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WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), and Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), today introduced a bill to eliminate the Office of Financial Research. The office was created by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, and is a prime example of a duplicative and unaccountable entity within the Treasury Department. The full text of the bill may be viewed here. In the U.S. House of Representatives Congressman Ted Budd (R-N.C.) filed complimentary...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), John Cornyn (R-Texas), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), Doug Jones (D-Ala.), Johnny Isakson (R-Ga.), and Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.) today introduced legislation to help American terror victims and their families collect financial judgments against Iran. Representatives Greg Pence (R-Ind.) and Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) introduced companion legislation in the House of Representatives. Read...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today reintroduced the Protecting Communities and Preserving the Second Amendment Act of 2019, a bill to preserve law-abiding citizens' Second Amendment rights, while putting in place requirements to ensure relevant agencies and institutions accurately submit records to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) in order to prevent criminals from obtaining firearms. The full text of the bill may be...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today participated in a hearing titled ‘The Future of Arms Control Post-Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty,' with testimony from Andrea Thompson, Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security. Sen. Cruz has called for the Trump administration to end waivers from the Obama Iran nuclear deal which allow Iran to continue building up its nuclear program -- including in its...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), chairman of the Subcommittee on Aviation and Space, today participated in a U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation hearing on the nomination of Stephen Dickson to be Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). During his line of questioning and in light of the Ethiopian Airlines and Lion Air Flight crashes, Sen. Cruz asked Mr. Dickson to commit to determining what went wrong, and whether or not the crashes...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) chairman of the Subcommittee on Aviation and Space, chaired a hearing on Tuesday titled, "The Emerging Space Environment: Operational, Technical, and Policy Challenges." As military, civil, and commercial interests and activities grow, the space domain is becoming increasingly congested, contested, and competitive. The hearing examined current approaches to civil-military coordination, cooperation, de-confliction activities, and related issues, and...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) on Tuesday delivered remarks on the Senate floor to honor the precious lives of the students and faculty members lost during the horrific events that unfolded at Santa Fe High School nearly one a year ago. This week, Sen. Cruz will reintroduce two bills to enhance school safety and prevent gun violence, including the Protecting Communities and Preserving the Second Amendment Act and the School Security Enhancement Act, which allows local...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Doug Jones (D-Ala.) today introduced the School Security Enhancement Act, a bipartisan bill which would allow for Student Support and Academic Enrichment (SSAE) grants awarded to local communities to be used for evidence-based school safety technology and infrastructure. The full text of the bill may be viewed here. "I am proud to introduce this bipartisan bill with Sen. Doug Jones, to empower schools and make America's classrooms safer for...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) on Monday filed a bipartisan bill imposing sanctions on those involved in Russia's Nord Stream 2 project. The bill imposes targeted sanctions against vessels that would be used to construct deep sea pipelines for Russian energy export projects including Nord Stream 2. "Nord Stream 2 threatens Europe's energy security and America's national security," Sen. Cruz said. "The United States simply cannot allow Russia to...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) today introduced legislation requiring the U.S. government to develop a list of scientific and engineering institutions affiliated with the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA). The bill would prohibit individuals employed or sponsored by these Chinese military institutions from receiving student or research visas to the United States. Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), and Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) are...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and John Cornyn (R-Texas) today released the following statements after the Senate confirmed Michael Truncale to fill a vacancy on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas in Beaumont: "I am pleased the Senate has confirmed Michael Truncale to the federal bench," Sen. Cruz said. "The Senate is continuing to deliver on its promise to the American people to confirm principled, constitutionalist judges, and I have no doubt Texans in...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and John Cornyn (R-Texas) today released the following statements after the Senate Judiciary Committee approved the nominations of Jeff Brown to fill a judicial vacancy on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas in Galveston, and Brantley Starr to fill a judicial vacancy on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas in Dallas. "I applaud the committee's vote today to support President Trump's nominations of...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today issued the following statement on Asia Bibi's arrival in Canada: “Asia Bibi spent eight years facing execution in Pakistan for her Christian faith. Today she is a free woman and joins her family in Canada. Her endurance is a testimony to the power of faith and a reminder of why tyrants always have and always will fear dissidents who speak the truth. I celebrate Asia Bibi’s freedom and will continue to defend any dissident...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today participated in a hearing to review the FY 2020 budget request for the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), with testimony from USAID Administrator Mark Green. During Sen. Cruz’s exchange with Administrator Green he raised USAID’s mission in Sudan, Nicaragua, and Venezuela. There, Sen. Cruz questioned the role of development assistance to strengthen...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today issued the following statement marking the one year anniversary of the United States withdrawing from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), as well as in response to Iran's threat to exceed limits set by the deal and the Trump administration's announcement of new sanctions targeting Iran's industrial metals sector: "A year ago President Trump made the crucial decision to withdraw...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Mike Braun (R-Ind.), Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Todd Young (R-Ind.), Mike Rounds (R-S.D.), Pat Toomey (R-Pa.), Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.), Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), and Ben Sasse (R-Neb.) introduced a resolution to mark the anniversary of the United States' withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) with Iran. The resolution highlights the...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) on Tuesday addressed the United States Agency for Global Media's (USAGM) ‘Media for Democracy Forum.' There, Sen. Cruz highlighted the roles of an American free press in defending truth and promoting freedom. "Our principles can tear down walls, can topple tyrannies, can promote freedom," Sen. Cruz said. "America should consistently be a voice for freedom. We should be a voice for human rights. We should be a voice for democracy. Because that...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement in response to reports that European and Iranian officials are meeting today to advance the Instrument in Support of Trade Exchanges (INSTEX), a financial mechanism that undermines American sanctions against the Iranian regime: "It is unfortunate that our European partners are spending their diplomatic and material capital creating mechanisms that break up American...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) reintroduced a bill, along with Sens. Mike Lee (R-Utah), Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), Ben Sasse (R-Neb.), Mike Rounds (R-S.D.), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), and Rand Paul (R-Ky.) to eliminate the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection. Read the full text of the bill here.  “There has never been a greater farce and waste of government resources than the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and now is the time to eliminate it,” Sen....