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October 21, 2017
Greetings,
This week, I participated in a tax reform debate on CNN with Sen. Bernie Sanders. There, I reminded viewers of the work we are doing in the Senate to provide significant tax relief to jumpstart the American economy and create millions of new good-paying jobs.
In fact, on Thursday, we took a crucial first step in our effort to deliver on that promise by passing the Senate’s budget resolution, and while I wish the tax cuts had been bigger and bolder, I look forward to working with my colleagues to deliver meaningful tax relief to American workers, employers, and families.
This week, Rep. Ratcliffe and I wrote an op-ed for the Dallas Morning News, where we addressed our efforts to modernize the VA’s IT infrastructure. This bill is a critical step to improving the agency's delivery of health care and remedying the long wait times that have compromised the health and safety of veterans who have honorably served our nation. Veterans in Texas and across the country deserve the best care we can give them, and passage of this bill would bring us one step closer to achieving just that.
America is standing with Texas in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey. On Friday, Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson allocated an additional $57.8 million recovery funds, to assist with hurricane damaged housing along the Texas Gulf Coast. These resources, paired with the Cruz-Cornyn-Rubio Tax Relief bill, which offers significant tax relief for those affected by the storm, are critical to Texas’ recovery, and I am grateful that Congress and the administration are working together to ensure Texans have the resources to rebuild even stronger.
My Senate office, led by our Hurricane Harvey recovery working group, continues to work to ensure swift and effective service to Texans and Texas communities in need of federal assistance following the storm. Please be aware that the deadline to apply for FEMA’s disaster assistance, at disasterassistance.gov, has been extended to November 24. If you need additional information or assistance during the recovery and rebuilding process, please do not hesitate to contact my office or utilize the federal and state resources listed here.
Please read below for an update from this last week.
Keep Texas Strong,
Ted Cruz
Sen. Cruz: Ending ‘Sue and Settle’ Practice is a Major Victory for Texas Landowners
Sen. Cruz applauded EPA administrator Scott Pruitt’s Monday announcement that he is ending “sue and settle” practices within the agency, and urged his colleagues in Congress to pass the Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act, which would enact this policy into law. Read more...
Sen. Sanders’ Claims That Repealing the Death Tax Benefits Only the Rich Couldn’t Be Further from the Truth
Sen. Cruz debated Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) in a CNN Town Hall regarding tax reform. During the debate, Sen. Cruz called for eliminating the estate tax, also known as death tax, as a part of tax reform. Read more...
ICYMI: Press Coverage of Sen. Cruz’s Tax Reform Debate With Sen. Sanders on CNN
On Wednesday Sen. Cruz squared off with Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) in a CNN Town Hall regarding the need to provide tax reform and relief for the American people. Read more...
Sens. Cruz and Leahy Pen Letter Urging Apple CEO Tim Cook to Stop Enabling the Great Firewall
Sens. Cruz and Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) on Thursday released a letter addressed to Apple CEO, Tim Cook regarding reports that Apple has removed Virtual Private Network (VPN) applications (apps) from the version of Apple’s App Store available to users in the People’s Republic of China. Read more...
ICYMI: Sen. Cruz and Rep. Ratcliffe Advocate for VA IT Modernization in Dallas Morning News Op-Ed
Sen. Cruz and Rep. John Ratcliffe (R-Texas) penned an op-ed for the Dallas Morning News, regarding the VA Information Technology Restructuring Act, which they introduced in both the House and the Senate. Read more...
Sen. Cruz Issues Statement On Situation Involving Iraqi Kurdish Regional Government and the Government of Iraq
Sen. Cruz issued the following statement regarding the situation involving the Iraqi Kurdish Regional Government and the Government of Iraq: Read more...
Sen. Cruz Issues Statement in Support of Senate Budget Resolution
Sen. Cruz issued the following statement regarding his vote in favor of the Senate budget resolution: Read more..
Cruz, Cornyn Statements on New HUD Resources for Texas Hurricane Recovery
Sens. Cruz and John Cornyn (R-Texa) released the following statements after the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced they are directing $57.8 million in previously appropriated and unobligated Community Development Block Grant Disaster Relief (CDBG-DR) funds toward aid for Texans recovering from Hurricane Harvey. Read more...
The full press releases may be viewed here.
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