Sen. Cruz Speaks at Ellis County Chambers of Commerce Luncheon

WAXAHACHIE, Texas – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), the Ranking Member of the Senate Commerce Committee, today joined members from the Midlothian Chamber of Commerce, Ennis Chamber, Ferris Chamber, Maypearl Chamber, Red Oak Area Chamber, and Waxahachie Chamber, for a luncheon, and spoke to the Chambers about his work in the Senate to boost the economy in the Dallas-Fort Worth region.

Sen. Cruz said, “Texans understand that it all comes down to small businesses. If you want lots of jobs, create an environment where small businesses flourish and prosper. This Congress I’m the ranking member on the Senate Commerce Committee, which has jurisdiction over roughly 40 percent the U.S. economy. So my job is to fight every day for jobs, for small businesses, for opportunity, for freedom, for prosperity. From this position, I’m focused on working to take up and pass positive, bipartisan legislation that is pro-jobs and pro-growth.”

Good, high-paying jobs are the top priority of Texans, and because of that, they are also the top priority of Sen. Cruz. He’s spent his tenure fighting for Texas jobs and innovation in the Senate:

•  He helped enact historic tax reform in 2017, which gave a tax cut to virtually every taxpayer in America. It reduced taxes on small businesses, farmers, ranchers, and job producers, which has helped bring jobs to Texas and drive innovation.
• He is leading the fight against burdensome federal government regulations and EPA overreach.
• For his efforts to support Texas innovators large and small, Sen. Cruz received the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s prestigious “Spirit of Enterprise” award.
• Sen. Cruz has successfully advocated for Texas innovators and their work to be included in the annual National Defense Authorization Act and the biannual Coast Guard Authorization Act.
• Sen. Cruz worked with a bipartisan group of Texas legislators to call for the Biden administration to pick Texas as a future site for the National Semiconductor Technology Center (NSTC) and National Advanced Packaging Manufacturing Program (NAPMP).
• Sen. Cruz authored the Cost Recovery and Expensing Acceleration to Transform the Economy and Jumpstart Opportunities for Businesses and Startups (CREATE JOBS) Act, which would vitally reform business expensing in the tax code and help businesses and innovators thrive.
• Sen. Cruz championed the Facilitating American-Built Semiconductors (FABS) Act to incentivize manufacturing in the U.S. through tax credits. That legislation became law last year.

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