john cornyn. senator cornyn, thanks for coming back on the show.ust, i got a lot of things for you, sir, but one of them is texas being a border state, border state being an open border, even though governor abbott has done the lord's work. you know this story, eight illegals in isis cell. these were somehow russian-related isis illegals, floating across the border. we don't still to this day, we don't know who is coming across the border, and do you think that mr. biden's most recent executive order, senator cornyn has done one bit of good to change anything? >> it's done nothing, because it was strictly related to trying to help in the polls. this wasn't anything about closing the border, larry. and these isis-related individuals who have been, this plot disrupted by the fbi, i'm afraid just the tip of the iceberg. the border is open to anybody and everybody who has the money to make it to the border and come across. of course the biden administration just released them, didn't really know anything about them so they didn't have any background in

trump is going to washington former house speaker kevin mccarthy influential gop senator, john cornyn on all that later on the show, let's go to edward going for all the details. what can you tell us. >> the federal reserve left rates unchanged for the seventh consecutive meeting in a row in the famed dot plot, the fed sees one rate cut at some point and they were two votes away from the two rate cuts but the feds projection showing that inflation will increase this year they also believe their expectation for inflation will also increase. here's the fed chairman. >> we had really good inflation data and a pause in progress in the first quarter and what we took away from that it's probably going to take longer to get the confidence that we need to begin to loosen policy. >> the market is putting the odds at 58% for a rate cut in september, none of this changes what people are feeling, overall prices are up 19% from the month president biden came into office, food and shelter up 21% and the timeframe, electricity 29%, auto insurance 51.5% from the month president biden came into office

>>new bipartisan legislation co authored by hassan and republican senator john cornyn of texas, aims to hold accountable the individuals who share non consensual intimate deepfake images online. they've proposed criminal penalties, including a fine and up to 2 years. in prison in most cases. civil penalties can range up to $150,000. >>not go a step further and criminalize the creation of non consensual intimate images. there is work going on in congress right now about how to set up this kind of guardrail. but what we know is that most people don't know about the deep fake that exists until somebody tries to distribute it right. so we wanted to really attack this problem at the where it becomes obvious and somebody is likely. to take action, >>senator cornyn says while it could take months to get the bill through the senate, he's confident that bipartisan support will help it pass. >>we're not going to take our foot off the gas pedal. we're going to continue to press this issue because i think as long as the bill is not law, there are people taking advantage of the absence of this so

cornyn, aye. mr. warnock, aye. mrs. hyde-smith, aye. mr. schatz, aye. mr. tester, aye.he clerk: mr. risch, aye. ms. warren, aye. ms. duckworth, aye. the clerk: ms. hirono, aye. the clerk: mr. kaine, no. mr. merkley, no. the clerk: ms. baldwin, aye. ms. cortez masto, aye. the clerk: ms. collins, aye. the clerk: mr. heinrich, aye. mr. casey, aye. mrs. blackburn, aye. mr. kelly, aye. mr. young, aye. mr. booker, aye. mrs. gillibrand, aye. mr. wicker, aye. ms. rosen, aye. mr. sanders, no. mr. lankford, aye. mr. scott of florida, aye. the clerk: mr. king, aye. mr. durbin, aye. mr. whitehouse, no. the clerk: mr. ossoff, aye. mr. fetterman, aye. mr. warner, aye. mr. welch, aye. the clerk: mr. vance, aye. mr. reed, no. ms. klobuchar, aye. ms. murkowski, aye. mr. daines, aye. mr. cardin, aye. the clerk: mr. lujan, aye. the clerk: mrs. capito, aye. the clerk: mr. schumer, aye. the clerk: mr. bennet, aye. mr. tillis, aye. ms. cantwell, aye. the clerk: mr. blumenthal, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. padilla, aye. the clerk: mr. scott of south carolina, aye. the clerk: mr. van ho the clerk

cornyn: mr. floor, i just want to say to the senator from mississippi how proud i am to stand here beside him as he which is our national security is not something we can take for granted. you pay for it with your treasure or your blood. that is an inconvenient truth. but the course of our nation's history, we have remained the beacon of freedom, opportunity, liberty, and prosperity for otoworld, but we cannot take that for granted because we see everywhere we look rising threats and challenges to america's leadership role in the world. whether it's in europe, whether it's in asia, a whether it's in the middle east, the threats and the challenges go on and on. and what emboldens our adversaries is when they believe that we lack the resolve and commitnt to do what is necessary to preserve the peace. and the way you preserve the peace is to make sure none of your adversaries want to take a chance to engage with you militarily because they know they will lose. that is what deterrence is all about. b

