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February 24, 2017 Greetings, This past week I had the opportunity to meet with job creators, community leaders and law enforcement officials in the Rio Grande Valley. During my visit, I received a briefing from the U.S. Border Patrol (USBP) and Texas Department of Public Safety (TxDPS) and participated in a USBP muster and night patrol operation and a TxDPS marine patrol of the Rio Grande. I also had the pleasure of visiting the XTO Energy and Pioneer Natural Resources facilities in the Permian...

With Christmas and the New Year approaching, this is a time not only to reflect on what has come to pass, but also to embolden ourselves for the upcoming year of meaningful endeavors. In 2015, we’ve taken important steps to limit government and empower the American people, and I look forward to continuing this fight for freedom in the year ahead.  Keep Texas Strong,  Ted Cruz WASHINGTON, D.C. —U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today released a powerful video and comprehensive...

From the Houston Chronicle: On Monday, the Houston Chronicle published an editorial that discussed my commitment to NASA and Houston's Johnson Space Center "Dark skies" (Page B5, March 10). I'd like to discuss that in more detail here. Just over a half century ago, President John F. Kennedy laid down a marker in Houston and made the commitment that like the great pioneers that came before us, we, too, would set sail on a new sea and send a man to the moon. We embarked upon that endeavor as a...

On February 2nd, Senator Cruz introduced legislation to fully repeal Obamacare that is supported by 47 senators. The Obamacare Repeal Act (S.339) fully repeals Obamacare 180 days after its enactment, giving Congress and the states six months to develop and vote on patient-oriented health care reforms. Here are eight reasons why Obamacare repeal should be passed immediately: We must send the Obamacare Repeal Act to President Obama’s desk because…#FullRepeal...

From the Houston Chronicle: Across Texas, we are witnessing something remarkable: urban and small-town students, school administrators and home-school families, teachers and parents are standing together for the right of each child to have access to a quality education. School choice is the civil rights issue of the 21st century. It's providing children in Texas and around the country opportunities to pursue their talents and ambitions. Since 2000, the number of charter schools in Texas has more...

From Breitbart: The Obama Administration's actions towards Israel become more intolerable each day, carrying with their insults deeply damaging national security implications for our country. Earlier this week, Americans opened the newspapers to discover that the Obama campaign team has deployed operatives, including 2012 Field Director Jeremy Bird, to Tel Aviv to try to unseat Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu through an organization that receives taxpayer grants from the U.S....

From National Review Online:Fifty years ago today America faced a choice very much similar to the choice we face today.On October 27, 1964, a clarion call was heard across the nation. America faced a choice, a speaker told us: We could either “abandon the American Revolution and confess that a little intellectual elite in a far-distant capital can plan our lives for us better than we can plan them ourselves,” or we could reaffirm our belief “in our capacity for...

From USA Today:By all signs, Americans are preparing to send Washington a clear message in the 2014 elections.The question is, will Washington listen?Republicans — poised to take control of Congress — should set our sights on three big goals to make Americans feel confident in their futures once again: jumpstart the economy, safeguard constitutional liberties, and strengthen our national security.Here are ten critical priorities for the 2015 Congress:First, embrace a big pro-jobs,...

From TribTalk:The Ebola outbreak in West Africa presents an urgent public health threat to America. The loss of life and the growing epidemic are heartbreaking and tragic. And we need serious leadership in the United States to protect our citizens today.To date, roughly 8,000 people have contracted Ebola in West Africa. The Centers for Disease Control estimates that under worst-case-scenario conditions, the number of Ebola cases could reach 1.4 million by January. Of those, over 50 percent would...

From National Review Online:Today the 60-day period designated by the War Powers Resolution that has so far allowed President Obama to take military action against an imminent threat to the United States should come to an end.It was two months ago that President Obama declared that ISIS expansion from Syria into Iraq triggered the authority given to him by the War Powers Resolution to take unilateral action, absent congressional approval, against ISIS.Given that this time has now expired, we...