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Greetings, This Veterans Day, I recognized Texas’ and America’s veterans for their dedicated service to our country at the City of Houston’s ‘Houston Salutes American Heroes Veterans Day Celebration.’ Texas has played a crucial role in defending our great nation, and my hometown of Houston has the second largest veteran population in the nation, with roughly one-fifth of Texas’ veterans. I am honored to represent the roughly 1.4 million veterans in the Lone...

HOUSTON, Texas – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today issued the following video and statement in commemoration of Veterans Day: “This Veterans Day, we pause to honor the sacrifices made by millions of Americans in uniform on behalf of this great nation. We thank our veterans for risking their lives to defend our nation as a beacon for freedom for all. America’s veterans gave so completely, whether in combat operations and in far off war zones, or missing cherished family...

HOUSTON, Texas – U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Rob Portman (R-Ohio), John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), and Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, introduced an amendment to the FY2022 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) to stop the Nord Stream 2 (NS2) pipeline project. The amendment imposes mandatory sanctions on Nord Stream 2 AG, the Kremlin-owned company in charge of Putin’s malign pipeline project. Upon...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and John Thune (R-S.D.), members of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, today sent a letter with several of their Republican colleagues to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack urging the agency to avoid imposing any unnecessary “net neutrality” restrictions on broadband providers, which would threaten future investments in broadband infrastructure. Co-signers of the letter include...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Bill Cassidy (R-La.), Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Tim Kaine (D-Va.), and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) today released the following statement after the sham elections in Nicaragua on November 7: “We strongly condemn the Ortega-Murillo regime’s fraudulent attempt to maintain power in...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and 18 of his Senate colleagues this week sent a letter to President Biden describing the actions that the administration can take to ease energy prices and reduce energy shortages this winter. Solutions proposed by the senators include lifting the ban on oil and gas lease sales on Federal lands and waters, accelerating Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and Army Corps permitting and interagency coordination to approve pipeline...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), and Roger Marshall (R-Kan.) introduced an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that would remove a provision forcing women to register for the military draft if the U.S. government were to initiate a draft in the future. Upon cosponsoring the amendment, Sen. Cruz said: “America’s military is a volunteer force made...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today introduced a bill to prohibit the federal government and any entity at the federal, state, and local level that receives federal funding, including school districts, from requiring COVID-19 vaccines for minors. Upon introduction, Sen. Cruz said: “Parents should have the right to decide what is best for their children in consultation with their family doctor. My view on the COVID-19...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Roger Wicker, (R-Miss.), along with 40 other senators, this week sent a letter to the heads of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), the General Services Administration (GSA), and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to request immediate action to transition federal workers back to in-person operations. Co-signers of the letter include Sens. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Roy Blunt (R-Mo.), John Boozman...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) today sent a letter to the Secretary of Homeland Security, Alejandro Mayorkas, voicing concerns about a caravan of over 3,000 illegal immigrants approaching the U.S. and urging the Biden administration to enforce federal immigration laws to address the border crisis on the Southwest border. Senate co-signers of the letter include Sens. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Mike Braun (R-Ind.), John Cornyn (R-Texas), Tom...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, John Kennedy (R-La.), James Inhofe (R-Okla.), Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Mike Braun (R-Ind.), and Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) introduced the WALL Act to fully fund the wall along the southern border. Upon introduction, Sen. Cruz said: “Under President Biden and Vice President Harris’ watch, illegal immigrants are flooding across the border at the highest level in 35...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Mike Braun (R-Ind.), along with 29 of their colleagues, today formally moved to disapprove and nullify President Biden’s vaccine mandate on private employees under the Congressional Review Act: the official process for Congress to eliminate an executive branch rule. U.S. Rep. Fred Keller (R-Pa.) led the effort in the House of Representatives. Senate co-signers include Sens. Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.), Roger...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart (R-Fla.) this week introduced the Muslim Brotherhood Terrorist Designation Act, a bill that urges the U.S. Department of State to use its statutory authority to designate the Muslim Brotherhood as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO). This measure requires the Department of State to report to Congress about whether the Muslim Brotherhood meets the legal...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, along with Reps. Albio Sires (D-N.J.) and Maria Elvira Salazar (R-Fla.), today applauded the House of Representatives’ final passage of the Reinforcing Nicaragua’s Adherence to Conditions for Electoral Reform (RENACER) Act. This legislation would dramatically increase the United States’ response to the continued use of...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Rep. Warren Davidson (R-Ohio) today introduced the Capital Gains Inflation Relief Act, legislation to ensure an individual’s cost basis in a capital asset receives the same fair and equitable treatment as other areas of the tax code by indexing the basis for inflation. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, inflation has increased 5.4 percent from September 2020, which matches the highest rate since...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today issued the following statement on the passing of Jean Rounds, wife of Sen. Mike Rounds and former first lady of South Dakota: “Our hearts are heavy as we bid farewell to Jean Rounds, who fought a brave battle with sarcoma cancer with courage and grace. Heidi and I send our heartfelt prayers and condolences to Mike and the entire Rounds family as they grieve the loss of a loving wife, mother, and grandmother. May Jean rest in peace...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, this week delivered remarks on the Senate floor blasting President Biden’s nominee for Assistant Secretary of State for Near East Affairs, Barbara Leaf. In his remarks, Sen. Cruz slammed the Biden State Department and Ms. Leaf for hiding dangerous political decisions from Congress and the American people. Read excerpts of his floor remarks below. “I rise today to discuss the...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), and Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today sent a letter to Committee leadership, Sens. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and Jim Risch (R-Idaho). In the letter, the senators expressed their concerns with President Biden’s nomination of Dr. Amy Gutmann to be the U.S. Ambassador to Germany. In their letter, the senators wrote: “We are deeply concerned that our allies will view Dr....

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), John Kennedy (R-La.), Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), John Cornyn (R-Texas), Mike Lee (R-Utah), Ben Sasse (R-Neb.), Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), and Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), members of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today sent a letter to President Biden to oppose his administration’s reported plan to offer illegal immigrants up to $450,000 per person in taxpayer dollars to...