Sen. Cornyn (TX) on Various Issues

Open Email to Sen. Cornyn (TX):

Dear Sen. Cornyn,
    I have read/heard your Newsletter, which I note was a video this week. Congratulations on using the best technology to communicate to your constituents. However, I suggest you take care to not let razzle-dazzle be confused with positive action. Your video covers your travel stops at six locations with a different topic involving each location. For those who have not seen the video, I review these as follows:

WEST 
   We recall that this was the location of the horrendous ammonium nitrate (fertilizer) explosion. Your point to the people at this location was that it is important what we do in reaction to such disasters. Presumably, you were congratulating them and encouraging them on their self efforts at recovery. You did not say anything that you were doing to avoid such disastrous occurrences at other locations in the future.

EL PASO
    Your main point was that funding should be provided to control child sex trafficking. Amen to a degree! As we well know, throwing money at a problem does not automatically solve it. In many cases, it just confuses the situation. You did not say how you were going to get funding, if you really believe that's necessary. But, I believe you missed the main point, which is that you should be applying pressure to the Justice Department to do the job of controlling child sex trafficking.

RIO GRANDE
    Your point here was that we should have border control. Great idea, but what's new? Congress has been kicking this around for quite some time now, and I don't see that you have personally accomplished anything to give us the border control we need. You well know that the basic problem of lack of border control is because the Obama Administration does not want it. Why do you let Obama continue to have his way on that? Does he have more power than the United States Congress?

KILLEEN
    While I don't recall that there have been any major events of killings at Killeen, you related this location to the Fort Hood massacre by the supposed psychologist. Your implication was that we have to stop that. You did not mention yesterday killings at the Washington Naval Yard, but you can be excused for that, since it happened after publication of your video. We agree with your emotional thrust that these killings are abominable, but what are you doing about them? I have given few suggestions above, but I am tempted on this one. You need to arrange for tighter security clearances, including serious background investigation for various employees at military installations, greater security at the gate posts including inspection of all materials as well as personnel entering the post, and a more speedy trial for execution for anyone involved in an attempt at any form of destruction, whether it be personnel or property.

AUSTIN
    You mentioned cracking down on Medicaid fraud, but you did not mention whether and how you plan to do this. Any fraud is proportional to the size of an operation. Reduce Medicaid and you automatically reduce its fraud. Notice that we are not denying minimal health benefits to the underprivileged, who already have them through ready access to emergency rooms of hospitals.

SOUTH TEXAS
    At this location you concentrated on promoting economic growth, particularly through energy production. Amen! Right on!. However, you did not say how you intend to aid that process.