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Legislative Update

VP Legislation Julie Faubel [email protected]

Republican Senate Accomplishments
During the 115th Congress

TAX REFORM: Reformed America’s tax code for the first WATER INFRASTRUCTURE: Authorized the Army Corps to
time in 31 years, putting more money in the pockets of construct, expedite, modify, or study more than 100 water
American families and creating more opportunity for them resource projects that will grow the economy, cut red tape,
and their children. and keep Americans safe.

JUDGES: Confirming President Trump’s judicial nominees FARM BILL: Working to provide farmers and ranchers with
at a historic pace – 84 total, including 29 circuit judges, 53 the certainty and predictability they deserve with Senate
district court judges, and Brett Kavanaugh and Neil Gorsuch passage of a critical Farm bill.
to the Supreme Court.
LANDMARK OPIOID LEGISLATION: Combating the nation’s
HURRICANE HARVEY RELIEF: Passed three separate aid worst public health crisis with a package of proposals to
bills totaling $147 billion to help fund recovery efforts after fight a widespread epidemic, including stopping fentanyl at
Hurricane Harvey and other the border and spurring development
disasters. Authorized the U.S. “It’s important to note what we of new non-addictive painkillers.
Army Corps of Engineers storm
damage mitigation project from have been able to do. While we have SEED COTTON: Seed cotton and farm
Sabine Pass to Galveston Bay and fought mightily over some things bill safety net eligibility included in
helped expedite a study on the the Bipartisan Budget Act.
so-called Coastal Spine. like judicial nominations, we’ve also
REGULATORY REFORM: Used
worked in a bipartisan way to get the Congressional Review Act (CRA) a
PREVENTING MASS SHOOTINGS:
Enacted Fix NICS and STOP people’s work done.” record-setting 16 times to roll back
School Violence Act to help Obama-era regulations.
protect the American people (Floor Remarks, 10/11/18)
ENERGY: Opened ANWR, one of the
from mass shootings and fix the - Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) largest untapped conventional oil
broken background check system.
fields in North America, to help keep
VETERANS’ BENEFITS REFORM: energy affordable.
Delivered real reform and choice to American veterans with
BANKING REFORM: Provided Main Street borrowers and
the VA MISSION Act, modernized the veterans appeals
lenders relief from burdensome Dodd-Frank red tape for the
process, reformed G.I. bill benefits, and further improved VA
first time.
accountability. Also provided the largest funding increase
in history for veterans care and services, and to modernize FIGHTING SEX TRAFFICKING: Enacted the Fight Online Sex
the VA’s electronic health record system. Trafficking Act to combat trafficking.
VICTIMS’ RIGHTS: Passed the Justice Served Act to provide OBAMACARE RELIEF: Repealed the individual mandate tax
funds to prosecute cold cases solved by DNA evidence and that forced Americans to buy something many didn’t want
the SAFER Act to help reduce the rape kit backlog. or couldn’t afford, and ended IPAB.

https://www.cornyn.senate.gov/content/news/cornyn-highlights-achievements-115th-congress

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