Sen. Cruz Addresses Economic Opportunity and Healthcare with Texas Industry Leaders
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today toured Texas Instruments in Dallas and met with TI executives to discuss the company’s vital economic stature in the state and the nation. Sen. Cruz later traveled to Tyler to participate in a roundtable discussion with Texas’ rural healthcare leaders.
“As a champion of high-skilled job creation and innovative solutions, Texas Instruments is a tremendous asset to the State of Texas,” Sen. Cruz said. “It is a model of success that extends far beyond Texas. But Texas Instruments has not only been successful in its own right, it has helped empower others to succeed as well. Its generous contributions to the community of Dallas play a significant role in ensuring the next generation of leaders in the technology sector are given the skills needed to embark on new projects for this generation and those to come.”
On his healthcare roundtable, Sen. Cruz said, “Obamacare continues to fail Texans. This disastrous law has forced patients, doctors, and families to pay higher health care premiums and out of pocket costs, and it has spawned additional layers of red tape and costly mandates on health care providers, driving a wedge between doctors and their patients. Texas already knows about the strains on our health care supply as more than 90 percent of Texas counties are ‘medically under-served’ or facing a shortage of health care professionals. This is unacceptable. Texans deserve better, I remain committed to working with healthcare providers in East Texas and all across the state to refocus our efforts to lessen the burdens on patients and providers alike. We must work together to address these issues with bold, innovative reforms that put patients and their providers in the driver seat – not federal bureaucrats.”
Later this afternoon, Sen. Cruz will tour SpaceX facilities in McGregor and receive a briefing from space industry leaders on pressing issues facing the commercial space sector and the Lone Star State’s pioneering leadership in space exploration.
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