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U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX), Chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, made the following statement in response to recent media inquiries surrounding the composition of the 12-member Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction: “As discussions took place in recent days on the Senate Republican side regarding the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, I informed Leader McConnell that I did not wish to be considered for an appointment. “In my view, the structure of this Committee — which will have such deep influence over the lives of millions of Americans and small businesses — should be beyond reproach and without question. “As Chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee – a position in which I work to raise money every day to help win back a Senate Republican majority — I was concerned with the appearance and questions that might be raised with an appointment to this Joint Select…