cornyn: mr.esident, i on the senate judiciary committee my entire time i senate and as the presiding officer knows, one of the responsibilities of the judiciary committee is to v to vote on a president's judicial office. these are unique jobs because they last literally a lifetime. so it's very very importantat we vet these nomineesnd the case of texas, senator cruz and i have appointed a group of the best lawyers in the state of texas on someing weal judicial evaluation committee to help us screen the people who want to serve on the federal bench. so we're then in a position to enter a conversation with the white house, whether it's a republican or a about whether or not we will vote for and support for the federal judiciary. there is slip which is senate judiciary committee where if a home sta senator does not return a blue slip on somebody that the president's nominated, the committee will not process that nominee. so the judiciary committee has and one i think consistent with the responsibili

cornyn. ms. cortez masto.tton. mr. cramer. mr. crapo. mr. cruz. mr. daines. ms. duckworth. mr.in. ms. ernst. mr. fetterman. mrs. fischer. mrs. gillibrand. mr. graham. mr. grassley. mr. hagerty. ms. hassan. mr. hawley. mr. heinrich. mr. hickenlooper. ms. hirono. mr. hoeven. mrs. hyde-smith. mr. johnson. mr. kaine. mr. kelly. mr. kennedy. mr. king. ms. klobuchar. mr. lee. mr. lujan. ms. lummis. mr. manchin. mr. markey. mr. marshall. mr. mcconnell. mr. menendez. mr. merkley. mr. moran. mr. mullin. ms. murkowski. mr. murphy. mrs. murray. mr. ossoff. mr. padilla. mr. paul. mr. peters. mr. ricketts. mr. risch. mr. romney.mr. rounds. mr. rubio. mr. sanders. mr. schatz. mr. schmitt. mr. schumer. mr. scott of florida. mr. scott of south carolina. mrs. shaheen. ms. sinema. ms. smith. ms. stabenow. mr. sullivan. mr. tester. mr. thune. mr. tillis. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. vance. mr. warner. mr. warnock. msouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. q the clerk: mr. the clerk: mr. graham aye. the clerk: ms. hirono aye. mrs. murray aye. the clerk: mr. paul no. mr. budd e. the clerk:

cornyn: mr.nimous consent that the quorum be rescinded. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. cornyn: mr. president, i want to join my colleague from south dakota in decrying the relentless smear campaign that's being directed at the supreme court of the united states. of course many of these attacks have come from expected so grou people, for example, who leak the justices' addresses so protests could occur on their lawns, lodging threats against these judges and their families all because they disagree with the decisions that the court has made in one case or another. and, of course, there is one instance where a person who was determined to assassinate justice kavanaugh was thankfully stopped by law enforcement. that demonstrates the dangerousness of some of this -- these political attacks against the court. sadly, the aggressors aren't limited to a small group of outsiders though. attacks are being waged by elected members of congress. some men and women in this building have sworn an

cornyn. ms. cortez masto. mr. cotton. mr. cramer. mr. crapo. mr. cruz. ms. duckworth. mr. durbin.ernst. mr. fetterman.er mrs. gillibrand. mr. graham. mr. grassley.. hagerty. ms. hassan. mr. hawley. mr. heinrich. mr. hickenlooper. ms. hirono. mr. hoeven. mrs. hyde-smith. mr. johnson. . kelly. mr. kennedy.king. ms. klobuchar. mr. lankford. mr. lee. mr. lujan. ms. lummis. mr. manchin. mr. markey. mr. marshall. mr. menendez. mr. merkley. mr. mullin. ms. murkowski. mr. murphy. mrs. murray. mr. ossoff. mr. padilla. mr. paul mr. peters. mr. reed. mr. ricketts. mr. risch. ms. rosen. mr. rounds. mr. sanders. mr. schmitt. mr. schumer. mrs. shaheen. ms. sinema. ms. smith. ms. stabenow. mr. sullivan. mr. tester. mr. thune. mr. tillis. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. vance. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wick.. wyden. mr. young. the clerk: senators voting butler cantwell casey, collins, coons, heinrich king manchimarkey merkley, murkowski, schatz shaheen, tester welch. senators voting in the negative -- boozman, capito crapo, fischer, grassley ricketts

