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03.26.2021
POOL VIDEO: Sens. Cruz, Cornyn Lead Senate Delegation, Tour Border with National Border Patrol Council
MISSION, Texas - U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and John Cornyn (R-Texas) last night led a Congressional Delegation (CODEL) with 17 of their Senate colleagues to see the ongoing crisis at the border firsthand in Mission, Texas. Sen. Cruz and his colleagues were given a tour of the border by the National Border Patrol Council after attending a muster with border patrol agents ahead of their nightly patrol. Sens. Cruz and Cornyn were joined by Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.), John Barrasso (R-Wyo.),... -
03.25.2021
Sens. Cruz, Tuberville Introduce Bill to Prohibit Illegal Migrants from Getting Free Pass into U.S.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.), Mike Lee (R-Utah), Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.), Mike Braun (R-Ind.), and John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) today introduced legislation that would require the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to issue a Notice to Appear (NTA) in court prior to releasing any immigrant who illegally entered into the United States. Upon introduction of this bill, Sen. Cruz said: "There is an absolute humanitarian, national security, and public health... -
03.25.2021
Sen. Cruz Introduces Bill to Ensure Access to Liquefied Natural Gas Transported by Rail
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), John Kennedy (R-La.), and Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) today introduced legislation that would ensure Americans continue to have access to liquefied natural gas (LNG) transported by rail. The bill effectively codifies a June 2020 Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) rule allowing the bulk transportation of liquefied natural gas by rail. It prohibits the Secretary of Transportation from restricting the activities permitted in... -
03.25.2021
Sens. Cruz, Inhofe, Capito, Kennedy, Cramer Introduce the Natural Gas Export Expansion Act
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), John Kennedy (R-La.), and Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) today introduced the Natural Gas Export Expansion Act, which eliminates onerous regulations that discourage liquefied natural gas (LNG) trade and increases LNG exports to the over 160 countries in the World Trade Organization (WTO). This legislation offers an effective vehicle to fortify our nation's energy security, reduce emissions at home and... -
03.25.2021
Sen. Cruz: President Biden is Hiding the Worst of The Border Crisis
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Every day new details emerge about the humanitarian crisis on our southern border. As Sen. Cruz leads a group of his Senate colleagues in a visit to the border, they will be able to see firsthand the crisis that is unfolding there. Unfortunately, the American people will not, as the Biden administration continues to prevent free and fair reporting on the humanitarian, national security, and public health ramifications of this crisis. Over the last four decades and four... -
03.24.2021
Sen. Cruz, Colleagues Applaud Committees Unanimous Passage of Bipartisan Venezuela Resolution
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Dick Durbin (D-Il.), Rick Scott (R-Fla.), and Ben Cardin (D-Md.) today applauded the Senate Foreign Relations Committee's unanimous approval of a bipartisan resolution (S.Res.44), which condemns last year's fraudulent legislative elections by the Maduro regime. The bipartisan resolution also denounces the lack of free, fair, and transparent elections in Venezuela, as well as the continued erosion of... -
03.24.2021
Sen. Cruz Introduces Reassurance for Official Contacts (ROC) Act to Block Diplomatic Isolation of Taiwan
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today introduced the Reassurance for Official Contacts (ROC) Act, which would prohibit the Biden administration from reinstating 2015 Obama administration policy guidelines that prohibited the display of the Taiwanese flag by their service members and diplomats. Last year, Sen. Cruz successfully pushed the Trump administration to reverse the 2015 guidelines, including by introducing the Taiwan SOS... -
03.24.2021
Sen. Cruz in Real Clear Politics: Corrupt Politicians Act Rigs Elections for the Radical Left
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Ahead of today's Senate Rules Committee hearing on Democrats' radical ‘For the People' Act, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today penned an op-ed for Real Clear Politics outlining the dangerous provisions of the bill, which if signed into law will overhaul state election laws, destroy election integrity, and cement Democrat control for decades. In the op-ed, Sen. Cruz wrote: "Democrats call this bill the For the People Act, or HR 1, but a more appropriate name would be the... -
03.23.2021
Sens. Cruz, Grassley, Cotton, Colleagues Urge Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Durbin for a Second Hearing on Vanita Gupta
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today joined every Republican member of the Senate Judiciary Committee to send a letter to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) urging him to schedule a second hearing for President Biden's controversial nominee for U.S. Associate Attorney General, Vanita Gupta, because of her misleading statements to the Committee. Co-signers of the letter include Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), Thom... -
03.22.2021
Sen. Cruz Demands President Biden Allow Press Access to Border Crisis
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today ramped up pressure on President Biden to allow free and fair reporting on the humanitarian, national security, and public health crises at the southern border. This comes ahead of a tour Sens. Cruz and John Cornyn (R-Texas) will lead on Friday to the Rio Grande Valley. In a letter, Sen. Cruz wrote: "As part of our oversight duties as Senators, I and 14 of my colleagues will travel to the border this week to talk to the brave men and women on... -
