Press Releases

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, reintroduced his bipartisan bill to rename the street outside of the Cuban embassy in Washington, D.C. as “Oswaldo Payá Way” after the Cuban dissident leader who was assassinated by the Castro regime. Sens. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Rick Scott (R-Fla.), and Ben Cardin (D-Md.) joined Sen. Cruz in cosponsoring the bill. Sen. Cruz...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), John Cornyn (R-Texas) and Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) this week reintroduced the Highway Formula Modernization Act, bipartisan legislation that would direct the Department of Transportation to reevaluate the funding formulas used to distribute federal highway dollars for the first time in 16 years. Sen. Cruz previously introduced this bill in June of 2021. Upon reintroduction, Sen. Cruz said: “Texas continually receives less...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ted Cruz (R-TX) and John Cornyn (R-TX)  wrote a letter to President Biden today supporting Texas Governor Abbott’s request for an emergency disaster declaration to provide federal assistance to Texans impacted by the severe weather in Harris, Jefferson, Liberty, and Orange counties last month.   The Senators wrote, “The Governor and local officials have informed us that the severity and magnitude of the storm is beyond the response...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) will reintroduce the Cost Recovery and Expensing Acceleration to Transform the Economy and Jumpstart Opportunities for Businesses and Startups (CREATE JOBS) Act this week. This legislation would vitally reform business expensing in the tax code. Sen. Cruz previously introduced this bill in 2020 and 2021. Upon introduction, Sen. Cruz said: “America’s business owners and workers are hurting from inflation...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today reintroduced the No Emergency Crude Oil for Foreign Adversaries Act to ensure that Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) crude oil is not exported to nations that are adversaries of the United States. Forty-eight years ago today, the bill to create the U.S. SPR was introduced in the Senate. Sen. Cruz previously introduced this bill in July of 2022. About the bill, Sen. Cruz said: “The Strategic Petroleum Reserve...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, along with Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.), is leading a Senate effort to demand answers from Lonnie G. Bunch III, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institute, about the reported harassment of a pro-life Catholic school group at the National Air and Space Museum. During the nation’s annual March for Life in...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) joined Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) in introducing the Improving Access to Our Courts Act to provide an additional court – located in Alpine, Texas – to those served by the Pecos Division of the Western District of Texas.  About the bill, Sen. Cruz said: “I am proud to work with my colleagues in Texas to increase accessibility to our federal courts for victims, parties, counsel, and...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, joined Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan on CBS News to discuss his ongoing efforts to secure the release of Mark Swidan, a Houston, Texas resident who has been unjustly detained by China since 2012. About Mark Swidan, Sen. Cruz said: “Right now, there is a Texan, Mark Swidan, who is a political prisoner. He is a hostage in China. He's been there for 10...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today introduced legislation to prohibit the Biden administration from waiving Congressional sanctions that prohibit cooperation on Iran’s nuclear program. These waivers were originally issued pursuant to the catastrophic Obama-Biden nuclear deal with Iran, formally named the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). The Biden administration issued these waivers in February and...

Good Evening, This week started off when I joined Maria Bartiromo on Sunday Morning Futures to discuss my amendment to the Constitution to impose term limits on members of Congress. Seventy-nine percent of Americans, including Republicans and Democrats, think term limits are a good idea. To see my conversation with Maria Bartiromo, click above ↑  “I've introduced a constitutional amendment that would limit every senator to two terms, would limit every house...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) introduced a joint resolution pursuant to the Congressional Review Act (CRA) this week to fight a measure passed by the D.C. Council that would allow illegal aliens to vote in local D.C. elections. The legislation is co-sponsored by Sens. John Cornyn (R-Texas), James Lankford (R-Okla.), Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), Rick Scott (R-Fla.), J.D. Vance (R-Ohio), Todd Young (R-Ind.), John N. Kennedy (R-La.), Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), Mike Lee (R-Utah), and Ted...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), along with Sens. John Cornyn (R-Texas) and Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) today reintroduced the Financial Institution Customer Protection Act. This bill prohibits federal regulators from using coercion and undue influence to arbitrarily force banking institutions to terminate business relationships with legal businesses solely because those businesses are engaged in industries that the political left disfavors, such as energy...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation Ranking Member Ted Cruz (R-Texas) introduced the Border Airport Fairness Act, legislation that would designate a user fee airport within 30 miles of a land border as a port of entry (POE).  Upon introducing this legislation, Sen. Cruz said: “I’m proud to reintroduce this legislation to ensure that our border airports receive the designation they deserve and to ensure they’re spared...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and John Cornyn (R-Texas) released the following statements about President Joe Biden’s nominee to serve as United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Texas. Sen. Cruz said: “I was proud to work with John Cornyn and our bipartisan Federal Judicial Evaluation Committee to recommend Damien Diggs to serve as a U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Texas. Damien presently serves as an Assistant United...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today introduced a resolution he authored calling for the release of Mark Swidan, a Houston, Texas resident who has been unjustly detained by China since 2012. Read that release here. This evening, Sen. Cruz delivered floor remarks pertaining to the resolution. Watch below: Read the resolution here. Read a rough transcript below: Madam President, I rise today to speak about a gross miscarriage of justice, the imprisonment of Mark...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today introduced a resolution calling for the release of Mark Swidan, a Houston, Texas resident who has been unjustly detained by China since 2012. The resolution is cosponsored by Sen. Cornyn (R-Texas) and U.S. Representative Michael Cloud (R-Texas) introduced the resolution in the House. Last May, Sen. Cruz sent a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken and the State Department calling for them to take urgent action to...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), along with Sens. John Boozman (R-Ark.), Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), Rick Scott (R-Fla.), Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), Mike Braun (R-Ind.), Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), John Hoeven (R-N.D.), Angus King (I-Maine), John Cornyn (R-Texas), Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), Mike Lee (R-Utah), Kyrsten Sinema (I-Ariz.), and Roger Marshall (R-Kan.) today introduced...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Ted Cruz (R-Tex.), incoming Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), incoming Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Mike Lee (R-Utah), and Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) today sent a letter to the CEOs of DirectTV and its controlling shareholders, AT&T and TPG, voicing deep concerns about DirecTV’s recent decision to drop conservative news network Newsmax. The...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today reintroduced a series of bills to stop the lingering authoritarian COVID-19 mandates and protect Americans from unconstitutional federal mandates around the COVID-19 pandemic. About these bills, Sen. Cruz said: “President Biden has stated that the COVID-19 pandemic is over, but he continues to wield powers granted during the pandemic, and he continues to desire draconian restrictions and mandates for the American people....