john cornyn is somewhere in the middle.but he's particularly more cozy with conservatives. and when you look at rick he's really the dark horse. he's gotten a handful of votes, but nothing to disrupt the current leader. scott seems to be thwarting the same votes and this november. >> senate reporter for politico, ursula, thank you for your reporting. up next on "way too early." the biden campaign is set to mark the second anniversary of the supreme court's decision to overturn roe v wade just as reproductive rights heat up on the campaign trail. >>> coming up on "morning joe," we will bring you mika's exclusive sit-down interview with vice president kamala harris who warns that abortion bans are now creating a health care crisis. we will get to that, as well as harris' thoughts on the upcoming presidential debate. "morning joe" is just a few moments away. debate. "morning joe" is just a few moments away xiga. because there are places you'd like to be. farxiga can cause serious side effects, including ketoacidosis that may b

. >> republicans like senator john cornyn of texas accused the president of playing politics with thisxecutive act. >> it is a shell game. they are not serious about it. this is a conversion based on the proximity of the next election and sinking poll numbers, and we think it deserves to be called out for what it is. >> it is important to note that senator cornyn was one of the republicans that voted against that bipartisan senate border deal that president biden negotiated with republicans, with one of the most conservative republicans there is in the senate, senator james lankford, but president biden also received some harsh criticism from democrats. >> it's not a time for us to turn to trump-era policies. it is not time to go and use the tools that trump used. that does not make this better or ok. on the contrary, we should not be looking to those policies. it did not work under the prior administration, and it's not going to work today under this administration. >> that's the chairwoman of the hispanic caucus. she along with a number of other latino lawmakers were not happy about

sumi: let me ask you about the criticism from many republicans, including senator john cornyn of your said why did you wait until now if you were serious about the border? the simple answer is he's not serious, referring to president biden. more than 6.4 million migrants have been stopped from crossing the u.s. illegally since joe biden has been in office. is this too little, too late? mayor garza: no. on the political side, i understand no one will ever be completely satisfied. if this was acted upon, let's say whenever it is people are saying it should have been acted upon, there would've been some other criticism at that time. as a mayor and what my fellow mayors would tell you, unfortunately, there is an environment in washington where it has become so partisan, that it is hard for anything to get done. as mayors of our communities, we don't have the luxury to have standoffs. sumi: i have to ask about one more criticism from president biden's fellow democrats. we saw the chair of the progressive caucus say she's disappointed and say democrats cannot buy into cruel enforcement meas

cornyn: mr. president, it's tuesday afternoon.i this week there are three votes followed by a show vote on in vitro fertilization, another madup controversy. in vitro fertilization provides hope for couples across the united states who are strugglin helped millions of babies enter this world. i support ivf, which has been a solution for millions of families struggling with infertility. but, mr. president, there's no nationwide threat to the availability of in vitro fertilization, and i'm deeply disappointed but notre trying t politicize something en -- something that enjoys such widespread support. there's no controversy to access ton vitro fertilization. after all, this is a third partisan show vote that we've had recently. last week the senate voted on a handful of nominees held another show vote on a nonexistent threat to contraception access. there's no threat to access to contraception, but the majority leader, who schedules the votes on the floor, who runs the agenda, decided he wanted to create a controversy out of thin air

texas senator john cornyn halted another by didn't --another bite poll factor incentivizing illegal immigrationer biden pull factor incentivizing illegal immigration. what do you think? rep. jayapal: it is not into devise anything other than keeping families together. you have to have been here 10 years. you cannot apply if you have just come to the country today. it is humane. republicans criticizing this are on the wrong side of history. the majority of americans, democrat, republican, or independent, think this should be the case, there should be ways for these faults to be able to say here. i think president biden is doing a great thing today, transforming lives across the country. sumi: you have not agreed with president biden on everything when it comes to immigration policy, because two weeks ago he issued a sweeping executive order allowing the u.s. to quickly remove migrants who unlawfully come into the u.s. without having to process their asylum request. were critical of that at the time. speaker of the house mike johnson said this is president biden trying to score political points w

