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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...

HOUSTON, Texas - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today issued the following statement on conditions in Afghanistan: "I have long called for a deliberative, planned, vetted, and secure withdrawal from Afghanistan while maintaining maximum leverage. Wars should have ends. That is the opposite of what President Biden has pursued. "The Trump administration spent years negotiating an orderly withdrawal on a fixed timetable with extensive support from...

HOUSTON, Texas - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), along with the other Republican members of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today sent a letter to Chairman Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), urging him to hold a hearing on the civil rights of senior citizens in New York, Pennsylvania, Michigan, and New Jersey nursing homes following their death rates due to COVID-19 and the decision by these states to force nursing homes to accept COVID-positive patients. Co-signers of Sen. Cruz's letter to Chairman Durbin...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), James Lankford (R-Okla.), and Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), along with Rep. Andy Harris (R-Md.) and a bicameral group of Senators and Congressmen, sent a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland and Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Xavier Becerra demanding answers on why the Department of Justice (DOJ) dropped a lawsuit against the University of Vermont Medical Center (UVMMC), which has received federal funds from HHS since 1998, for forcing...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.), Richard Shelby (R-Ala.), John Cornyn (R-Texas), John Boozman (R-Ark.), Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), and Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) today praised Senate passage of their resolution to designate August 2021 as National Catfish Month. The resolution recognizes the importance of catfish farmers and workers, and commends the contributions of the farm-raised...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, took to the Senate floor early this morning to propose a bill to immediately impose sanctions on The Nord Stream 2 pipeline -- a project that if completed would threaten the national security of the United States and our allies -- in response to the Biden administration's refusal to impose existing Congressionally-mandated sanctions. The bill was blocked. Sen. Cruz then renewed his objections to...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today issued the following statement after voting against the $3.5 trillion budget resolution: "By passing the Bernie Budget tonight, Democrats fully embraced the radical left as they ram through trillions in crushing taxes and wasteful spending. Biden Inflation is burying middle-class Americans, and is especially painful for seniors on a fixed income. We will look back on this as one of the biggest mistakes in this administration." ###

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today issued the following statement after voicing support for his amendment to codify Title 42 expulsions for illegal immigrants: "As elected officials of this body, we have a duty to protect the American people during these unprecedented times. Today, I strongly urge my colleagues to support my amendment ensuring that the Department of Homeland Security expels illegal immigrants under Title 42 to protect...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), and 44 of their Senate Republican colleagues this week sent a letter promising they will not vote to increase the debt ceiling, "whether that increase comes through a stand-alone bill, a continuing resolution, or any other vehicle." Such a debt ceiling increase would be one of the dire consequences of Democrats' proposed $5.5 trillion reckless spending spree contained in the budget resolution now before the Senate. In the...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today issued the following statement after voting against Democrats' wasteful infrastructure bill: "Too many Republicans just enabled Democrats' efforts to claim bipartisanship, spend over a trillion dollars, and then ram through their $3.5 trillion liberal wish list of crushing taxes and radical spending. The $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill that passed today contained only about $100 billion for roads and bridges. As I've said before, if the...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) today introduced the No Mask Mandates Act and No Vaccine Mandates Act. The No Mask Mandates Act ends the Biden administration's Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) mask mandate for all Americans-regardless of vaccination status. The No Vaccine Mandates Act would require people administering a COVID-19 vaccine to first obtain the patient's informed consent or, if the...