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01.28.2021
Sen. Cruz: Bidens Nominees Have a Disturbing Pattern of Being Apologists for the Chinese Communist Party
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, this week appeared on ‘Fox News Primetime' with Maria Bartiromo and ‘The Mark Levin Show' to discuss President Biden's job-killing executive actions and his administration's catastrophic rush to embrace China. Key excerpts are below. WATCH: Cruz on Fox Slams Team Biden's Embrace of Communist China LISTEN: Cruz on Mark Levin: Biden Administration is Rushing to Embrace China On Team... -
01.28.2021
Sens. Cruz, Ernst, Colleagues Introduce Sarahs Law Ahead of the Fifth Anniversary of Sarah Roots Death
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) today introduced ‘Sarah's Law,' legislation named after Sarah Root, an Iowan killed by an illegal immigrant who was released by federal law enforcement due to a loophole in the law and never faced justice. ‘Sarah's Law' requires federal law enforcement to detain illegal immigrants criminally charged with killing or seriously injuring another person. In just his first week in office, President Biden reversed the... -
01.28.2021
Sens. Cruz, Graham, Colleagues Introduce 20-week Abortion Ban
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) this week introduced the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act. The legislation would provide common-sense protections for unborn children at 20 weeks after fertilization, a point at which there is significant scientific evidence that abortion inflicts tremendous pain on the unborn. The legislation is cosponsored by Sens. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Roy Blunt (R-Mo.), John Boozman... -
01.28.2021
Sen. Cruz Slams Department of Homeland Security Secretary Nominee Mayorkas Disregard for the Rule of Law and Embrace of China
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today urged his Senate colleagues to oppose the confirmation of President Biden's nominee, Alejandro Mayorkas, to be Secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. In a Dear Colleague letter, Sen. Cruz outlined a long list of ethical, legal, and policy failures throughout Mr. Mayorkas' public service tenure - including abuses of power that provided special government favors to benefit well-connected Democrats, such as securing an EB-5 visa... -
01.27.2021
Sen. Cruz, Colleagues Introduce Education Freedom Scholarships and Opportunity Act
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), along with Sens. Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.), James Lankford (R-Okla.), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Ben Sasse (R-Neb.), Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), Pat Toomey (R-Pa.), and Bill Cassidy (R-La.), this week introduced the Education Freedom Scholarships and Opportunity Act to expand elementary, secondary, and vocational education opportunities for students by providing a federal tax credit to encourage individuals and businesses to donate to nonprofit scholarship... -
01.27.2021
Sen. Cruz, Colleagues Introduce Student Empowerment Act to Expand School Choice for All Americans
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), along with Sens. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.), Rand Paul (R-Ky.), Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), Ben Sasse (R-Neb.), and James Lankford (R-Okla.), this week introduced the Student Empowerment Act to expand 529 College Savings Plans to include K-12 elementary and secondary school expenses for public, private, and religious schools, including homeschool students. U.S. Rep. Jason Smith (R-Mo.) sponsored the companion bill in the House of... -
01.27.2021
Sens. Cruz, Kennedy, Colleagues Introduce Conservation Funding Protection Act
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and John Kennedy (R-La.) today introduced legislation to protect jobs and drilling opportunities in the Gulf of Mexico and the conservation efforts they fund. Sens. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), Bill Cassidy (R-La.), Steve Daines (R-Mont.), John Cornyn (R-Texas), Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.) cosponsored the bill. President Joe Biden announced today a moratorium on issuing new oil and gas leases on federal lands and... -
01.27.2021
Sen. Cruz: We Need to Focus on Helping Americans Beat this Pandemic, Not Wasting Time on Impeachment
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) this week appeared on ‘The Hugh Hewitt Show’ and Fox News’ ‘Hannity’ to discuss the Democrats’ impeachment efforts and the Biden administration’s dangerous energy policies. Excerpts are below. WATCH: Cruz on Fox: Democrats Are Using Impeachment as a Form of Petty Retribution On the Democrats’ latest effort to impeach former President Trump, Sen. Cruz said: “The Democrats are demonstrating... -
01.27.2021
Sen. Cruz Slams Biden Nominees For Rush To Embrace The Chinese Communist Party
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today questioned Linda Thomas-Greenfield, President Biden’s nominee for Ambassador to the United Nations, over her past comments praising the Chinese Communist Party and downplaying the risk that China poses to the security and safety of the American people. Thomas-Greenfield made those remarks at an event sponsored by the Confucius Institute, a key propaganda platform for the Chinese... -
01.26.2021
Sen. Cruz Issues Statement On Blinken Confirmation Vote
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today issued the following statement after voting against confirming the nomination of Antony J. Blinken to serve as Secretary of State: “The policies that Mr. Blinken has committed to implementing as Secretary of State, especially regarding Iran, will dangerously erode America’s national security and will put the Biden administration on a collision course with Congress, and... -
01.26.2021
Sens. Cruz, Cornyn, Colleagues Demand Durbin Hold Judiciary Hearing for Mayorkas Nomination
