Today U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-Texas), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee and former Texas Attorney General, issued the following statement responding to reports that ATF officials used the botched "Fast and Furious' operation to argue for stricter regulations on firearms dealers in four states including Texas:
"If these reports are true, even by Washington standards this reaches a new level of arrogance and corruption. Yet again, the Attorney General has some explaining to do."