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WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation participated in a hearing today titled, “Examining Safeguards for Consumer Data Privacy.” There, he directed his line of questioning towards Google’s Chief Privacy Officer, Keith Enright, raising concerns of Google’s cooperation to abide by the Chinese government’s censorship rules yet refusing to fulfill a contract with the U.S....

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) today introduced the School Security Enhancement Act, which allows local communities to utilize Student Support and Academic Enrichment (SSAE) grants for measures that reinforce school safety infrastructure and technology. “Texas has not been exempt from the horror of school shootings,” Sen. Cruz said. “All of us have been horrified by the violent attacks on our students. These students, along with...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and John Cornyn (R-Texas) released the following statements after their bill, the National Cybersecurity Preparedness Consortium Act, unanimously passed the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee: “I commend the Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Committee for advancing this bill to solidify cooperation between the Department of Homeland Security and the National Cybersecurity Preparedness Consortium,...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), chairman of the Senate Subcommittee on Space, Science, and Competitiveness, today chaired a hearing with NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, on the future of America’s ability to maintain its leadership in space as the U.S. looks to return to the moon and pursue an expedition to Mars. The hearing was also an opportunity for NASA to present the agency’s priorities as the subcommittee prepares new legislation that will reauthorize...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Doug Jones’ (D-Ala.) Civil Rights Cold Case Records Collection Act of 2018 was reported by the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs with strong bipartisan support. The bill would require the review, declassification, and release of government records related to unsolved criminal civil rights cases. “The civil rights movement triumphed by securing for millions of people their rightful share...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today the Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted to report bipartisan legislation, built in part on the Nicaraguan Investment Conditionality Act (S. 2265), co-authored by Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), to hold President Daniel Ortega and his regime accountable for its human rights abuses and corruption in Nicaragua. Sen. Cruz issued the following statement applauding the vote: “Nicaragua is facing the largest uprising since the civil war...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today applauded the Senate Foreign Relations Committee for voting to report a measure built on his bipartisan bill, the STOP Using Human Shields Act, which would impose sanctions on terrorists who use civilians as human shields, including Hamas, Hezbollah, and their enablers.  “I commend the Senate Foreign Relations Committee for moving forward with my bipartisan bill, co-sponsored by 44 senators, to hold terrorists accountable for...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) joined Sens. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Bill Nelson (D-Fla.), Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), David Perdue (R-Ga.), Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), and John Cornyn (R-Texas) in introducing the Venezuela Humanitarian Relief, Reconstruction, and Rule of Law Act of 2018. This bipartisan legislation expands humanitarian relief efforts to the people of Venezuela, while...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today issued the following statement applauding the Trump administration’s decision to conduct regular arms sales to Taiwan: “I am glad to see the Trump administration conducting regular arms sales to our Taiwanese allies, after many years in which the Obama administration played politics with our legal obligations to Taipei. These sales advance American national security both by empowering our allies to defend themselves and by...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today commended Washington, D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson and D.C. Councilmembers for introducing legislation similar to his Hidden Figures Way Designation Act. This bipartisan bill designates the street in front of NASA’s headquarters as “Hidden Figures Way,” in honor of Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan, and Mary Jackson, who were featured in the movie Hidden Figures, and all women who have dedicated their lives to...

  September 22, 2018 Greetings, On Thursday, during a tour of NASA’s Johnson Space Center (JSC) in Houston with Presidential Advisor Ivanka Trump and NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, I had the opportunity to talk with the crew members of Expedition 56, who are stationed on the International Space Station (ISS). Texas has always been a leader in space exploration, and I am grateful for the good work of the men and women at JSC.  I am pleased that this week the Army...

HOUSTON, Texas – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today participated in a meet and greet and tour with Presidential Advisor Ivanka Trump and NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Still photos and video of the visit may be viewed here. Sen. Cruz had the opportunity to talk with the crew members of Expedition 56 who are stationed on the International Space Station (ISS). “Let me ask you, what is the most challenging part of living and...

HOUSTON, Texas – U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and John Cornyn (R-Texas) today released the following statements after Secretary of the Army Mark Esper announced that the Army’s 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division would be converted from a Stryker Brigade Combat Team to an Armored Brigade Combat Team stationed at Fort Bliss, Texas. “I am pleased that the Army chose Fort Bliss as the home for the new Armored Brigade Combat Team, which Sen. Cornyn and I have...

Washington, D.C.—U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), John Cornyn (R-Texas), and Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-Texas) released the following statements after President Trump signed into law their legislation to rename the federal building and courthouse in Amarillo the “J. Marvin Jones Federal Building and Mary Lou Robinson United States Courthouse”: "I am grateful President Trump has signed this bill into law,” Sen. Cruz said. “Naming the Amarillo courthouse after Judge...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today issued the following statement in response to a Palestinian terrorist attack, which resulted in the death of Ari Fuld, an American-Israeli: "My thoughts and prayers are with the family of Ari Fuld, an American-Israeli who was murdered today by a Palestinian terrorist. Ari was a devoted husband, a father of four, and a passionate advocate for the security of the Jewish state of Israel. After being stabbed he heroically ran down the terrorist...

  September 15, 2018 Greetings, Tuesday marked the seventeenth anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on our great country. This week, as we paused to honor the memory of the nearly 3,000 innocent lives lost that day, we also reaffirmed our commitment to defend America from radical Islamic terrorism. Though our freedoms and very way of life came under attack, Americans’ courage and strength have not faltered. May we never forget those lost, and the service...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today welcomed World War II, Korea and Vietnam Veterans from Amarillo who traveled to Washington, D.C. for the Texas Panhandle Honor Flight.  Still photos and video of the visit may be viewed here. “It’s one of the really wonderful privileges of serving in the Senate is having the opportunity to welcome Honor Flights and to have veterans coming from Texas to visit the memorial and to say thank you,” Sen. Cruz said....

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), David Perdue (R-Ga.), and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) are taking action to sanction two Iranian-controlled militias in Iraq and Syria. This week, the Senators introduced the Iranian Proxies Terrorist Sanctions Act following recently declassified reports that Iran provided ballistic missiles and funding for terrorist activities to two Shi’ite proxies, Asaib Ahl al-Haq and Harakat Hezbollah al Nujaba.  “The Obama Iran deal gave the...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) this week sent a letter to FCC Chairman Ajit Pai raising concerns regarding an H&H Group application pending before the Commission seeking a permit to use XEWW, a Mexican broadcasting station, to broadcast a full range of Mandarin Chinese language programming into the United States. Due to unresolved concerns that XEWW will be used to broadcast Chinese Communist Party (CPC) propaganda, Sen. Cruz has requested that the Commission deny the...