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WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), and Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) this week sent a letter to President Biden and agencies in his administration demanding answers after Secretary of State Antony Blinken confirmed before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee the Biden administration facilitate the transport of Afghan men trafficking child brides and other sexual abusers into the U.S. as part of President Biden's botched withdrawal from...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today sent a letter to Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Criswell asking to delay the application of the new National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) rate-setting plan, Risk Rating 2.0 (RR 2.0). Specifically, the letter requests a delay to avoid increasing flood insurance rates on policyholders and communities still recovering from the pandemic and recent natural disaster. It also asks FEMA to increase transparency in its...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) this week delivered remarks on the Senate floor to demand President Biden and his administration take accountability for their disastrous political decisions that directly resulted in the crisis on our southern border. As upwards of 10,000 illegal immigrants flood the Del Rio International Bridge due to an overcapacity at migrant housing facilities, Sen. Cruz called on President Biden to enforce federal immigration law and protect the safety...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.), and 15 of their Senate colleagues today introduced the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Accountability Act of 2021. Cosponsors of the bill include Sens. Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.), Tim Scott (R-S.C.), John Kennedy (R-La.), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), John Hoeven (R-N.D.), Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Mike Braun (R-Ind.), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Susan Collins...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Rick Scott (R-Fla.), Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), Mike Braun (R-Ind.), Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.), Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.), Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), and John Hoeven (R-N.D.) today introduced the Full Faith and Credit Act to ensure the federal government prioritizes funding for our military, veterans and seniors should the federal debt ceiling be reached with no...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), James Lankford (R-Okla.), and Steve Daines (R-Mont.), along with Reps. Lisa McClain (R-Mich.) and Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-Mo.), this week sent a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra, and National Institute of Health (NIH) Director Francis Collins requesting a complete investigation into the University of Pittsburgh's abortion procedures and research. Recent reports...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today released the following statement in response to President Biden's first address to the United Nations: "Joe Biden loves to say ‘America's back' and we're ‘building back better.' If he means he's turned America's back on our own people stranded in Afghanistan and is building back better the Taliban's new arsenal, he's doing a bang up job."   ###  

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Roger Marshall, (R-Kan.), James Lankford (R-Okla.), and Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) today introduced the COVID-19 Vaccine Dishonorable Discharge Prevention Act to prohibit the Department of Defense (DOD) from dishonorably discharging service members for choosing not to receive a COVID-19 vaccine. The House Armed Services Committee recently passed similar language led by Rep. Mark Green (R-Tenn.) in an amendment to the FY2022 National Defense...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today released the following statement in response to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas visiting Del Rio, Texas as thousands of illegal immigrants flood the Del Rio International Bridge: "President Biden's open border politics and policies are endangering thousands of lives every single day. Now, his administration is trying to do damage control after over 10,000 illegal...

HOUSTON, Texas - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) returned to the border last night as over 10,000 illegal immigrants flooded into Del Rio, due to overcapacity at immigration housing facilities. Upon arrival, Sen. Cruz was briefed by Del Rio Sector Border Patrol Interim Chief Agent in Charge Robert Garcia and command staff at the Del Rio International Bridge to see President Biden's man-made crisis firsthand.After his briefing, Sen. Cruz joined Fox News' ‘Hannity' to discuss the horrific scene...

HOUSTON, Texas - U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and John Cornyn (R-Texas), along with Rep. Michael Cloud (R-Texas) and Corpus Christi Mayor Paulette M. Guajardo, today applauded the announcement by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) that $10 million of federal funding would be allocated to the Packery Channel Restoration Project in Corpus Christi, Texas. Since the destruction of Hurricane Harvey in 2017, the Packery Channel's southern wall has remained damaged, and local leaders have...

HOUSTON, Texas - U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Steve Daines (R-Mont.), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Mike Braun (R-Ind.), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Mike Lee (R-Utah), Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), James Lankford (R-Okla.) and Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) today demanded answers from the CEO of Google, Mr. Sundar Pichai, on Google's double standard in censoring pro-life Abortion Pill Reversal (APR) advertisements while continuing to allow advertisements for deadly...

HOUSTON, Texas - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today penned an op-ed for FoxNews.com on the four indefensible policy decisions President Biden and his administration made that led to the "worst foreign policy catastrophe in a generation." On Tuesday, Sen. Cruz questioned Secretary of State Antony Blinken and demanded accountability on the acute human rights crisis created by the administration's chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan. In his op-ed,...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today took to the Senate floor to honor the life and service of Lance Corporal David Espinoza, a Texas Marine who was killed in action in the August 26 bombing at the Kabul airport. Read Sen. Cruz's full remarks below and watch them here. "I rise today to honor the life of David Lee Espinoza, who died in defense of our nation on August 26. David was a Marine who was helping with the evacuation of the Kabul airport when he was murdered by a suicide...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today questioned U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on President Biden and his administration's catastrophic withdrawal from Afghanistan. Sen. Cruz first questioned Sec. Blinken about reports that Biden-Harris officials had given lists of Americans to the Taliban. After initially issuing a flat denial, Sec. Blinken acknowledged lists had been provided but refused to specify how many Americans...

Thank you for contacting the Office of Senator Cruz. We are working diligently with the U.S. Department of State (DOS) to assist American citizens, Legal Permanent Residents, Immigrant Visa Applicants, including Special Immigrant Visa applicants and their families that are in Afghanistan to relocate. Please see the most recent guidance regarding Afghanistan here: https://www.state.gov/afghanistan-inquiries/ Consular services are no longer available in Kabul. The Department of State has no higher...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, took to the Senate floor this week to prevent an effort by Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) to circumvent floor debate on one of President Biden's State Department nominees. Sen. Cruz announced weeks into the Biden administration's term that he would use his full range of Senate prerogatives to pressure the Biden administration to impose Congressionally-mandated sanctions on Russia's Nord Stream 2...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - In advance of Secretary of State Antony Blinken's testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), a member of the Committee, today penned an op-ed for RealClearPolitics on the acute security, public health, and humanitarian crisis created by President Biden's catastrophic withdrawal from Afghanistan. In the op-ed, Sen. Cruz wrote: "Two weeks ago, I toured housing that's being built at Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas. The camp will house up...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) today called on President Biden to impose sanctions on Nord Stream 2 AG, the company responsible for the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, pursuant to and as mandated by the Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA). Sen. Cruz has committed to using all of his leverage and prerogatives as a U.S. senator to force the administration to follow the law,...