Press Releases

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) last week sent a bicameral letter to Internal Revenue Services' (IRS) Commissioner Charles Rettig regarding the IRS's recent flawed and discriminatory denial of the tax-exempt status of Christians Engaged, a Texas nonprofit. Senate co-signers of their letter include Sens. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and Mike Lee (R-Utah). Reps. Jeff Duncan (R-S.C.), Doug Lamborn (R-Colo.), Louie Gohmert (R-Texas), Dan Bishop (R-N.C.), Burgess...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Susan Collins (R-Maine), Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.), and Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) this week introduced a resolution calling on the Biden administration's Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to end its mask mandate for fully vaccinated individuals on public transportation throughout the United States-including at airports, on commercial airplanes, on buses, and rail systems.Upon...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today issued the following statement after Vice President Harris visited El Paso, Texas to survey the ongoing border crisis: "I'm glad the Vice President finally made time in her schedule to acknowledge the humanitarian, national security, and public health crises her administration created -- albeit some 800 miles from the epicenter of the crisis. Communities like El Paso are struggling because of the damage the Biden-Harris administration has...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) this week introduced the Highway Formula Modernization Act of 2021, bipartisan legislation which would direct the Department of Transportation to reevaluate the funding formulas used to distribute federal highway dollars for the first time in 16 years. Upon introduction, Sen. Cruz said: "Texas continually receives proportionally less funding from the Highway Trust Fund (HTF) than any other state, even as we contribute the...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today issued the following statement after removing himself as co-sponsor from the Israel Relations Normalization Act of 2021 after the Senate Foreign Relations Committee rewrote the bill to declare it is U.S. policy to push for a Palestinian state and implement authorizations to pour money into Palestinian areas: "Too many American lawmakers have forgotten that Israel is one of our closest allies...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Bill Cassidy (R-La.), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) and John Kennedy (R-La.) this week sent a letter to the Secretary of the Interior Debra Haaland expressing concern over the Department's indefinite and illegal delay in offshore oil and gas leasing. 100-days and counting have passed since the last scheduled offshore lease sale was set to occur, but the Administration "paused" this and others...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today introduced the END CRT Act, which would prohibit federal funding for any agency or recipient of federal funding to teach Critical Race Theory (CRT) in workplace training. U.S. Rep. Burgess Owens (R-Utah) introduced the House companion bill in May of 2021. Upon introduction of this bill, Sen. Cruz said: "The federal government has no right to force a political agenda onto Americans, especially one that aims to tear down our institutions and...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.), and Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.), along with 16 of their Senate colleagues, sent a bipartisan letter urging U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack and U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) Ambassador Katherine Tai to reduce restrictive trade barriers and expand export market access for domestic peanut farmers and processors. The removal of trade barriers would give a financial boost to the domestic peanut...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today issued the following statement after voting against President Biden's nominee for Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF), David Chipman: "Freedoms enshrined in our Constitution should not be subject to partisan whims of a Democratic administration. David Chipman is a partisan gun control zealot who is advocating for restricting Americans' Second Amendment rights in...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today released the following statement after Vice President Kamala Harris announced that after 92 days without a border visit, she will visit El Paso, Texas: "Right now, the Biden-Harris Administration is functioning as the last mile of a human trafficking and illegal drug network that cartels are exploiting. The Biden-Harris Administration has repeatedly made reckless policy decisions leading to the massive surge of illegal immigrants flooding our...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today delivered remarks on the Senate floor following his vote against Democrats' radical S.1 legislation, or the ‘Corrupt Politicians Act,' which failed to advance in the Senate. Read excerpts of his remarks below. WATCH: Sen. Cruz: Defeating the Corrupt Politicians Act is a Victory for the American People "I rise today to celebrate a win for the country. Today, the United States rightly failed to advance the ‘Corrupt Politicians Act,'...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Mike Lee (R-Utah), Ben Sasse (R-Neb.), Steve Daines (R-Mont.), James Lankford (R-Okla.), Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), Mike Braun (R-Ind.), and James Inhofe (R-Okla.) this week sent a letter to President Biden urging him to  ask British Prime Minister Boris Johnson to intervene on behalf of Alta Fixsler, a two-year-old girl in the United Kingdom following a British High Court ruling that will allow the...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), and Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) this week sent a letter to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Explosives (ATF) expressing concern over two of their newly-proposed gun rules that could threaten Americans' Second Amendment rights. The rules, 2021R-05 and 2021R-08, would require the retention of firearms transaction records forever, paving the way to a national gun registry, and clamp down on pistol braces and...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today issued the following statement after the Biden administration announced an extension of COVID-19 restrictions for non-essential travel through U.S. land ports of entry with Canada and Mexico: "Amid a growing illegal immigration crisis on our southern border, President Biden is continuing to prevent lawful, legitimate border crossings by extending these restrictions. Our border communities like Laredo, El Paso, McAllen, and Brownsville are...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today joined Fox News' ‘Fox & Friends' to discuss the worsening crisis on our southern border and the failure of the Biden-Harris administration to address the dangerous policies that created it. Highlights of his interview are below.' WATCH: Sen. Cruz on Fox & Friends: Joe and Kamala Have Zero Intentions to Solve the Border Crisis "It is a complete and total abdication by the federal government. Joe Biden and Kamala Harris are quite...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) this week delivered remarks on the Senate floor commemorating the 156th anniversary of Juneteenth. Read his full remarks below. WATCH: Sen. Cruz Commemorates Juneteenth on the Senate Floor "I rise today to recognize the 156th anniversary of Juneteenth. On Saturday, we mark 156 years since June 19th, 1865, when Major General Gordon Granger announced in Galveston that the Civil War was over, and that enslaved people were now free. In his announcement,...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), John Cornyn (R-Texas), Mike Lee (R-Utah), Ben Sasse (R-Neb.), Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), and Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) this week led an effort to press the Justice Department and FBI for details about any investigation into the disclosure of sensitive taxpayer records to the news media. Joining his letter to the Justice Department and FBI are Judiciary Committee colleagues. In the letter, the senators wrote: "The self-reporting...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Mike Braun (R-Ind.), John Boozman (R-Ark), Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.), Rick Scott (R-Fla.), Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), and Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) this week introduced the IRS Customer Service Improvement Act that will require the IRS to prioritize federal taxpayers over representational work during tax filing season. While President Biden has requested $80 billion for the IRS to double its workforce, many current IRS employees are spending much of their time...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Todd Young (R-Ind.), and Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) this week introduced the Expedited Delivery of Airport Infrastructure Act to incentivize more efficient completion of airport construction projects - saving taxpayer dollars and ensuring the safe and swift completion of economy-boosting infrastructure. Read the full bill text here. The Federal Aviation Administration's Airport Improvement Program (AIP) provides funding to help strengthen our nation's...