cornyn john thune rick scott, right now.t's a secret ballot election which makes it impossible to handicap make you do it. so who's going to win? >> so i guess just jontay and clearly is obviously front runner right now. i mean, being second and leadership right now and kind of mcconnell's look to be hit chosen successor right now and i mean he has some public support, whereas some of these other members don't have as much public support if any, if i recall correctly? and so i think dune is definitely the front runner and i mean, like you said, cigarette bowel. so trump could weigh in, but these people could just go vo whoever and they'd be like, oh, well, yeah, i voted for trump said, and even if even if trump says one day, senators may not listen well, also on the flip side of that, if trump wins the election on november 5th, he's going to have a lot more sway on the outcome, i think because senators will be more inclined to listen to him in terms of who he prefers to work with. >> a senate republican leader, especially on

but republican senator john cornyn calls the bill absurd and it's a waste of time here.irth control access is not in jeopardy from republicans or anyone else. contraception is available in every state in america and there's no legitimate effort to change that. that senator tim kaine disagrees pointing to the supreme court's decision to overturn abortion rights for those who are saying, oh, this is a non-issue. go back and read the dobbs decision. reid, the invitation that was made by the court to go after contraception, though, senator john thune claims this bill is all for political show. these boats have nothing to do with legislating and everything to do. with boosting democrats electoral chances. democrats are also pushing a separate bill to ensure access to in vitro fertilization. they're hoping to bring that up for a vote in the coming weeks. >> in washington, i'm hannah brandt. >> all right, hannah. well, the news basically never stops here. kron 4. no, it doesn't. so let's go and check in with noelle bellow for what's coming up a little later on tonight. i know.

senator john cornyn, for example, it said, and i'm quoting him now. it doesn't make any exceptions for conscience. it's a phony vote because contraception, to my knowledge, is not illegal it's not unavailable. what's your response to him know this this actually protects the providers. >> it protects the individual so that they can get access to to to contraception in no way does it infringed upon anyone's religious rites if, you don't want to have access to contraception, it's your right it's the same thing is true if you're a provider, you are protected. this just goes to the right for someone to get it if they wanted the right for a provider to issue two ride a contraception if you want it. so that is absolutely in erroneous attack upon this piece of legislation. >> the topic of contraceptives was on the front page of the washington composed today saying, and i'm quoting now from the washington post far-right conservatives are sewing misinformation that inaccurately characterizes iuds emergency contraception. even birth control pills as causing abor

details because neither of the sites have published this agreement. yet, we've heard from kim john cornyn, who said that this new agreement is now elevated, the relations between both countries to an alliance. if you put it but loving and putting a sound at the been a bit more nuanced on this. she said that the agreement provides quote, for the provision of mutual assistance in the event of aggression against one of the parties. now, this is, this really depends on how these 2 countries define mutual assistance. and these documents. does this mean troops, material, or humanitarian aid? this is something you will be have. we will have to wait for a to, to know and, and so. so this really is possible that this new agreement is either an upgrade to the relationship, or it can be a formalization of what is already happening, which is this, this military technological cooperation between russia and north korea, against the box of, of russia's aggression against you. great, let's talk more about that. is it clear where this agreement leaves things regarding ukraine as well? we knew that what ha

that threatens not only asia but also even the us and that's legitimises north korea and king john cornyn —— kimjong—un. you've been warning about the weapons, what do you know about what their capabilities are? the administration has made a public that russia is developing in nuclear and thai satellite weapon and authorities and the pentagon have publicly said that the situation would be catastrophic. the defence indicated that such a way open has dunaden would indiscriminately decimate all satellites in lower and would make that orbit unpopular double within likely up to year which means would not be able to replace satellites. what we are utilising four viewers right now would be unable to be axis communications or economic fabric or international security fabric, or will be impacted by the nations. there is no un treaty that supposed to protect against such matters. there was a treaty in 67 which the signatory uk and russia where they pledge that they would not pull nuclear weapons weapons of mass destruction in space, russia obviously would be violating that in the us had gone to the

gop senator john cornyn said, quote, it's a phony vote because contraception to my knowledge, is not illegal. it's not unavailable. your response well, as you pointed out, the supreme court overturned roe versus wade two years ago, that rested on the fundamental right to make these bodily decisions for oneself and contraception could be in the crosshairs, neck it's really important that we codify in federal law that there is a right to contraception so i would disagree with any notion that people should not be concerned. >> we saw what happened with ivf in alabama you've got to be sure that the whole range of reproductive health care is guaranteed in federal law. we can't just depend on the courts nancy, i don't want to make you have to speak for conservatives, but because you live in breathe, this issue, maybe you can help us understand there are viewpoint they want to ban all abortion and they want to ban various methods of contraception. so is the goal to have more babies in the us that the parents of the system can't afford and care for. >> how do they explain what the consequenc

