Seek federal reimbursement to Texas for all state funds spent on border security work the federal government should have performed.

John Cornyn · Texas · Republican

spending impact 0.80 specificity 0.82 extraction confidence 90%

Occurrences

Senator Cornyn’s take? It’s time for payback. That’s why Senator Cornyn has demanded that the federal government reimburse the Lone Star State for every penny spent doing the federal government’s job.

Cornyn commits to pressing the federal government to reimburse Texas for border-security spending.

On the Issues - Texans for Senator John Cornyn
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Evidence

Texas Governor Greg Abbott asked Congress and the Texas delegation to reimburse more than $11.1 billion in Texas taxpayer border-security spending.

This establishes the reimbursement target Cornyn later acted on: full federal repayment to Texas for Operation Lone Star and related border-security costs.

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Governor Abbott Calls On U.S. Congress To Reimburse Texas For Historic Border Security Efforts
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Cornyn said he would fight to include reimbursement funds in Congress's reconciliation legislation for Texas's border-security costs.

Cornyn publicly committed, in office, to seek the federal reimbursement requested by Texas.

delivered same_term

Cornyn Supports Texas’ Request for Reimbursement of Border Security Costs
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Congress.gov lists Sen. John Cornyn as sponsor of S.1790, introduced May 15, 2025, with Sen. Ted Cruz as cosponsor.

Cornyn introduced concrete legislation to create DHS and DOJ funds for reimbursement of eligible state border-security, detention, prosecution, and related costs after January 20, 2021.

delivered same_term A for effort

S.1790 - State Border Security Assistance Act
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Public Law 119-21 created a State Border Security Reinforcement Fund with $10 billion and a DOJ reimbursement fund up to $3.5 billion.

The enacted law created federal reimbursement mechanisms for post-January 20, 2021 state border-security and immigration-related enforcement expenses, enough in aggregate to cover Texas's $11.1 billion request, though not an exclusive Texas earmark.

delivered same_term A for effort

Public Law 119-21 - One Big Beautiful Bill Act
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The Senate roll-call page shows H.R. 1 passed on July 1, 2025, and Cornyn voted Yea.

Cornyn voted for the reconciliation bill that became Public Law 119-21 and contained the state border-security reimbursement funds.

delivered same_term A for effort

U.S. Senate Roll Call Vote 119th Congress, Vote 372
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Assessments

delivered same_term A for effort

Public Law 119-21 (enacted July 2025) established a State Border Security Reinforcement Fund ($10 billion) plus a DOJ reimbursement fund (up to $3.5 billion), creating federal reimbursement mechanisms that in aggregate are sufficient to cover Texas's $11.1 billion reimbursement request. Cornyn materially advanced the outcome: he sponsored S.1790 to create reimbursement funds, publicly pushed for inclusion of reimbursement in reconciliation, and voted Yea on the reconciliation bill (H.R.1) that became Public Law 119-21. The statute reimburses eligible post–Jan 20, 2021 state border-security expenses and is not an exclusive Texas earmark, but it accomplishes the pledged federal reimbursement. These actions and the law's enactment occurred while Cornyn remained in office, so the promise is fulfilled in the same term.

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delivered same_term A for effort

Cornyn took concrete action by sponsoring S.1790 to create reimbursement funds and voting for H.R. 1, which became Public Law 119-21. That law established federal border-security reimbursement mechanisms totaling up to $13.5 billion for eligible state expenses, enough in aggregate to cover Texas's stated $11.1 billion request, even though the funds were not an exclusive Texas earmark. Because the promise was to seek reimbursement and the reimbursement mechanism was enacted during the same Senate term, the promise is best classified as delivered.

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