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WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement after Britain announced it will give Huawei approval to build its 5G network: "Today's decision by the British government is deeply unfortunate and will endanger the national security of Britain, as well as the United States, and our allies, for generations to come. Huawei's activities and infrastructure are a global espionage operation run on behalf of the Chinese...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Democrats and the mainstream media have pounced on the leak of former National Security Advisor John Bolton's manuscript. But they're refusing to acknowledge the serious evidence of corruption concerning Burisma, a Ukrainian natural gas company, which had Hunter Biden on its board. Why? Because, for them, this is all about undoing the results of the 2016 election and undermining the 2020 election. As Sen. Cruz noted on the Mark Levin Show: "[Democrats] are trying to...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today the White House's defense team will continue to lay out President Trump's case. To the surprise of no one, Democrats and members of the mainstream media are continuing to follow the playbook they tried to use against Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh. WATCH: Burisma, Biden, and the Bribery Democrats Want You to Forget About As U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) said this morning: "Last week we had Lev Parnas on Maddow and ‘secret tapes.' This week, the ‘Bolton...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - After months of attacks from House Democrats, the President's defense team was finally given a chance on Saturday to lay out the President's case. U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), chairman of the Subcommittee on The Constitution, appeared on Fox News' ‘Justice' with Judge Jeanine Pirro, where he discussed his top takeaways from the defense's opening arguments and what he expects to happen during the trial next week. On the White House defense team, Sen. Cruz outlined his...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - On Friday, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) spoke with Fox News' Mike Emmanuel and appeared on The Ben Shapiro Show and Joe Pags Show, ahead of the President's defense team's opening arguments. On Fox News, Sen. Cruz shared his advice for the White House's defense team, saying: "Focus on making the case on the merits and laying out the factual reasons for the President's innocence. The President is innocent of these charges. The Senate is going to acquit him. It's going to find...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - For two days, Democratic House Managers have sanctimoniously lectured the American people from the Senate floor. But there's a light at the end of the tunnel - Reps. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) and Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.) are finally wrapping up their oral arguments. Tomorrow will be the first time in which the President and his lawyers will be able to make their case to the American people, which is why U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), chairman of the Subcommittee on The Constitution,...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today released a video message supporting the 2020 March for Life, where hundreds of thousands of Americans rally in D.C. and across the country in support of pro-life policies at all levels of government. Watch Sen. Cruz's video message here. A full transcript is below. "This week marks the 47th tragic anniversary of Roe v. Wade. Since that decision, over 61 million unborn children have lost their lives. All of the little boys and little girls...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Members of mainstream media are continuing to do the Democrats' heavy lifting: dismissing the credible evidence of real corruption concerning Ukraine and Hunter Biden. MSNBC contributor and Rachael Maddow Show producer Steve Benen today wrote: "Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) added on Twitter yesterday afternoon: "A reminder of what this is all about: any president - any administration - is justified in investigating corruption." Trump helped promote the missive soon after. "Do we...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - On Wednesday, while the American people were lectured and President Trump was attacked all afternoon and late into the evening, Democratic House Manager Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) reminded us all about the real reason behind the House's impeachment inquiry: the upcoming 2020 presidential election, and undoing the results of the 2016 election. During the Schiff-show, he said: "The President's misconduct cannot be decided at the ballot box. For we cannot be assured that the...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, and Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.), member of the House Armed Services Committee, today applauded the Trump administration for recent pressure in response to Iranian malign activity and called for the administration to use an upcoming deadline to end remaining civil waivers stemming from the Joint...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, House Managers Reps. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) and Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.) continued to lecture the American people and attack President Trump for fulfilling his responsibility to investigate American corruption in a foreign country. Last night, Rep. Nadler said: "Can you believe that he was concerned with corruption and only knew about one company when there are hundreds of thousands that were accused of corruption?" Really? Burisma wasn't just any company: It was one of...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), chairman of the Subcommittee on The Constitution, today released the following statement during the Senate Impeachment Trial as Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) introduced amendments to Leader Mitch McConnell's organizing resolution to call more witnesses: "Don't be fooled by Democrats' last-minute fishing attempt to bring in yet more witnesses into the Senate. Democrats had months of one-sided partisan hearings in the House, and they explicitly chose...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - As the first day of the impeachment trial is underway in the Senate, Democrats remain hell-bent on impeaching the president, regardless of the Constitutional standard. Which is no surprise; Democrats have been determined to impeach President Trump since day one. The irony is, last time the country endured impeachment, the key players were singing a different tune. DEMOCRATS THEN Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) claims Republicans are engaged in a cover-up. However, don't forget,...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) just offered his first amendment on the Senate floor asking to subpoena privileged documents - documents that the House didn't feel were necessary to fully pursue when they were building their case. As U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), chairman of the Subcommittee on The Constitution, has explained time and time again, the House had every opportunity to not only issue subpoenas for documents, but to also enforce those subpoenas in the...

HOUSTON, Texas - Amidst Congressional Democrats' attempts to undo the results of the 2016 election, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), chairman of the Subcommittee on The Constitution, on Sunday appeared on Fox News' ‘Sunday Morning Futures' with Maria Bartiromo where he discussed his ongoing concerns about Big Tech's unchecked influence in past elections, and what that means for 2020 and beyond. Specifically, Sen. Cruz discussed testimony from respected academic Dr. Robert Epstein, who...

HOUSTON, Texas - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), chairman of the Subcommittee on The Constitution, today appeared on Fox News' ‘Sunday Morning Futures' with Maria Bartiromo to give a preview of the Senate's impeachment trial. When asked about President Trump's defense team's letter filed with the Senate late last night in response to Speaker Nancy Pelosi's Articles of Impeachment, Sen. Cruz said: "I do think what we've seen coming out of the House is an abuse of the Constitution. And the...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), chairman of the Senate Subcommittee on the Constitution, today issued the following statement applauding President Trump for proposing new rules to protect religious freedom for students and organizations: "By protecting the right to express one's faith at school or through a religious organization, the Trump administration is taking a stand for one of our most fundamental freedoms. Increasingly, we see religious freedom and conscience rights...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee along with Sens. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) and Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), co-chairs of the Senate Taiwan Caucus, led a letter today congratulating President Tsai Ing-wen on reelection as President of Taiwan. They were joined by Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), John Boozman (R-Ark.), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), John Cornyn (R-Texas), Joe Manchin...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today released the following video in advance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, this Monday, January 20. In the video, Sen. Cruz said: "Today we celebrate Martin Luther King. In my office, I have the busts of three transformative heroes: a bust of Winston Churchill, a bust of Ronald Reagan, and a bust of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. All three fought for freedom, understood the power of words, and vision, and the power of speaking truth. "Dr. King urged...