senator john cornyn.r to incentivize ieg immigration and insuring years of litigation." president biden will announce a program tuesday to h to citizenship for hundreds of thousands of immigrants. representative sylvia garcia. "i'm thrilled potus heeded th call of many of us to protect immigrt milies and■o damerustone u.s. who benefit from president biden's new plan." judy chu. rllfor immigrants since president obama createdno one should ha to liveh the fear being separedrom loved ones. i am relieved hundreds of ounds of american fils can sing live and work with more stability." carol from detroit, good morning. caller: how are you doing today? don't hang me up to quick. this is carol from detroit, michigan, one of t biggest juneteenth in life. for one thing, let me get this off my min fred was wrong and bertha was right. we are doing better now, i have seen people flying out of this country every day. i have seen metro airports. i don't know why -- why the of . don't liimu3 quit tearing this country down

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republicans are blasting it, texas senator john cornyn had this to say our press conference. >> by myrders since he's been president but his waited until today to do what he calls effective action to secure the border. my question to him, why did you wait until now if you were serious about doing it. the simple answer is he's not serious about securing the border. >> reporter: is there anything to deal with the known got aways that are most dangerous, one. 8 million known got aways and the first three years of this administration and finally the question of if this is a sign the border is closed tonight, how will that be enforced and implemented? mexico receiving 5000 day day. 35,000 a week, one hundred 50,000 a month. they haven't seen an interest in doing that or have resources so a lot to be seen as we wait for the official signing at the white house today? neil: i want to go to the republican florida congresswoman, what do you think? some are saying the president is late to do this but at least he is doing this. what do you think? >> it's been infuriating to me because i heard in

cornyn, no. the clerk: mr. coons, aye. ms. cantwell, aye.=■■ vote: rr the clerk: mr. officer: on this vote the yeas -- the clerk: mr. schumer, no. the presiding officer: on this vote the yeas are 51, the nays are 39. three-fifthses of the senators duly chosen and sworn not having voted in the affirmative, the motion is not agreed to. mr. schumer: madam president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. schumer: i enter a motion to reconsider the failed cloture vote. the presiding officer: the motion is entered. mr. schumer: just so the public will know, i switched my vote so i might reconsiderf and possibl vote on this again. i move to proceed to executive session to consider calendar number 669. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion to proceed. all those in favor say aye. opposed, no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the motion is agreed to. the clerk will port. the clerk: nomination, federal energy regulatory m!commission, david rozner, of massachusetts, to be a member. mr. schumer: i send a cloture motion to the desk. the pres

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let's talk about ivf because republican senator john cornyn of texas said there are no restrictions on ivf and the democrats bill in the senate addressed a quote, non-existent problem, unquote, what's your response? >> well, i would say it's truly a problem because we saw that an alabama with the personhood bill and then having to scramble and go back to protecting ivf care it's despicable what they're doing. this agenda, this extreme anti-health care agenda, rather than voting supportive families across america rather than saying yes, we want to support people's abilities to have a family. i can tell you as an ob-gyn, i have so many patients will create a family's suv is the by the restrictions and bans on ivf or another way to restrict access to reproductive health care unfortunately, these restrictions are harmful and they please maternal mortality in every state that has abortion bans or tries to restrict reproductive care an interesting moment today in the world of social media, former republican presidential candidate nikki haley, who opposes abortion. >> she posted about her sup

senator john cornyn said the alito recording was part of a, and i'm quoting here, campaign of harassment against the court which is kind of what we just heard from the justice. but i wonder what your reaction is to hearing what justice alito has had to say. >> right. so people can debate the tactics that were used to obtain this recording. but the problem is we hear justice alito in his own words articulating a vision that no judge who's sitting on a court, particularly not the supreme court should be embracing. we expect our judges to be neutral umpires, and, look, judges are human beings. they have their own personal views, what they're asked to do and what they take an oath to do is set their personal views aside when they act as judges. that's the problem here. the conflation of the judge's personal views with the way he sits on the bench. and then, chris, just the last thing i'll say is, this is a casual public conversation with someone he doesn't know, and if he's willing to be this free and to go this far in that format, we have to be very concerned about how he's conducting his b

