Press Releases

Greetings, I want to update you on my work in Texas this last week, hearing from agricultural producers, business owners, and community leaders on the needs of their communities and the Lone Star State's continued leadership in our nation's recovery. While the Texas economy was a theme during my meetings this week, the unfolding rushed and catastrophic withdrawal from Afghanistan has been a recurring concern for many Texans. I, along with countless other Texans and Americans, have condemned the...

ABILENE, Texas - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today released the following statement after new evidence confirmed that the Taliban had seized and were deploying advanced U.S. weapons they captured in Afghanistan: "The United States spent 20 years and more than $80 billion to bolster and supply the Afghan army, which because of President Biden's botched withdrawal will now end up benefiting the Taliban. The U.S. provided roughly 75,000 vehicles,...

ABILENE, Texas - U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), and 24 of their Senate colleagues today sent a letter to President Biden demanding information regarding the humanitarian crisis created by the rushed and catastrophic withdrawal from Afghanistan. Specifically, the letter requests information on Americans and allies who were left behind, and on the vetting process for evacuees who are being brought to the United States. In the...

HOUSTON, Texas - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement after the meeting today between President Biden and Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky: "The reports from today's meeting between President Biden and President Zelensky are disheartening. The Biden-Harris administration remains committed to allowing Vladimir Putin to complete his Nord Stream 2 pipeline. The decision is catastrophic on its own terms, a missed...

HOUSTON, Texas - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today released the following statement after President Biden spoke to the nation about his withdrawal from Afghanistan: "President Biden promised the American people he would pursue an orderly and secure withdrawal from Afghanistan. He promised to get all Americans out, to keep United States military equipment and weapons out of Taliban hands, and to end one of our nation's longest military...

HOUSTON, Texas - U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and John Cornyn (R-Texas), members of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today announced that they are accepting applications for the four U.S. Attorney vacancies across the state. The senators have established a bipartisan panel of leading attorneys in Texas to decide on the most qualified candidates for U.S. Attorney. This panel, known as the Federal Judicial Evaluation Committee (FJEC), will review applications, interview candidates, and make...

HOUSTON, Texas - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today sent a letter to President Biden and Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) Alejandro Mayorkas urging the administration to comply fully with a U.S. Supreme Court ruling requiring the DHS to reimplement and enforce the ‘Remain in Mexico' program, and requesting information to ensure that administration is taking the necessary steps. On Tuesday, the Supreme Court declined to halt a district court's...

HOUSTON, Texas - U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), John Cornyn (R-Texas), Mike Lee (R-Utah), Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), John Kennedy (R-La.), Ben Sasse (R-Neb.), and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), members of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today sent a letter to Chairman Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) urging him to convene a hearing evaluating the Biden administration's strategy to curb fentanyl overdoses. While overdose deaths have skyrocketed...

HOUSTON, Texas - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement after President Biden's remarks this afternoon: "President Biden's remarks today only deepened the sense of weakness and incoherence shown throughout his Afghanistan catastrophe. "President Biden must immediately, clearly, and unapologetically tell the world- including Taliban terrorists-the United States will not leave Afghanistan until we have evacuated every...

HOUSTON, Texas - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement in response to news that President Biden would leave in place waivers on Nord Stream 2 related entities subject to mandatory Congressional sanctions: "President Biden has refused to do what Congress has repeatedly instructed him to do and written into law, which is to impose sanctions on the companies building Putin's Nord Stream 2 pipeline. "Instead, he has issued...

HOUSTON, Texas - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today sent a letter to Lithuania's Ambassador to the U.S. applauding the country for opening a Taiwanese Representative Office and continuing to stand firm in their support of Taiwan's security and prosperity in the face of China's threatened and already-implemented retaliation. China recalled their ambassador from Lithuania, the first time they've done that from a European Union country since 1993,...

Greetings, As a busy work period ends in Washington, I headed back to Texas this week to see firsthand the needs of Texas families, small businesses, and our servicemen and women. On Wednesday, I toured Envision Dallas, a company that works to improve the quality of life for blind or visually impaired people through employment, outreach, rehabilitation, education, and research. While there, I met with employees to discuss the needs of Texas businesses as they contribute to their communities and...

DALLAS, Texas - U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), and 41 of their Republican colleagues today sent a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland to request an update on the status of Special Counsel John Durham's inquiry into the Crossfire Hurricane Investigation and to ensure the investigation is seen to completion. In the letter, the senators wrote: "The Special Counsel's ongoing work is important to many Americans who were disturbed that...

DALLAS, Texas - U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, John Hoeven (R-N.D.), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), and their Senate colleagues today urged United States Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin to provide a full account of U.S. military equipment remaining in Afghanistan. The senators expressed concern about risks of the equipment potentially falling into the hands of the Taliban. In the letter, the senators wrote: "It is unconscionable that high-tech military...

HOUSTON, Texas - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement in response to President Biden's administration refusing to ensure the safe evacuation of every American citizen in Afghanistan: "Enough is enough. First, President Biden and his officials told the American people the Taliban would not advance across Afghanistan. Then, they said despite the Taliban advancing, the United States was conducting a strategic, deliberate,...

U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement after multiple Biden-Harris officials today declined to confirm or clarify plans to ensure the evacuation of every American citizen in Afghanistan: "President Biden's administration couldn't confirm today they've developed a plan for getting all Americans out of Afghanistan or continuing evacuations after August 31. This is completely unacceptable. President Biden and his advisers need...

HOUSTON, Texas - U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.), and Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) this week sent a letter calling on President Biden to end his war on domestic oil production after the administration called on the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and its allies to increase oil production in the wake of rising inflation. Co-signers of their letter include Sens. Mike Braun (R-Ind.), Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Bill Cassidy (R-La.), John Cornyn (R-Texas),...

HOUSTON, Texas - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today issued the following statement in response to President Biden's remarks on Afghanistan: "President Biden's speech was a disappointing and divisive attempt to turn this moment of genuine crisis into partisan bickering. He even bizarrely blamed Afghan troops who fought and died alongside our troops for decades for his failure. "The most urgent task facing the United States in Afghanistan is to...

HOUSTON, Texas - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today issued the following statement as reports confirm the Taliban swept into the capital of Afghanistan: "It is now clear there has been a disastrous breakdown across the political, military, and intelligence leadership of the Biden-Harris administration, culminating in the catastrophe for American national security we are now witnessing. This debacle should never have happened-and, indeed, we were...