But I do think it's unwise, and it - to build a mosque at the site where 3,000 Americans lost their lives as a result of a terrorist attack. And I think to me it demonstrates that the - that Washington, the White House, the administration, the President himself seems to be disconnected from the mainstream of America.

In 2005 Project on Government Oversight a government watchdog group presented Cornyn and Senator Patrick Leahy with its first ever Bi-Partisan Leadership Award in honor of their cooperation on issues of government oversight and transparency including their co-sponsorship of the OPEN Government Act of 2005 which prevented burying exemptions from the Freedom of Information Act in legislation. In 2010 John Cornyn was voted one of the "most conservative congressmen" by the National Journal. from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1995.

S. In 1998 Cornyn won election for Attorney General of Texas serving one term until winning a seat in the U. John Cornyn III (born February 2 1952) is the senior United States Senator for Texas serving since 2002.