WASHINGTON, May 13 -- Sen. John Cornyn issued the following news release:
Today on the floor, U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) previewed that he will introduce the Water Assurance and Treaty Enforcement for the Rio Grande Farmers Act, or WATER for Farmers Act, which would impose penalties in the form of tariffs on Mexico if the country continues to violate the 1944 Water Treaty by refusing to send the water they owe to the United States. Excerpts of Sen. Cornyn's remarks are below, and video can be found here (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lq1okyuKeJ0).
"Water shortages created by Mexico's failure to follow this treaty have wreaked havoc on the ability of farmers and ranchers to plan and to tend their crops, which has in turn had a terri...