03.19.2021
Sens. Cruz, Grassley, Cotton, Tillis, Lee, Hawley, Blackburn, Kennedy Demand Answers on How DHS, HHS Will Address the Border Crisis
HOUSTON, Texas - In response to the Biden administration's continued lack of transparency, U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Tom Tillis (R-N.C.), Mike Lee (R-Utah), Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), and John Kennedy (R-La.) today sent a letter to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra demanding answers on how their departments are... -
03.19.2021
Sens. Cruz, Boozman, Van Hollen, Colleagues Urge Biden Administration to End Proposal that Threatens to Eliminate Metro Area Status
HOUSTON, Texas - U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), John Boozman (R-Ark.), and Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) today sent a bipartisan letter to Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Acting Director Rob Fairweather urging the agency to abandon plans to change the current definition of a Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA). The letter was co-signed by Sens. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), Roy Blunt (R-Mo.), Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.), Mike Crapo... -
03.19.2021
Sen. Cruz, Rep. Steel Urge the International Olympic Committee to Move the 2022 Olympics Out of Beijing
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Amid the ongoing genocide against the Uyghurs, widespread censorship, and espionage conducted by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Rep. Michelle Steel (R-Calif.) sent a letter this week to President Thomas Bach of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in opposition to the 2022 Winter Olympics being hosted in Beijing. In the letter, the lawmakers wrote: "We are writing to you with strong concerns and opposition to the International Olympic... -
03.19.2021
Sen. Cruz Issues Statement on Selection of Bill Nelson as NASA Administrator
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), ranking member of the Subcommittee on Aviation Safety, Operations, and Innovation, and former Chairman of the Subcommittee on Space, today issued the following statement after President Joe Biden named former Sen. Bill Nelson (D-Fla.) to serve as NASA administrator: "I was proud to work closely with Bill in the Senate on bipartisan legislation to modernize our space program, champion our commercial space sector, and take meaningful steps toward... -
03.19.2021
Sens. Cruz, Menendez, Colleagues Send Bipartisan Letter Urging President Biden to Recognize Armenian Genocide
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), member and Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today sent a bipartisan letter joined by 36 Senate colleagues, urging the Biden administration to join the U.S. Congress in officially recognizing the Armenian Genocide. On December 12, 2019, the U.S. Senate unanimously passed a measure authored by Sens. Cruz and Menendez, recognizing and commemorating the Armenian Genocide. Co-signers of the letter include... -
03.18.2021
Sen. Cruz: Its Time To Shine a Light on the Biden Administrations Border Crisis
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Day after day, the desperate humanitarian crisis on our southern border produced by President Biden's reckless political decisions spirals out of control. On average, Customs and Border Protection is encountering 565 unaccompanied migrant children per day, up from 313 per day just last month. In total, Border Patrol agents are reportedly apprehending 4,500 to 6,000 illegal aliens per day. Former Obama Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson remarked in 2019, "I... -
03.18.2021
Sen. Cruz on H.R.1: Its the Single Most Dangerous Piece of Legislation Before Congress
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) this week appeared on ‘The Michael Berry Show,' ‘Fox News Primetime' with Maria Bartiromo, and spoke with Spectrum News's Margaret Chadbourn about the crisis on the southern border and Democrats' radical H.R.1 bill. He also addressed The Washington Post's correction of their fraudulent reporting on former President Trump. Highlights of his interviews are below. WATCH: Sen. Cruz on Fox News Primetime: Democrats' Radical H.R. 1 is the... -
03.18.2021
Sen. Cruz: Ships and Companies Building Nord Stream 2 Now Understand They Will Face Devastating Sanctions Unless Their Work Stops Immediately
WASHINGTON, D.C. - After Secretary of State Antony Blinken issued a statement warning companies constructing Nord Stream 2 that they face devastating U.S. sanctions and must immediately abandon their work, reinforcing the United States' whole of government commitment to stopping Vladimir Putin's pipeline, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, announced he was following through on a commitment he made to the State Department to lift Nord Stream 2-related... -
03.18.2021
Sen. Cruz: Xavier Becerra is Woefully Unqualified to Serve as HHS Secretary
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today issued the following statement after voting against President Biden's nominee for Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), Xavier Becerra: "Our country faces enormous challenges as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Department of Health and Human Services is charged with leading our country through this public health challenge. That's why it's so dismaying President Biden nominated Xavier Becerra - a Left-wing trial lawyer whose only... -
03.17.2021
Sen. Cruz on the Senate Floor: Left-Wing Trial Lawyer Xavier Becerra is Woefully Unqualified to Serve as HHS Secretary
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today delivered remarks on the Senate floor urging his colleagues to vote against President Biden's nominee for Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), Xavier Becerra. Excerpts of his remarks are below. WATCH: Sen. Cruz on the Senate Floor: Left-Wing Trial Lawyer Becerra is Woefully Unqualified to Serve at HHS "I rise to oppose the nomination of Xavier Becerra for Secretary of Health and Human Services. There are, unfortunately, numerous...