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Good Evening, As a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee and the ranking member of the Subcommittee on the Constitution, this week I led 177 of my colleagues in Congress, alongside House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.), in filing a bicameral Supreme Court amicus brief in the case Donald J. Trump v. Norma Anderson, et al. The Colorado Supreme Court’s decision in this case to keep Donald Trump off the ballot in Colorado wrongfully sidestepped the proper, Constitutionally-mandated role of...

Good Evening, In 2023, my team and I were hard at work serving Texans throughout the Lone Star State. Over this past year, I was proud to fight for you and your family by creating new jobs, standing up for your freedoms, and putting pressure on the Biden administration to prioritize our national security. We had some incredible wins in 2023, and I look forward to building on those successes for Texans, and all Americans, in 2024!   Last week, I held a bipartisan press conference at the World...

Good Evening, This week, I voted in favor of final passage of the FY24 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which includes five bipartisan victories I was proud to spearhead. One measure reinforces our defense and national security interests by ensuring B-1 bombers at Dyess Air Force Base in Abilene, Texas remain in service as long as necessary for our national defense. Another measure streamlines the presidential permitting process for building four bridges across the Rio Grande in...

Good Evening, Under Joe Biden’s watch, the Department of Justice has become the most partisan we’ve ever seen, acting as the political strong-arm of the DNC. I am appalled by the actions of this administration to weaponize the DOJ and strip the power away from the American people. As a result, the FBI has become the Democrat’s vigilant attack dog, promoting their political ambitions and silencing dissenters. I am regularly approached by FBI agents, honorable men and women who stand up for the...

Good Evening,  Two weeks ago, I joined several of my Republican colleagues in the Senate in pushing for a vote on the motion to proceed on a House-passed bill that would provide $14.3 billion in emergency aid to Israel. I am gravely disappointed that Senate Democrats voted party line on this issue, opposing critical aid to our Israeli allies and failing to protect American national security. This legislation should have passed 100-0. We must deliver this much-needed aid and support to Israel as...

Good Evening, Since Joe Biden took office, this administration has gifted nearly $100 billion dollars to the Ayatollah of Iran, who chants death and destruction to America and our allies. Iran has been deploying these funds to bolster Hamas’s savage terrorist attacks on the Jewish people in Israel. The solution here is easy – don’t give money to terrorists who want to kill us. Unfortunately, the Democrat Party could care less. This past weekend, I joined Real Time with Bill Maher and did a deep...

Good Evening, Our country was built upon the principles of liberties from free speech to freedom of religion. This week, I delivered remarks to First Liberty, a group of lawyers who are at the front lines of the battle to defend religious liberty, and the founding principles that have made our country great.   On Monday, I joined Varney & Co. on Fox Business to discuss how the Biden administration has undermined our ally Israel by enabling and funding Hamas terrorists who are slaughtering,...

Good Evening, Under the Biden administration’s watch, our country is facing the worst illegal immigration crisis in our nation’s history. We’ve had 7.6 million illegal immigrants cross our southern border since Joe Biden took office. I have spent a lot of time at the southern border, and it is always shocking to see just how disastrous this crisis really is. Biden’s open border policies have invited the cartels to brutalize children, to assault women, to overrun our communities with illegal...

What we’ve seen unfold in Israel is utterly horrific. In the early hours of Saturday, October 7th Iran-backed terrorists launched a deadly attack killing 1,400 innocent Israelis and 30 Americans. This malicious, vicious, and unspeakable evil, was the worst attack on Israel in fifty years and the largest mass murder of Jews in a single day since the Holocaust. Entire Israeli families were murdered in door-to-door horrors. Israeli babies were brutally slaughtered, burned, and decapitated. Women...

Time and time again, Joe Biden has consistently ignored the crisis unfolding at our southern border. Now that blue states are finally experiencing the disastrous consequences of the Biden administration’s broken border policies, they care. The hypocrisy is palpable. The Biden administration recently admitted that they must build twenty miles of border wall despite efforts to halt all construction immediately after he was sworn into office. Enough is enough. Texas deserves better and I will...

Under Joe Biden’s watch, we have experienced the highest rate of illegal immigration ever recorded in our nation’s history, and Texas is paying the highest price. The broken border policies of the Biden administration are utterly indefensible. In Texas, we are at the front line as our communities continue to suffer from the rampant influx of drugs and illegal immigration that has overrun our state. Last weekend, I was interviewed by Patrick Svitek in Austin, Texas at The Texas Tribune Festival,...

Throughout my tenure in the U.S. Senate, I have stood firm in my commitment to represent the voices of 30 million Texans across the Lone Star State. In Texas, we embody the best of American values. There is a grit that we have here in the Lone Star State to unapologetically stand up for what we believe in, and passionately defend the principles of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. This week, my staff and I welcomed Texans to Washington D.C. to discuss the issues impacting our great...

Good Evening, After a few week stint in Texas, my boots are back on the ground working in Washington D.C. as we resume session in the Senate. Following three victories on Supreme Court rulings that I authored amicus briefs in, I focused my efforts on introducing meaningful amendments to the NDAA, calling for a special probe of Merrick Garland following concerning developments, and meeting with Texans. One highlight of my week was speaking at the Voice for Freedom Korean Church Coalition for...

Good Evening, I began last weekend out in Perryton, Texas, joining the community in the aftermath of the tornado there, participating in a brief with local and state officials, speaking with Perryton residents, and helping clean up. Read more here. On Fox News Tonight with Kaleigh McEnany I spoke about Hunter Biden’s sweetheart deal with the Department of Justice. If Hunter had the last name “Smith” or any other last name, he would have been met with the full force of the law...

Greetings, Late last night, the Senate convened to take up legislation to once again suspend the debt ceiling, which is a cap on the nation’s overall borrowing limit. While there had been much fear mongering about potential default, this so-called “default” never would have been on the table had Biden simply given the public assurances that the United States would never fail to pay its debt obligations. The necessity and urgency behind passing this bill was fabricated by the...

Title 42 expired yesterday, and I traveled to the border with several colleagues to speak with the men and women of Border Patrol and the Texas National Guard. The crisis at our southern border has never been worse. Over 10,000 illegal aliens flow in daily, and that number will only grow with the expiration of Title 42. President Biden has opened our border without regard for the consequences, and we are experiencing an invasion. We can’t keep ignoring the reality of what is happening. We...

Greetings, Title 42 is being lifted next week, and my colleagues and I are doing everything in our power to combat the ever-growing Biden Border Crisis. Secretary Mayorkas saying that the border is not open and has not been open is a bald-faced lie. Our border has NEVER been as bad as it is currently. But, Biden’s Border Crisis wasn’t the only issue to be dealt with this week in the Senate. On Sunday, I joined Maria Bartiromo on Fox Business’ Sunday Morning Futures to discuss...

Howdy, Working for over 30 million Texans in the United States Senate is the honor of my life. This week was no different – we got down to business and advocated for the interests of the Lone Star State.On Tuesday, I joined Bloomberg to discuss my work with Rep. Jim Jordan, Chair of the House Judiciary Committee, to get answers from the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco on what caused the Silicon Valley Bank failure. I’m concerned about the fallout and in particular, the flight...

Howdy, This week, I headed back to Washington after a productive and successful work period in Texas. I toured the NASA Johnson Space Center and spoke at the crew unveiling for the Artemis II mission, where NASA and the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) announced the four astronauts who will travel around the Moon. “It is an exciting moment to know that the four of you will be the first men and women to go to the moon in 50 years. That’s a big deal for America. That’s a big deal for...