the senators include john thune, john cornyn, chuck grassley, joni ernst and shelley moore capito.nk? >> yeah, liz. first of all, thanks for having me. look, all of the lights are blinking red right now when it comes to terrorism here in the united states. not only those representatives, but you've got mike turner who's chair of the intel committee, former -- mike morrell, former deputy director of the cia. you've got fbi director wray all talking about the concerns of terrorism coming to the united states. and, look, the reason it's happening is because of open borders. when you look at the amount of people that have come through, we don't know even who's coming in. it could be terrorists that come out of afghanistan or tajikistan or recently picked up six on the most wanted list. when you look at it it could be with from state sponsors like iran, out of the cartels, we just don't know. and the problem you've got, liz, is we are really in the united states is target-rich environment. we don't have a lot of the real internal controls, pressing controls on people and their movement.

hopefully john cornyn ahead today, we're working our way in that direction. very, very slowly. we're still very warm and we are going to be looking at another day of 80's 90's. e> but we're not as hot as yesterday. and that's the important difference from where we were yesterday. skies are crystal clear and temperatures will again rise into the 90's. i mention this before the break. but conquered the world 102, yesterday today you're only going to be at 90 degrees spots like san jose, which we're at 92 yesterday are still going to be at 90 today. so really that difference just depends on where you're at and how exposed you are to introduction of cool coastal air which is slipping right back into the bay this morning. the biggest difference will be for areas near the bay shore and especially exposed to the golden gate. we still have that high pressure ridge in place. and we still do have those heat advisories too. you can see the change in wind direction long gone is the blocking offshore wind. it is definitely converted to a nice mild delta breeze that is pushing on inland acro

but republican senator john cornyn calls the bill absurd and it's a waste of time here gives birth controls not in jeopardy from republicans or anyone else. contraception is available in every state in america and there's no legitimate effort to change that. that senator tim kaine disagrees pointing to the supreme court's decision to overturn abortion rights for those who are saying, oh, this is a non-issue. go back and read the dobbs decision. reid, the invitation that was made by the court to go after contraception, though, senator john thune claimed this bill is all for political show. these votes have nothing to do with legislating and everything to do. with boosting democrats electoral chances. democrats are also pushing a separate bill to ensure access to in vitro fertilization. they're hoping to bring that up for a vote in the coming weeks. >> in washington, i'm hannah brandt. it was an intimate day of testimony in the federal firearms trial against president joe biden's son hunter. some of the more >> personal testimony coming from hunter biden's ex-wife kathleen. she told prosecut

here's what senator john cornyn, of course, a texas republican who is running to become the senate republicander this fall. what he had to say today. >> it's not a serious attempt to legislate. this is just a show vote and anticipation of the election. democrats think they can win this case. this election based on reproductive rights. >> okay, so, professor, republicans claim that contraception is not under fire. >> well, that's just simply inaccurate in this space and time. since the well, let's put it this way, before the dobbs decision, there were many that said that the supreme court would never overturn a right to abortion, that the supreme court had never taken a right of way. and so many were shocked by the dobbs decision. and in this wake of dobbs, what we've seen in arizona in 1864, abortion law coming to fruition, we've seen the supreme court and the state of alabama, banning in-vitro fertilization. and so one can't rely on what republicans are saying in that regard because at the state level, which is where these issues are being litigated, there are lawmakers that are calling for

but republican senator john cornyn calls the bill absurd and it's a waste of time here. access is not in jeopardy from republicans or anyone else. contraception is available in every state in america and there's no legitimate effort to change that. that senator tim kaine disagrees pointing to the supreme court's decision to overturn abortion rights for those who are saying, oh, this is a non-issue. go back and read the dobbs decision. reid, the invitation that was made by the court to go after contraception, though, senator john thune claimed this bill is all for political show. these votes have nothing to do with legislating and everything to do. with boosting democrats electoral chances. democrats are also pushing a separate bill to ensure access to in vitro fertilization. they're hoping to bring that up for a vote in the coming weeks. >> in washington, i'm hannah brandt. >> coming up, educating youth about fence and all the newly passed bill lawmakers say passed bill lawmakers say could save lives. slow network o network for business. that's why more choose comcast bu

