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WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) released the following statement after the United States secured the freedom of 135 political prisoners on humanitarian grounds, including 13 individuals affiliated with Texas-based religious organization Mountain Gateway. These political prisoners were being wrongly detained by Nicaraguan authorities. In a statement, Sen. Cruz said, “Today, we celebrate a significant victory for freedom as over one hundred political prisoners have been released...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, this week applauded the House introduction by Reps. Vince Fong (R-Calif.-20) and Abigail Spanberger (D-Va.-7) of companion legislation to the Strengthening Tracking Of Poisonous Tranq Requiring Analyzed National Quantification (STOP TRANQ) Act. Sen. Cruz and Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) introduced the legislation in the Senate earlier this year. The STOP TRANQ Act would require the Department of State to...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Judiciary Committee and Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on The Constitution, and Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.-48), Chairman of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet, sent an oversight letter today to Acting Secret Service Director Ronald Rowe Jr. and Secret Service Vault Supervisor for the Forensic Services Division Matt White regarding Secret Service’s handling of the...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement today during the week of the twelve-year anniversary of Austin Tice’s wrongful detainment and captivity. Sen. Cruz said, “Austin Tice has now endured twelve years of wrongful detainment, an unconscionable and unbearable crime against him and his family. This horrible anniversary is a reminder of the need to redouble our efforts to bring Austin home, and to secure the freedom of...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, joined Sens. Todd Young (R-Ind.) and Chris Coons (D-Del.) in applauding the Senate’s unanimous passage of the Judicial Understaffing Delays Getting Emergencies Solved (JUDGES) Act of 2024. The JUDGES Act would address judicial emergencies and shortages across the country by increasing the number of federal district judges in the most overworked regions of the country. The bipartisan legislation will now...

Good Evening, The attempted assassination of President Donald Trump was the largest security failure since 1981 when Ronald Reagan was almost killed. To be clear: The agents who protected President Trump were brave and honorable. This was a catastrophic failure from the leadership of the Secret Service, and I’m not going to rest until we get answers. “We now know that one minute and 57 seconds before the first shot was fired bystanders spotted the shooter on the roof with a rifle. We've all...

HOUSTON, Texas – Today, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) led a press conference on the Justice for Jocelyn Act to crack down on the Department of Homeland Security’s “Alternative to Detention” program. Sen. Cruz was joined by Alexis Nungaray, whose 12-year-old daughter, Jocelyn, was assaulted and brutally murdered by two illegal aliens from Venezuela. Sen. Cruz was also joined at the press conference by Harris County District Attorney, Kim Ogg, Representative Troy Nehls, Texas businessman and...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, has introduced the Guarding and Administering Trespass Enforcement, Controlling Restricted Areas, and Stopping High-Risk Encroachment Recidivism and Sabotage (GATE CRASHERS) Act. Sen. Cruz’s bill would strengthen criminal penalties for trespassing on Department of Defense (DOD) installations. Recently, significant numbers of Chinese nationals and other illegal immigrants have sought to gain...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Rev. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) introduced the bipartisan Improving Military Recruitment at Senior Military Colleges Act to establish a system to allow applicants to the Nation’s Military Service Academies (MSAs), including the U.S. Military Academy (West Point), the Naval Academy, and the Air Force Academy to elect to have their information shared with Senior Military Colleges. This bipartisan bill ensures that highly qualified candidates not...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) released the following statement after the Senate unanimously passed the 2024 Water Resources Development Act (WRDA), which included several provisions to support infrastructure throughout Texas. Following passage, Sen. Cruz said, “I was proud to secure key legislative priorities for the Lone Star State in this year’s Water Resources Development Act. The provisions I championed bolster infrastructure projects throughout our state—improving coastal...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement today following news that multiple Americans will be released from their wrongful imprisonment in Russia. Sen. Cruz said, “I’m pleased that these wrongfully detained Americans will finally be reunited with their loved ones here at home. Their release was long overdue. I have long called on Vladmir Putin and the Russian government to release them and for the United...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), and Bill Cassidy (R-La.) this week sent a letter calling on Department of Education Inspector General Sandra D. Bruce to investigate Education Secretary Miguel Cardona over a potential violation of the Hatch Act and other federal laws. Sec. Cardona recently sent a letter to student loan borrowers regarding the Biden-Harris administration’s student loan bailout scheme which included partisan attacks against Republicans. In...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) introduced the Military Housing Performance Insight (MHPI) Act to improve military housing conditions for servicemembers by requiring the Department of Defense (DOD) to publicly release existing reports on privatized family housing on military installations. Upon filing, Sen. Cruz said, “Texas is proud to be the home of 15 military installations and over 100,000 active duty servicemembers, many of whom live in private...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Ranking Member Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today celebrated Senate passage of the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) and the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA 2.0).As the Committee’s ranking member, Sen. Cruz helped lead efforts to move the two bills aimed at protecting children online. Upon passage of KOSA and COPPA 2.0, Sen. Cruz said, “Today is an important step in the fight to protect children online against vile and harmful content and...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today introduced the Transparency in Reporting of Adversarial Contributions to Education (TRACE) Act to enhance transparency for parents regarding the influence of foreign funding in schools. This legislation is a companion to Rep. Aaron Bean’s (R-Fla.-4) legislation passed in the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.  Upon filing, Sen. Cruz said, “The Chinese Communist Party expends vast resources to control what Americans see, hear, and...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – In a letter to CenterPoint Energy President and CEO Jason Wells, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) reiterated his call for an after-action report from CenterPoint about what went wrong during Hurricane Beryl, and what the company would do to improve its response to future storms. In his letter, Sen. Cruz wrote, “CenterPoint’s response to Hurricane Beryl—a Category 1 hurricane that hit at the beginning of storm season—was a failure, and Texans deserve better from the largest utility...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Rep. Ronny Jackson (R-Texas-13) introduced the Wildfire Victim Tax Relief and Recovery Act to provide tax relief for victims of this year’s Panhandle wildfires. The bill provides tax relief for Panhandle residents who suffered significant losses when this wildfire burned more than 1.2 million acres, destroyed homes, and killed over 12,000 head of cattle. Upon introduction, Sen. Cruz said, “I am proud to work alongside Rep. Jackson to introduce...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement: "Yesterday's murderous attack on children in Israel is the latest atrocity by Iran's Hezbollah terrorists. Heidi and I are mourning with the families who have suffered unimaginable losses. "Instead of standing with our Israeli allies as they respond to this atrocity, Biden-Harris officials are already making excuses for Hezbollah and Iran. This continued appeasement...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – In Case You Missed In: U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg penned an op-ed calling on leaders to set partisan differences aside and to work together towards practical solutions to protect our children from predators who enter the country illegally. Sen. Cruz recently introduced the Justice for Jocelyn Act with Rep. Troy Nehls (R-Texas-22). This bill would improve the detention and tracking of...