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October 28, 2017
Greetings,
This week, I spoke on the Senate floor about the need for real tax cuts, and urged my Senate colleagues to keep our promise to hardworking Americans to reform our broken tax system. I also discussed my priorities for fundamental tax reform on local Texas radio. With tax reform, we can unleash our economy, and create more good paying jobs for working men and women across our state, and across the country.
On Tuesday, the Senate passed the supplemental funding bill for storm relief, which provides additional resources for Texas to recover after Harvey. More funding will be necessary, and I am continuing to work with my colleagues in the Senate, the House, the Administration, and the Governor's office to ensure Texans receive the resources they need to rebuild.
I also want to take this opportunity to remind those affected by Hurricane Harvey that the final day to apply for FEMA’s individual disaster assistance is November 24th; you can register at disasterassistance.gov.
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. 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
ICYMI: Sen. Cruz Op-Ed in The New York Times: A Pressure Point for North Korea
Sen. Cruz penned the following op-ed for the New York Times urging the State Department to relist North Korea as a state sponsor of terrorism. Read more...
ICYMI: Press Coverage of Cruz-Leahy Letter to Apple CEO Tim Cook
Sens. Cruz and Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) penned a letter last week 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, and urged him to stop enabling the Great Firewall, China's internet censorship system which stifles free speech and internet freedom. Read more...
Cruz, Cornyn Urge Harvey Victims in Texas to Register with FEMA
Sens. Cruz and John Cornyn (R-Texas) issued the following statement urging Texans impacted by Hurricane Harvey to register with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in order to qualify for federal disaster assistance by FEMA’s new Friday, November 24th deadline. Read more...
Sen. Cruz: Supplemental Funding Bill Takes Texas One Step Closer to Recovery
Sen. Cruz issued the following statement regarding the Senate’s passage of the supplemental funding bill, and noted more funding will be necessary for Texas to recover and rebuild. Read more...
ICYMI: Sen. Cruz Promotes Fundamental Tax Reform
Sen. Cruz joined Salem Radio’s Mark Davis to discuss his priorities for fundamental tax reform, and his recent New York Times op-ed, where he urged the State Department to re-designate North Korea as a state sponsor of terrorism. Read more...
Sen. Cruz Delivers Senate Floor Speech in Support of Tax Reform for Working Men and Women
Sen. Cruz delivered remarks on the Senate floor, where he outlined his priorities for fundamental tax reform, including genuine tax cuts for working men and women and employers that will help to jumpstart economic growth and create millions of new, good-paying jobs. Read more...
Cruz, Cornyn Praise Passage of Texas Judicial, U.S. Attorney Nominees
Sens. Cruz and John Cornyn (R-Texas) released the following statements after the Senate Judiciary Committee approved Walter Counts, Karen Scholer, John Bash, and Erin Nealy Cox to fill federal district court and U.S. Attorney vacancies in Texas. Read more...
Sen. Cruz Reintroduces Bills to Make Critical Healthcare Reforms
Sen. Cruz (R-Texas) reintroduced two bills aimed at lowering health insurance premiums and making lifesaving drugs and devices available to American patients suffering from chronic and life-threatening conditions. Read more...
ICYMI: Sen. Cruz: With Tax Reform We Can Unleash the Economy
Sen. Cruz joined KTSA’s Trey Ware and KFYO’s Chad Hasty to discuss his priorities for fundamental tax reform. Read more...
The full press releases may be viewed here.
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