WASHINGTON - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), along with Sens. John Cornyn (R-Texas), Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), Mike Lee (R-Utah), Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), and Ben Sasse (R-Neb.), today sent a letter to incoming Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), incoming Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Chairman Gary Peters (D-Mich.), and outgoing Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), calling for the Senate Judiciary... -
01.25.2021
Sen. Cruz, Colleagues Reintroduce Constitutional Amendment Imposing Congressional Term Limits
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), along with Sens. Mike Braun (R-Ind.), Pat Toomey (R-Pa.), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Todd Young (R-Ind.), and Rick Scott (R-Fla.), today reintroduced an amendment to the U.S. Constitution that would impose term limits on Members of Congress. U.S. Senators would be limited to two six-year terms and members of the House of Representatives to three two year terms. Upon reintroduction, Sen. Cruz said: “Every year, Congress spends billions of... -
01.25.2021
Sens. Cruz, Scott, Colleagues Introduce National School Choice Week Resolution
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Tim Scott (R-S.C.) today introduced a bipartisan resolution declaring this week as National School Choice Week. The senators were joined by Sens. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), Mike Braun (R-Ind.), Richard Burr (R-N.C.), Bill Cassidy (R-La.), John Cornyn (R-Texas), Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.), Steve Daines (R-Mont.), Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), Ron Johnson (R-Wisc.), James... -
01.22.2021
Biden Climate Actions Fail to Respond to Economic Crisis Facing American Workers
In less than 48 hours, President Biden made it clear that he intends to make Democrats' hostility towards America's energy sector a hallmark of his administration, announcing steps to rejoin the Paris Climate Agreement, block the construction of the Keystone XL Pipeline, and issuing a 60-day moratorium on oil and gas leases that affect all federal lands and waters. This comes against the backdrop of newly released jobless claim numbers, which continue to illustrate the devastating toll the... -
01.21.2021
Sen. Cruz: Biden Administration Energy Policies Could Eliminate Thousands of Blue-Collar Jobs During an Economic Crisis
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Commerce Committee, today participated in a full committee hearing to consider President Biden’s nomination of Pete Buttigieg to be Secretary of the U.S. Department of Transportation. WATCH: Cruz Questions Buttigieg on Pres. Biden's Regulatory Agenda That Could Eliminate Millions of Jobs In the hearing, Sen. Cruz questioned Mr. Buttigieg on the Biden administration’s cancellation of the Keystone XL Pipeline... -
01.20.2021
Sen. Cruz: Biden Executive Orders on Immigration Puts Illegal Immigrants Before American Workers
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today issued the following statement after President Joe Biden announced that he intends to implement a number of immigration policy changes via executive order: "It is deeply troubling that most of Joe Biden's first acts as president were to protect illegal immigrants and encourage illegal immigration at the expense of American jobs and workers. Not only has he chosen to halt construction of a wall on America's southern border and to continue... -
01.20.2021
Sen. Cruz: Biden Chooses Paris Over Pittsburgh
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today issued a statement following President Biden's executive action rejoining America to the Paris Climate Agreement: "By signing this order, President Biden indicates that he's more interested in the views of the citizens of Paris than in the jobs of the citizens of Pittsburgh. Rejoining the Paris agreement isn't about ‘restoring America's leadership abroad' or ‘solving the climate crisis,' but instead it is about Democrats' plans to... -
01.19.2021
Sen. Cruz Applauds Trump Administration for Sanctions to Halt Putins Pipeline
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today released the following statement applauding the Trump administration for imposing sanctions on a Russian-owned ship and related entities involved in the construction of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline: “I applaud the administration for taking decisive, necessary action to signal that the U.S. will not allow the Nord Stream 2 pipeline to be completed. Putin’s Nord Stream 2... -
01.18.2021
Sen. Cruz Issues Statement in Honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day
HOUSTON, Texas – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today released the following statement in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day: “Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. transformed America and inspired men and women across the world with his call to pursue justice and truth. Now more than ever, we are reminded of the power of his words, calling on all of us to have ‘the courage to face the uncertainties of the future,’ ‘as we continue our forward stride toward the city of... -
01.14.2021
Sen. Cruz Applauds Administration for Finalizing a Rule to Ensure Creditworthy Institutions Have Equal Access to Financial Services
HOUSTON, Texas – Today, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) issued the following statement applauding the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency for finalizing a rule that would require large banks to provide fair access to financial services for all legal and creditworthy institutions: “This rule is a victory for America’s blue-collar energy workers and producers who have struggled to keep their oil wells running amid the pandemic. This is also a victory for gun manufacturers and...