Senator John Cornyn
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Senator Cornyn Tries to Call Up and Pass Juneteenth National Holiday Bill
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3:44Now PlayingIn Texas, we've recognized Juneteenth as a state holiday for forty years -- forty years -- obviously because of the fact that this occurred as a result of the Emancipation Proclamation being announced in Galveston, Texas.
I recently cosponsored a bill with Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee to study a trail, basically, from Galveston to Houston as a possible designation of a national park in further recognition of this event.
We've come so far but we know we still have farther to go, and I do believe that the appropriate word to use is reconciliation. This is an opportunity for us to demonstrate our concern, our commitment to equal justice and equal treatment under the law by recognizing Juneteenth as a federal holiday.
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ABOUT SENATOR JOHN CORNYN
Senator Cornyn was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 2002, and is currently serving his third term after being re-elected in 2008 and 2014.
He sits on the Senate Finance, Intelligence, and Judiciary Committees, where he helps craft legislation on behalf of 28 million Texans. From 2013 until 2018 Senator Cornyn was chosen by his colleagues to serve as the Republican Whip, the second-highest ranking position in the Senate Republican Conference.
A San Antonio native, Senator Cornyn has served the people of Texas for the last three decades, as a district judge, a member of the Texas Supreme Court and Texas Attorney General, before representing the Lone Star State in the U.S. Senate.
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