cornyn: madam president, reserving the right to object i just want to briefly summarize the argumentshat my able colleagues on this side of the aisle have made. an independent judiciary are the crown jewels of our democracy. and what do i mean by that? we have the political branches of government. we've got the white hoe, the popular elected president through the electoral college. we've got individual senators various states. and then we've got the house of representatives. those are all political bodies. the judiciary, created by the the supreme court specifically was designed to be a check on the abuses of power by the political branches of government and to hold up the constitution as a supreme law of the land. that was marbury v. madison by chief justice marshall in 1804, i believe. so the constitution is the supreme law of the land. it's not the political branches. i think we have seen every institution in washington, d.c. corrupted in one way or the other by the politicalization of previously re veer -- previously revered institutions and i'm talking specifically about the fbi

host: senator john cornyn on the floor of the senate.texas republican talking about this issue of abortion. two years after the supreme court ruled in the dobbs decision overturning roe v. wade. president biden sent out on x. if cses a ban on a woman's right to choose, i will veto it. donna in florida. independent. what do you say? i get a kick out of these guye right for life. do they stop for one second to consider what these lives might be like? are they condemning these children to lives of poverty? to lives with people who never wanted them to begin with? when will we approach this from a realistic pere. everybody knows donald trump is no angel. i had a business in manhattan many years ago when he was a big star. his moral character -- there's a special place in hell for people like him host: we will go to jason in republican. caller: dwisenator, that democrat senator. states. the politicians need to stay out of it. the need to put it on the ballot in all 50 states and let the american people vote on it. if it passes great. if it fa

i was listening to john cornyn of texas us centers republican senators who say that this will be what they call a pole factor for undocumented immigrants. to come to the us. and other words, it will make them think it's more attractive to come here illegally. what do you say to that as a startup, an immigrant, i'll say, look, everyone wants to come to the united states, america, there are a lot of pull factors are great, economy are great education. >> i think it's absurd to say that giving a path to citizenship for people who are spouses of american citizens and had been here for ten years, is going to add to that, this is a rational policy of getting people who are spouses of american citizens part of the american process and paying taxes and contributing to american society you said you were proud of the president for this executive action two weeks ago, there was another executive action from the president where he severely restricted the asylum process for undocumented migrants. >> were you was proud of that executive action? >> i respectfully disagreed with that. i understand th

i might have thrown names out like cornyn. he must, right?rew named two, one of them is of menendez, the other hunter biden, and alvin bragg's prosecution of donald trump on facts that are barely in dispute by anybody. i haven't siege them. do see anything different out there? >> here's a good frame to think of it, a good way to look at it. the election white, 1 had the 0, we saw the damage that ended up being wrought. the republicans mostly went along with it, mostly. overwhelmingly they did. some didn't. some played half, we'll see. mitch mcconnell didn't really want to talk about it. cheney and adam kinzinger, and then we have the big lie 2.0, that donald trump was convicted because our justice system is rigged. that lie is just as pernicious and just as wrong as the first big lie. this time every single republican is in lockstep with it, every single one. you mentioned larry hogsen, maybe throw mitt romney out there, our maybe susan collins. most of them are very happily going alongy echoing his talking points, going after the jury, going

chairman deposit when he was here and senator cornyn and i and others brought to the attention of all of us that the chinese, china railroad construction corporation and do you wide you of bringing into the united states chinese rolling stock from chinese government controlled companies. that seems to have been abated. i urge you to watch carefully, try to get around the image of ways. finally, the application of all of this to airports waiver may apply to the airport. >> watch carefully. policy of the present was make it in america come by in america. you untie others will work diligently to see that that happens. thank you. >> aggie. you have my commitment to work with you on that. >> yield back. >> the gentleman yields. mr. babbitt is regasify this. >> thank you very much. thank you for coming to the hill today, mr. secretary. 2023 the state of texas received less than 2% of all d.o.t. federal grant awards despite having contributed over 10% of the funding to the highway trust fund. is what my transportation make any attempts to be more equitable in the distribution of federal gran

ram aswammy, but why cornyn?n -- >> i think the statement they want to be relevant, they want to be in the game, so to speak, and they have decided that donald trump is the game. but the game is a criminal enterprise. the game is going down not, as he stated, you will be looked upon in history in a certain way, but looked upon as one who really brought this country to the brink of an undemocratic, autocratic society. who wants to be a part of that? >> i get they want to be part of the gang, but to do what? >> to do what, is the big question. they're dealing with a guy they know will cast them aside any day. it's not even like i'm part of this cult, and we're going to heaven. this guy you almost have to get up every day and wonder if you're on his good side. i think there has to be a deep insecurity about people that can be connected, and connect their future and their family's future to somebody like that. >> to grown men and women. it's all so disgraceful. charlie, vauj, andrew, rev, thank you for spending this

