WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 -- Sen. John Cornyn issued the following news release:
U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) released the following statement after voting to keep the government open after Senate Democrats stonewalled the House-passed package of remaining appropriations bills for Fiscal Year 2026, ensuring a portion of federal government funding will lapse at 12:01AM ET:
"It's Groundhog Day in the U.S. Senate as Democrats choose, once again, to allow federal government funding to lapse to support their own political agenda."
"It is always a tragedy when a human life is ended, but it is inexcusable that Democrats are using such tragedy as a scapegoat to try and force changes to government funding that they know cannot be made before midnigh...