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WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today announced several senior staff updates, including the hiring of Texas Deputy Attorney General Aaron Reitz as his new chief of staff. He also named Chris Jaarda as deputy chief of staff for policy and Carl Mica as deputy chief of staff for operations. Sen. Cruz’s current chief of staff, Steve Chartan, is departing for the private sector and will continue to serve as an advisor to the Cruz political operation. About the...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – In an effort to reveal the details of a hidden pressure campaign run by environmental activists and the Biden administration to ban gas stoves, U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Ranking Member Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) have sent bicameral letters to Consumer Reports, the Climate Imperative Foundation, and Stacey Abrams’ Rewiring America group. Sen. Cruz and Rep. Comer wrote to these...

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...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) reintroduced a bill, along with Sens. Mike Lee (R-Utah), Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.), John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), and Rand Paul (R-Ky.) to eliminate the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection. The bill was introduced in the House by Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.) and is cosponsored by Reps. Andy Ogles (R-Tenn.), Ralph Norman (R-S.C.), and Rich McCormick (R-Ga.). About the bill, Sen. Cruz said:  “The CFPB is an utter and complete waste of...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Ranking Member Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Chair Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) today introduced bipartisan legislation to require all event ticket sellers to display the total ticket price—including all required fees—in any advertisement or marketing materials. Just like how consumers see the full price of an airline ticket online, the new “TICKET Act” will make buying tickets for large sporting events and concerts more...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Ben Cardin (D-Md.) today introduced bipartisan, bicameral legislation directing the Treasury Department to mint a commemorative coin in honor of Golda Meir, Israel’s fourth prime minister and the first woman to lead the Jewish State.  This year marks the 75th anniversary of the founding of the State of Israel and the singular partnership between our two nations. Prime Minister Meir helped to strengthen US-Israeli...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Rick Scott (R-Fla.) introduce the Directing Independent Research To Yield Carbon Assessment Regarding Electric Vehicles (DIRTY CAR EV) Act, which requires the Comptroller of the United States, the Secretary of Energy, and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to coordinate a study on the carbon footprint of electric vehicles and research the ramifications of widespread electric vehicle use on the country’s electrical...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Ranking Member Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Sen. Peter Welch (D-Vt.) today introduced new legislation to help combat the rise in illicit use of the dangerous animal tranquilizer Xylazine, or Tranq. The Testing, Rapid Analysis, and Narcotic Quality (TRANQ) Research Act directs the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to take steps to enhance understanding of tranq and other novel synthetic drugs, develop new tests for detection,...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Ranking Member Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) today sent a bicameral letter to Mary Daly, President and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (“SF Fed”), regarding the SF Fed’s failure to properly ensure the safety and soundness of Silicon Valley Bank (“SVB”) and to comply with congressional oversight requests about SVB’s collapse. Sen. Cruz and Rep. Jordan...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) sent a letter to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center’s interim director Captain Felix Bigby demanding answers after Walter Reed failed to renew its contract with the Holy Name College Friary. Sen. Cruz, Ranking Member of the Constitution Subcommittee in the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, expressed his concern due to the abrupt manner of the termination, and over lapse in pastoral care because of the termination that service...

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...

DALLAS, Texas – Today, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), the Ranking Member of the Senate Commerce Committee, sat down with AT&T CEO John Stankey and senior executives at AT&T’s headquarters in Dallas to discuss FCC nominations, spectrum, taxes, and other issues faced by the company. About the visit, Sen. Cruz said: “It was great to visit with AT&T executives today at their headquarters in Dallas. AT&T continues to make tremendous investments connecting people...

DALLAS, Texas – Today, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), the Ranking Member of the Senate Commerce Committee, sat down with AT&T CEO John Stankey and senior executives at AT&T’s headquarters in Dallas to discuss FCC nominations, spectrum, taxes, and other issues faced by the company. Sen. Cruz has been a consistent advocate for fair telecommunications practices and champion of free enterprise to foster prosperity for businesses in this field, both Texas-based and beyond. Serving...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Ranking Member Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today along with over a dozen colleagues introduced a resolution recognizing the U.S. Coast Guard’s response to the border crisis and their ability to adapt and respond to increased maritime threats while continuing to perform humanitarian operations.  This resolution commends the Coast Guard on safeguarding the American people through promotion of national security and maritime border...

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Ranking Member of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, today reintroduced the Capital Gains Inflation Relief Act, and legislation to make permanent the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act’s middle class tax cuts. Sens. Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.) and Mike Braun (R-Ind.) are co-sponsoring the Capital Gains Inflation Relief Act, and Sen. Braun is also co-sponsoring Sen. Cruz’s legislation to make tax cuts permanent. About...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – In letters sent today, U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Ranking Member Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Republican committee members write that President Biden and Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg are improperly favoring Northeastern states over the rest of the country with respect to Amtrak Board seats and a large taxpayer-funded rail grant program. While Congress mandated that at least half of the eight appointed Amtrak board directors live outside of the Northeast...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), John Kennedy (R-La.),  Mike Lee (R-Utah), and John Barrasso (R-Wy.) today reintroduced the Chemical Tax Repeal Act to eliminate the Superfund Tax imposed by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. Sen. Cruz previously introduced this bill in 2021. The 2021 infrastructure law imposed roughly $15 billion worth of taxes on 42 different chemicals, critical minerals, and metallic elements that are the building blocks of common household...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Tax Day 2023, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) made the following statement about America’s tax burden imposed on families and businesses across the country: “Tax Day is here again. As the economy suffers under the Biden administration’s policies and inflationary spending binge, the prospect of tax increases looms larger. Meanwhile, the Internal Revenue Service has never been held accountable for its past harassment of conservative non-profits. And just...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-Kan.), and Steve Daines (R-Mont.), along with their Senate colleagues, sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary, Jennifer Granholm on the Biden administration’s unwarranted ban of nearly all gas stoves in America. In the letter, the senators wrote, “We firmly believe in the free market and the ability of American citizens to make their own choices … By effectively banning gas stovetops through the...