Press Releases

Sens. Cruz, Cornyn, and Colleagues Back the Blue WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) has joined Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) and 37 colleagues in introducing the Back the Blue Act. This legislation would increase penalties for criminals who target law enforcement officers and provide new tools for officers to protect themselves. Sen. Cruz previously introduced this bill alongside Sens. Cornyn and Tillis. Upon introducing the bill, Sen. Cruz said: “Across Texas and the...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Mike Lee (R-Utah) reintroduced a bill, the Reciprocity Ensures Streamlined Use of Lifesaving Treatments Act, to expand healthcare innovation and accessibility for Texans and all Americans. The RESULT Act would increase access for all Americans to life-saving drugs, devices, and other medical therapies already approved in other trusted countries. Sen. Cruz previously introduced the bill in 2021. Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) introduced the...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Ted Cruz (R-Texas), John Cornyn (R-Texas), and Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) introduced the Starr-Camargo Bridge Expansion Act, which would allow an increase in the number of lanes for the toll bridge that runs from Rio Grande City, Texas, to Mexico and facilitates hundreds of millions of dollars in cross-border trade between the two countries: Sen. Cruz said: “The Starr-Camargo Bridge is vitally important to U.S.-Mexican trade, and Texas is proud of the role...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.), and Congressman John Joyce, M.D. (R-Pa.) led their colleagues in sending a bicameral letter to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), urging the Biden administration to withdraw portions of a proposal that would place more stringent vapor emissions requirements on small gasoline bulk plants. If finalized, it could drive compliance costs, impact regular service, and—during emergencies—choke off supplies to entire...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), the ranking member of the Senate Commerce Committee, joined Shannon Bream on Fox News Sunday to discuss the U.S. debt limit and his oversight letter calling on the Beer Institute to investigate Bud Light’s marketing partnership with social media influencer Dylan Mulvaney. During the interview, about the debt ceiling, Sen. Cruz said: “The House of Representatives did its job. Weeks ago, it passed legislation raising the debt...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and U.S. Rep. Randy Weber (R-Texas) introduced the Upholding a Secure Postal System (USPS) Act. The USPS Act would require the Comptroller General of the United States—who leads the Government Accountability Office which is the investigative office for Congress—to submit a report to Congress on nationwide mail theft trends and postal property to the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability and to the Senate...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today condemned the Biden administration for funding both sides of the Russian-Iranian war on Ukraine by giving aide to Ukraine while simultaneously allowing Tehran to rebuild its energy exports, restore its economy, and buy and sell weapons to the Russian Federation. During the speech, Sen. Cruz said: “I don’t doubt that many people in the Biden administration want Ukraine to win this war. But even more so, they want to enter...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) released the following statement after the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) approved new regulations under the Clean Water Act for offshore oil and gas operations. Sen. Cruz said: “I’m proud to secure common sense regulations that are good for producers while protecting our natural resources. These discharge regulations are key to the Lone Star State’s effort to unleashing America’s all-of-the-above energy...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Ranking Member Ted Cruz (R-Texas) issued the following statement on Senate passage of the Changing Age-Determined Eligibility to Student Incentive Payments (CADETS) Act, bipartisan legislation he introduced with Sen. Gary Peters (D-Mich.). The bill expands the age of eligibility for a Maritime Administration program that gives financial assistance to cadets who attend Texas A&M Maritime Academy, or one of the other five state maritime...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Ranking Member Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Data Security, today opened an investigation into and called on the beer industry’s self-regulatory body—the Beer Institute—to investigate whether Anheuser-Busch’s partnership with influencer Dylan Mulvaney violates the Beer Institute’s guidelines prohibiting...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – In his opening statement at today’s full committee hearing titled “Examining NASA’s FY24 Budget and Priorities,” Ranking Member Ted Cruz (R-Texas) discussed many of the exciting developments in space exploration and the importance of ensuring that the United States continues to lead the world in space exploration. Ranking Member Cruz’s opening remarks, as prepared: “Administrator Nelson, welcome back to the Committee . You were a great...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Ranking Member Ted Cruz (R-Texas) praised the Committee’s passage of his bipartisan 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, which Sen. Cruz introduced with Sen. Peter Welch (D-Vt.), directs the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to take steps to enhance understanding of tranq...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) joined his colleagues Senators Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-Kansas), Ted Budd (R-N.C.) and John Hoeven (R-N.D.) on a tour of the U.S.-Mexico border in Brownsville, Texas on the eve of the end of Title 42. The senators toured Camp Monument, where they met with U.S. Customs and Border Patrol members and members of the Texas National Guard. They also toured the border and received briefings by the National Border Patrol Council and other law...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) joined Sens. Tim Scott (R-S.C.), Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), and 27 of their colleagues in introducing a bipartisan resolution in recognition of National Charter Schools Week. The resolution commends charter schools on their contribution to education. Upon introducing the resolution, Sen. Cruz said: “I have often said that school choice is the civil rights issue of the 21st century. America offers a diverse array of excellent educational...

Title 42 expired yesterday, and I traveled to the border with several colleagues to speak with the men and women of Border Patrol and the Texas National Guard. The crisis at our southern border has never been worse. Over 10,000 illegal aliens flow in daily, and that number will only grow with the expiration of Title 42. President Biden has opened our border without regard for the consequences, and we are experiencing an invasion. We can’t keep ignoring the reality of what is happening. We...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) joined Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), the ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, and Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) to introduce the FINISH IT Act. This legislation would require the federal government to use previously purchased and unused border wall panels to extend the wall along the U.S.-Mexico border or to transfer them to state governments to be used for wall construction. This bill is being introduced in response to an...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – In his opening statement for the record for today’s Subcommittee on Communications, Media and Broadband hearing titled “The State of Universal Service”, Ranking Member Ted Cruz (R-Texas) expressed his concerns that the FCC’s Universal Service Fund has imposed skyrocketing tax burdens on American consumers to fund a series of ever-expanding, inefficient broadband programs. Ranking Member Cruz’s opening remarks, as submitted: “Thank you,...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today applauded the Senate for unanimously passing his resolution calling for the release of Mark Swidan, a Houston, Texas resident who has been unjustly detained by the Chinese Communist Party and sentenced to death. Senator Cruz secured unanimous passage of the resolution. View his speech here.  Sen. Cruz said: “Today, the Senate sent a powerful, unified message to the Chinese...

WASHINGTON, D.C. –  In case you missed it, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’s Jonathan Salant reports that U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Ranking Member Ted Cruz (R-Texas) secured an agreement from Norfolk Southern to compensate homeowners near the derailment site for declines in their property values. “If residents in and around East Palestine sell their homes for less than they were worth before February’s train derailment in the Ohio village, Norfolk Southern will make...