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WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), John Kennedy (R-La.), Pat Toomey (R-Pa.), and Mike Lee (R-Utah) today introduced the Chemical Tax Repeal Act to eliminate the Superfund Tax imposed by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (BIF). The newly-signed infrastructure package as it stands imposes roughly $13 billion worth of taxes on 42 different chemicals, critical minerals, and metallic elements that are the building blocks of...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and John Cornyn (R-Texas) sent a bicameral, bipartisan letter to President Biden urging the administration to provide funding for the construction of six congressionally authorized deep draft navigation projects in Texas, four of which received previous funding and are currently under construction. The request includes projects in the Corpus Christi Ship Channel, Sabine-Neches Waterway, Freeport Harbor, Houston Ship Channel, Brazos Island...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today questioned President Biden’s District Judge nominee for the Southern District of New York, Dale E. Ho, on his history of extreme and hyper partisan rhetoric. Read excerpts of his remarks below. WATCH: Sen. Cruz to Biden District Judge Nominee: ‘Your Record Reflects an Extreme Partisan’ In his line of questioning, Sen. Cruz asked: “This first year in office, President...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, this week joined Fox News’ ‘Hannity’ to discuss Dr. Anthony Fauci’s contradictory statements regarding masks and gain of function research funding at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). He also slammed the possibility of more shutdowns, COVID mandates, and school closures under President Biden’s administration. Read highlights of his interview below. WATCH: Sen....

HOUSTON, Texas – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today issued the following statement on the Ahmaud Arbery trial verdict: “Today, we can again take pride in our criminal justice system for delivering justice based on the facts presented in a court of law. The evidence in the Ahmaud Arbery trial demonstrated that the three defendants followed, assaulted, falsely imprisoned, and tragically murdered Mr. Arbery.  Based on the disturbing facts, the jury rightly concluded that the...

HOUSTON, Texas – U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Commerce Committee, and John Cornyn (R-Texas) were joined by Reps. Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas), Michael McCaul (R-Texas), and a bipartisan group of 30 other members of the Texas congressional delegation in sending a letter to Department of Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo calling for Texas to be considered for the future sites of the National Semiconductor Technology Center (NSTC) and National Advanced Packaging Manufacturing...

HOUSTON, Texas – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today released the following statement after the U.S. State Department notified Congress it intends to change the status of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), which is listed as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO): “President Biden's foreign policy long ago veered into inconsistency and incoherence, but he has shown remarkable commitment and purpose in dismantling terrorism...

HOUSTON, Texas – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement after the Biden administration made its announcement on Nord Stream 2: “This announcement typifies the mix of incoherence and weakness that has come to embody the foreign policy of President Biden and the Biden-Harris administration, at incalculable cost to the national security of the United States and our allies. President Biden allowed Vladimir Putin's...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, joined CBS News’ Face the Nation on Sunday to discuss the Chinese Communist Party’s actions to silence and disappear tennis star Peng Shuai, and commend the Women’s Tennis Association for threatening to cut off association with China in response. The Senator also called out the Biden administration for surrendering to Vladimir Putin and defying U.S. law by lifting sanctions...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), John Cornyn (R-Texas), Rep. Beth Van Duyne (R-Texas 24th) were joined by their colleagues Richard Burr (R-N.C.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, and Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-N.C. 5th), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Education and Labor, in sending a letter to U.S. Department of Education Secretary Miguel Cardona demanding the agency provide information about why they...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today issued the following statement on the acquittal of Kyle Rittenhouse: “This acquittal isn’t just about Kyle Rittenhouse. This verdict reiterates that every American has the God-given right to self-defense and the protections of the Second Amendment. The corrupt corporate media should be appalled by their coverage of this case from start to finish. Mr. Rittenhouse was smeared from the very beginning by activists and partisans...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), John Hoeven (R-N.D.), and 22 of their colleagues today sent a letter to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack urging the department to drop its vaccine mandate for USDA employees and ensure that USDA is able to fulfill its mission to support farmers and ranchers. In the letter, the senators wrote: “Following the president’s Executive Order and the subsequent USDA and OPM memos, we have heard concerns from...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Commerce Committee, Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), Todd Young (R-Ind.), Rick Scott (R-Fla.), Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.), and Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) this week sent a letter urging Department of Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo to act quickly to prevent unlawful shipments of prohibited products to Entity List companies like Huawei. The senators also seek to ensure that the Bureau of...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Rules Committee, which has jurisdiction over the Library of Congress (LOC), and Mike Braun (R-Ind.), Ranking Member of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Subcommittee, this week sent a letter to the Honorable Carla Hayden, the Librarian of Congress, regarding the LOC’s report concluding that the Library should change subject headings to remove the terms “aliens” and “illegal aliens” and...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Commerce Committee, today questioned President Biden’s nominee to fill a vacancy on the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Alvaro Bedoya. In his line of questioning, Sen. Cruz pressed Mr. Bedoya on his past comments and his radical views against enforcement of federal immigration law by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). He then questioned the nominee on his past comments supporting Critical Race Theory....

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, joined Fox News’ ‘Hannity’ to discuss his effort yesterday to demand answers from Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on the Biden administration’s dangerous immigration policies that have directly created an historic border crisis. Read highlights of his interview below. WATCH: Cruz on Hannity: Most Pitiful Part of Mayorkas’ Testimony is That...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, this week participated in a committee hearing on oversight of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), in which he questioned DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on the Biden administration’s immigration policies that have directly resulted in the ongoing humanitarian crisis at the southern border. During his first round of questioning, Sec. Mayorkas could not provide data on the conditions in...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) this week introduced legislation that would repeal an overly broad and poorly-crafted provision from the infrastructure package that creates new reporting requirements for many participants within the blockchain industry. This provision will stifle innovation in the industry, endanger the privacy of many Americans and cryptocurrencies, and likely push key aspects of the industry overseas to countries like China. Upon introduction of this...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), John Boozman (R-Ark.), and 17 of their Senate colleagues this week sent a letter to Postmaster General Louis DeJoy questioning the U.S. Postal Service’s (USPS) authority to implement a banking pilot program that includes check-cashing services. The senators called the new USPS pilot program a threat to mail delivery and a misguided attempt to federalize financial services. In the letter, the senators wrote: “We are concerned...