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HOUSTON, Texas - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today issued the following statement after President Biden unveiled a $2 trillion infrastructure plan that will destroy American jobs and stunt economic growth: "Rebuilding America's infrastructure should be a bipartisan effort, focused on strengthening America's highways, bridges, and roads. Unfortunately, under President Biden, we've seen the radical Left emboldened to hijack Congress' important work to push their extreme partisan agenda and today...

HOUSTON, Texas - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) this week appeared on Fox News' ‘Hannity' and ‘Fox & Friends' to discuss his recent Congressional Delegation trip to the border and President Biden's upcoming massive infrastructure spending package. Highlights of his interviews are below. WATCH: Sen. Cruz on Fox: President Biden's Decisions Created This Border Crisis On his trip to the border and the ongoing crisis caused by President Biden's policies, Sen. Cruz said: "We encountered...

Greetings, Last week, I led a delegation of 18 of my Senate Republican colleagues to the southern border in the Rio Grande Valley (RGV) of Texas to see firsthand the ongoing crisis. The first night, we went out with Border Patrol agents on their midnight patrol and witnessed a stream of people crossing into the country illegally, many young children and mothers, turning themselves in to agents. During the night patrol, we heard cartel members taunting us as we toured the border. They knew...

DALLAS, Texas - As the desperate crisis on our southern border continues to spiral out of control, newly released projections estimate that this surge could last at least seven more months and result in 159,000 to 184,000 unaccompanied children crossing the border illegally before the end of September. Yesterday Axios reported that in September 2021, approximately 22,000 to 26,000 unaccompanied minors are expected to come into the United States, showing there is no end in sight for this crisis....

HOUSTON, Texas - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today appeared on Fox News' ‘Sunday Morning Futures' to discuss what he saw after leading a group of 18 his Senate colleagues to visit the border. Watch Sen. Cruz's full interview with Maria Bartiromo here. Key excerpts are included below. WATCH: Cruz on Fox Discusses Recent Border Tour & Heartbreaking Realities of the Crisis President Biden Created On what he saw touring the Donna U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) facility, Sen....

HOUSTON, Texas - After leading a Congressional Delegation (CODEL) to the southern border last week, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) sent a letter today to President Biden demanding press access for a tour of the Kay Bailey Hutchinson ("KBH") Convention Center in Dallas, a facility housing illegal immigrants awaiting processing. Sen. Cruz slammed President Biden for not allowing any press access for his delegation's tour of the Donna Facility, in Donna, Texas, or a second makeshift holding location...

MISSION, Texas - U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and John Cornyn (R-Texas), joined by Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.), John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Susan Collins (R-Maine), Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), John Hoeven (R-N.D.), Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), Mike Lee (R-Utah), Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), Steve Daines (R-Mont.), James Lankford (R-Okla.), Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), John Kennedy (R-La.), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), Mike Braun (R-Ind.), and Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) this...

MISSION, Texas - U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and John Cornyn (R-Texas) last night led a Congressional Delegation (CODEL) with 17 of their Senate colleagues to see the ongoing crisis at the border firsthand in Mission, Texas. Sen. Cruz and his colleagues were given a tour of the border by the National Border Patrol Council after attending a muster with border patrol agents ahead of their nightly patrol. Sens. Cruz and Cornyn were joined by Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.), John Barrasso (R-Wyo.),...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.), Mike Lee (R-Utah), Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.), Mike Braun (R-Ind.), and John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) today introduced legislation that would require the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to issue a Notice to Appear (NTA) in court prior to releasing any immigrant who illegally entered into the United States. Upon introduction of this bill, Sen. Cruz said: "There is an absolute humanitarian, national security, and public health...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), John Kennedy (R-La.), and Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) today introduced legislation that would ensure Americans continue to have access to liquefied natural gas (LNG) transported by rail. The bill effectively codifies a June 2020 Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) rule allowing the bulk transportation of liquefied natural gas by rail. It prohibits the Secretary of Transportation from restricting the activities permitted in...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), John Kennedy (R-La.), and Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) today introduced the Natural Gas Export Expansion Act, which eliminates onerous regulations that discourage liquefied natural gas (LNG) trade and increases LNG exports to the over 160 countries in the World Trade Organization (WTO). This legislation offers an effective vehicle to fortify our nation's energy security, reduce emissions at home and...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Every day new details emerge about the humanitarian crisis on our southern border. As Sen. Cruz leads a group of his Senate colleagues in a visit to the border, they will be able to see firsthand the crisis that is unfolding there. Unfortunately, the American people will not, as the Biden administration continues to prevent free and fair reporting on the humanitarian, national security, and public health ramifications of this crisis. Over the last four decades and four...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Dick Durbin (D-Il.), Rick Scott (R-Fla.), and Ben Cardin (D-Md.) today applauded the Senate Foreign Relations Committee's unanimous approval of a bipartisan resolution (S.Res.44), which condemns last year's fraudulent legislative elections by the Maduro regime. The bipartisan resolution also denounces the lack of free, fair, and transparent elections in Venezuela, as well as the continued erosion of...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today introduced the Reassurance for Official Contacts (ROC) Act, which would prohibit the Biden administration from reinstating 2015 Obama administration policy guidelines that prohibited the display of the Taiwanese flag by their service members and diplomats. Last year, Sen. Cruz successfully pushed the Trump administration to reverse the 2015 guidelines, including by introducing the Taiwan SOS...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Ahead of today's Senate Rules Committee hearing on Democrats' radical ‘For the People' Act, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today penned an op-ed for Real Clear Politics outlining the dangerous provisions of the bill, which if signed into law will overhaul state election laws, destroy election integrity, and cement Democrat control for decades. In the op-ed, Sen. Cruz wrote: "Democrats call this bill the For the People Act, or HR 1, but a more appropriate name would be the...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today joined every Republican member of the Senate Judiciary Committee to send a letter to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) urging him to schedule a second hearing for President Biden's controversial nominee for U.S. Associate Attorney General, Vanita Gupta, because of her misleading statements to the Committee. Co-signers of the letter include Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), Thom...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today ramped up pressure on President Biden to allow free and fair reporting on the humanitarian, national security, and public health crises at the southern border. This comes ahead of a tour Sens. Cruz and John Cornyn (R-Texas) will lead on Friday to the Rio Grande Valley. In a letter, Sen. Cruz wrote: "As part of our oversight duties as Senators, I and 14 of my colleagues will travel to the border this week to talk to the brave men and women on...

HOUSTON, Texas - In response to the Biden administration's continued lack of transparency, U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Tom Tillis (R-N.C.), Mike Lee (R-Utah), Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), and John Kennedy (R-La.) today sent a letter to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra demanding answers on how their departments are...

HOUSTON, Texas - U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), John Boozman (R-Ark.), and Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) today sent a bipartisan letter to Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Acting Director Rob Fairweather urging the agency to abandon plans to change the current definition of a Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA). The letter was co-signed by Sens. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), Roy Blunt (R-Mo.), Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.), Mike Crapo...