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HOUSTON, Texas– Today, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) issued the following statement following the announcement of the successful extradition of Luis Calderon: “I’m thankful to President Bukele, the government of El Salvador, and the Galveston County Sheriff’s Office for their work in facilitating Calderon’s transfer. This sends a clear message to any fugitives of the law: you will be brought to justice. Today is a testament to the importance of...

HOUSTON, Texas – U.S. Senator Ted Cruz, member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC), issued the following statement after the Biden administration announced that it is rescinding sanctions waivers it granted to Nord Stream 2 AG - the company responsible for the planning, construction, and operation of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline - and its principals. The waivers had been granted for sanctions mandated by the Protecting Europe's Energy Security Act (PEESA), bipartisan...

HOUSTON, Texas – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) issued the following statement after Vladimir Putin announced that Russia would recognize the independence of Ukrainian territories and deploy forces into them  — “Vladimir Putin's announcement today is just the latest step in his obsessive drive to rebuild the Soviet Union, at the expense of the national security of the United States and our allies. He seeks to make the lives of Americans worse, and he will use whatever...

WASHINGTON D.C. — Today, Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) scorched President Biden and the Biden administration on Fox News Sunday for their disastrous foreign policy failures, and most catastrophically waiving Nord Stream 2 sanctions, giving Vladimir Putin the ability to circumvent Ukraine's energy infrastructure and enabling a Russian invasion: In a morning interview with host Bill Hemmer, Senator Cruz stated: “Europe is on the verge of war because of the...

WASHINGTON D.C. — Today, Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) led and passed a bipartisan resolution to condemn the horrific antisemitic terrorist attack on Congregation Beth Israel on January 15th, 2022. Senator Cruz was joined by 55 of his colleagues from both sides of the aisle. In part, the resolution: “…condemns antisemitism in the United States, and around the world; and reaffirms the commitment of the United States to condemn antisemitism in all its forms; to protect the right...

Washington, D.C. — Today, Senators Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Jon Ossoff (D-GA) introduced a bipartisan bill aimed at ensuring justice for the families of cold case victims of the Civil Rights era. The new legislative push, the Civil Rights Cold Case Investigations Support Act of 2022, would extend for three years the term of the Civil Rights Cold Case Review Board, which is tasked with investigations of cold case murders. Upon introducing the bill, Senator Cruz...

WASHINGTON D.C. — Today, Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) introduced an amendment to stop the flow of federal funds to schools and child care centers that enforce COVID-19 vaccine mandates on students and young children. The amendment would modify the short-term, $1.6 trillion continuing resolution (CR) to fund the Federal government through March 11, 2022 by prohibiting federal funding provided under the CR from being distributed to schools and child care centers that have a...

WASHINGTON D.C. — This week, Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX), Representatives Chip Roy (TX-21), and Representative Mike Johnson (LA-4) led a cohort of 42 other Republican Members of Congress in submitting an amicus brief to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in Feds for Medical Freedom v. Biden.  Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Mike Braun (R-Ind.), Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.), Steve Daines (R-Mont.), Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.), John Hoeven (R-N.D.), James...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, sent a letter to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) demanding answers into whether GoFundMe violated federal law after removing the “Freedom Convoy 2022 Fundraiser” from its platform and announcing it would redirect donations to charities approved by GoFundMe if donors failed to request a refund within two weeks. In the letter, the Senator noted that...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, sent a letter to President Biden co-signed by 32 senators rebuking the administration’s negotiations for a new Iran nuclear deal. Co-signers of the letter are: Sens. Hagerty (R-TN), Cotton (R-AR), Grassley (R-IA), Marshall (R-KS), Tillis (R-NC), Rubio (R-FL), Scott (R-SC), Cassidy (R-LA), Braun (R-IN), Scott (R-FL),...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) took to the Senate floor to highlight how President Biden’s weakness and appeasement have been manifested in foreign policy crisis across the world—the Biden-Harris administration has ceded Afghanistan to the Taliban, enabled a Russian invasion of Ukraine, and now are hurtling to provide a nuclear arsenal to the Iranian regime and cede Taiwan to China. He described how our Ukrainian allies have said again and again that the only...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) this week joined Fox News’ ‘Sunday Morning Futures’ with Maria Bartiromo to discuss the SCOTUS vacancy, GoFundMe’s decision to prevent donations from going to Freedom Convoy 2022—the truck drivers protesting against Canada’s vaccine mandate—and the potential Russian invasion of Ukraine. Highlights of his interview are below. WATCH: Sen. Cruz on Sunday Morning Futures On the SCOTUS vacancy and...

HOUSTON, Texas – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today condemned the Biden administration’s decision to restore civil nuclear waivers for international nuclear cooperation with Iran: “At a time when Iran is targeting the United States and our allies across the Middle East, the Biden administration is dismantling sanctions to allow them to build up their nuclear program. Along with unfreezing billions of dollars and looking the...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) sent a letter to over 700 Texas hospital executives about how President Biden’s Build Back Better Act would have a devastating impact on Texas hospitals, medical providers, and Texans who are uninsured or from underserved communities. As Sen. Cruz highlights in the letter, the Build Back Better Act would cut Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) and Uncompensated Care Pool (UCP) payments, which could cause a massive disruption in...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) today issued the following statement after multiple reports that bomb threats have been made to over a dozen historically black colleges and universities: "These threats of violence against historically black colleges and universities are abhorrent. No one should be threatened or targeted because of the color of their skin. Law enforcement can, will, and must find the cowards responsible for creating fear in these communities and bring them to...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) along with Sens. Tim Scott (R-SC) and Pat Toomey (R-Penn) officially introduced the FDIC Board Governance Reform Act, which would enhance the protection of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) from political meddling. The Scott-Cruz bill removes the Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and the Comptroller of the Currency as permanent members of the FDIC Board of Directors. All five seats on the board will...

COLLEYVILLE, Texas – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) held a press conference after meeting with Jewish leaders in Colleyville in the aftermath of the hostage crisis at Congregation Beth Israel. During his remarks, Sen. Cruz said: “When that attack [at Congregation Beth Israel] was ongoing, the eyes of Texas, the eyes of the entire country, the eyes of the world were on north Texas—were on this horrific act of terror being carried out in our backyard. And I will say it is an...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today sent a letter to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) demanding answers after the agency decided to limit the use of monoclonal antibody treatments this week. In the letter, the Senator asks: Identify who specifically decided to limit the use of these monoclonal antibodies to treat COVID-19. What was the reason for limiting the use of these monoclonal antibodies’ treatments on January 24th, 2022 allegedly due to Omicron,...

HOUSTON, TX. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) yesterday joined his colleagues on the Senate Judiciary Committee in demanding answers from Biden Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Christopher Wray about the terrorist who held four people hostage in an anti-Semitic, targeted attack at the Congregation Beth Israel Synagogue in Colleyville, Texas earlier this month. In the letter to...