john cornyns. the people who know better. take me inside their psychology.at threatens our democracy? >> you can count on one hand the number of people who have remained, kept their principles. liz cheney's one and there's just a few others. you're right. everybody has folded. again, the really depressing thing is to recognize that the human condition which apparently, when it comes to, it cares more about power than principle. republicans have just abandoned any sense of principle on issues that have been the hallmark of the republican party on foreign policy, standing up to putin, anti trade barriers, all those sorts of things. just thrown out the window and it doesn't matter to these people because they care more about being in trump's favor which means being potentially in power in congress. >> you know, ruth, it is one of the most autocrat jacent behavior patterns. these people ran. they're on video running and hiding on january 6th from trump supporters in an insurrection incited by trump. and the fact that they opened their arms to him after running f

senator john cornyn.o incentivizellal immigration and insuring years of litiga."president biden will ana program tuesday to provide a ath to citizenship for hundreds of thousands of representative sylvia garcia. "i'm thrilled potus heeded e call of many of us to protect immianfamilies and dreamers. i stand with him begins in the houston area and all over the u.s. who benefit from president biden's new plan." judy chu. "this is the biggesteay for immigr since president obama created daca in 2012. hod ve to live with the fear being sepat from loved ones. i am relieved hundreds of thsands of american famies can sing live and work with more stability." morning. caller: good morning, mimi. how are you doing today? don't hang me up to quick. this is carol from detroit, michigan, one of the biggest juneteen in life. for one thing, let me get this off my mind. fred was wrong and bertha was right. we are doing better now, whether they want to believe it or not.f this country every day. i have seen metro airports.

bipartisan effort in this committee, myself and representative fletcher houston, senator corner -- senator cornyn, to suggest the petroleum reserve could be topped off all the cost of crude oil was at historic lows. this was the client the speaker of the house, nancy pelosi, chuck schumer in the senate, and not accomplished. however, two years later, we saw a massive selloff in the strategic petroleum reserve, not because of a national emergency, but a perceived political emergency by the administration, they were worried about the performance in the midterm elections. they bog down the price at the pump for my consumers after they had driven it up with energy policies instituted by this administration. to my observation now, there really isn't an attempt to put those barrels back in the strategic petroleum reserve. is that correct? >> no. let me clarify for you. a couple things you said that are inaccurate. number one, the reason why the president ordered the sale of 180 million barrels from the strategic petroleum reserve was because russia invaded ukraine there was a crunch, a complete collaps

chairman deposit when he was here and senator cornyn and i and others brought to the attention of all of us that the chinese, china railroad construction corporation and do you wide you of bringing into the united states chinese rolling stock from chinese government controlled companies. that seems to have been abated. i urge you to watch carefully, try to get around the image of ways. finally, the application of all of this to airports waiver may apply to the airport. >> watch carefully. policy of the present was make it in america come by in america. you untie others will work diligently to see that that happens. thank you. >> aggie. you have my commitment to work with you on that. >> yield back. >> the gentleman yields. mr. babbitt is regasify this. >> thank you very much. thank you for coming to the hill today, mr. secretary. 2023 the state of texas received less than 2% of all d.o.t. federal grant awards despite having contributed over 10% of the funding to the highway trust fund. is what my transportation make any attempts to be more equitable in the distribution of federal gran

cornyn: madam president. the presiding officer: the senator from texas. mr. cornyn: a quorum call? the presiding officer: yes, we are. coyne cornyn i ask unanimous coe dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. madam president, for flee and --and a half years, president biden's border policies have resulted in a crisis that's endangered the safety and security of the american people. when law enforcement are forced their day pushing paper, caring for migrants it creates an opening for dangerous people and drugs to slip acrr and into our communities. this isn't a coincidence or accidental. it's of the business model of the cartels to whom president biden has outsourced our immigration policy.]"ey control it not the border biden administration. criminal every day smuggling people and drugs across the border. it's a booming business thanks to president biden's policies. but last week we got a striking the dangers that lurk in the shadows of thisborder crisis one that maybe isn't lyly paid attention to. one o cbp, that's customs andotection app, which the biden administr