think it's irresponsible. it seems like every republican in this current environment, the white house is coming out saying they should -- every republican should say something going to be pressed about this by reporters. in coming days. >> well, they are, and it's one more example of the burden donald trump imposes on the party is he associated with. it was pretty clear in the results of the 2022 midterm that associating with trump and especially associating with his claims about the stolen election in 2020 were a mill stone around the neck of a number of candidates who might otherwise have done better than they did. now you have the situation where he makes some extraordinarily controversial remarks that pretends to deny them, and republicans everywhere are being asked what their view is so, you know, not only do these candidates have to make their way on their own. they also have to c

senator mark warner, john cornyn. the senate is a bicameral, bipartisan bill that people rally behind. that's one of those rare moments in washington where the system actually is working and i do think it is going to have a legacy impact on -- it is a generational issue. >> we have a question on -- fringe shoring. it says the inflation reduction act essentially discriminates against electric vehicles from the eu, japan and so on. is there a contradiction here? >> i've got elon musk in my hometown. [laughter] whenever you pick winners and losers -- my conversation on the luxury vehicles that i had with the muscatine -- musk team was the batteries themselves. do you understand where we are buying these batteries from? china. do you understand how they are made? not really. basically, off the backs of the uighur muslims. they use slave labor to make these batteries. they are committing genocide. this goes back to the rare minerals issue. what is in afghanistan? $1 trillion of lithium that the chinese are going to exploit

senator john cornyn, i don't know why anybody would say something like that, schedule not an ex-presidenteighed in as well. gop senator roger marshall declined to condemn the comments saying he thinks media should focus elsewhere. >> i don't know what president trump said about the constitution. i just don't think that's the issue or what you all should be talking about. >> senator lindsey graham and senator tim scott declined to weigh in at all. >>> so this morning law enforcement heroes who defended the capitol on january 6th will be honored a the a gold medal ceremony with congressional leaders. congress passed the measure to award medals live by partisan vote but 21 house republicans voted against this passage. a reminder that some members of congress still do not acknowledge the truth about the deadly january 6th riot. one of the officers set to receive congress' highest honor today, capitol police officer harry dunn who was inside the capitol during the attack and called the n word by rioters more than a dozen times that day, months after the attack he spoke about living with the em

some key lawmakers say negotiations are at a standstill, republican senator john cornyn of texas as talksesn't sound good. come january publicans control the house, democrats the senate which means likely gridlock on any tax policy. stuart: thanks. the rail unions on the verge of a strike, transportation secretary pete buttigieg was nowhere to be found. he was on vacation in portugal. fox news projects when title 42 ends next week border crossings will reach 14,000 today. the border report after this. if your business kept on employees through the pandemic, getrefunds.com can see if it may qualify for a payroll tax refund of up to $26,000 per employee, even if it received ppp, and all it takes is eight minutes to get started. then we'll work with you to fill out your forms and submit the application, that easy. and if your business doesn't get paid, we don't get paid. getrefunds.com has already helped businesses like yours recover over $2 billion, but it's only available for a limited time. go to getrefunds.com powered by innovation refunds. (vo) businesses nationwide are switching to ver

they included senators blunt, collins, cornyn, kotten, lindsey graham, emhoff, mcconnell, portman, romney, brown's, shelby, wicker and young. the 18th senators who voted with the democrats to approve this spending bill and avoid a government shutdown. joseph from virginia, good morning. over 60. what is your reaction to some of the provisions in the bill? caller: thank you for letting me come in. i can't give specifics right now. i read a lot in the last several days. a lot of excess spending. we have a $4000 people have it -- 4000 page bill people have not been able to read. i said $4000, not 4000 page. in the old days -- i'm old enough to remember committees actually reviewing what is supposed to be in a particular area. reviewing the budget, making recommendations. something called a 13 cardinals of the house, the 13 appropriation bills. today you don't have that anymore. nobody really knows what is in there except for a small minority of folks who put together the bill to be passed. i like to go back to regular order so we all understand what is in there. $1.7 trillion of discretionar

i don't think senator manchin or cornyn. we haven't heard from them. time is of the essence right now. >> we also heard from democrat senator john tester yesterday he wrote a similar letter to the white house a couple of weeks ago. also heard nothing back. so there are whispers, have been whispers for months that some in the west wing would like to see the department of justice push the deadline because they don't have a clear idea what system will take its place. we haven't heard anything yet. >> dana: keep us posted. >> bill: our next guest repeatedly calling on the white house to strengthen border policy. a republican from southern california young kim. the feds are suing the state of arizona for the containers they are setting up on what they say is federal land. we'll see where that case goes. you have a bill now where you want to reverse the strategy from a northern strategy to a southern one. explain that. >> sure. i have gone down to the border multiple times in california and texas, and after i spoke with the border patrol agents and those in

indian head senator john cornyn saying that trump was irresponsible, that was the word he used. irresponsible to not exactly the language of people running away with a 10 foot pole and not looking back. i wonder from your perspective, do you sherry level of optimism, but the idea, that look, he is simply going to do enough self-destruction that he will no longer be an issue to reconcile or deal with? >> i think the problem is that, as he said, it is who does he take them with him? does he take our country down with him? that was certainly what it seemed he was attempting to do on january 6th. certainly there were a number of times throughout his presidency, i keep going back to charlottesville, good people on both sides, where, for many of us, it was demeaning and degrading to the united states of america to have a president who could not just call out hate speech and white supremacy as being wrong. and so, i think, it is very possible that he just impose. i think it is more likely, and particularly given that we know that there is a sector of the republican party that still bea