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WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today delivered remarks on the Senate floor applauding the inclusion of his and Sen. Jeanne Shaheen's (D-N.H.) bipartisan bill, S. 1441, Protecting Europe's Energy Security Act, which will impose devastating, targeted sanctions on companies and vessels involved in installing deep sea pipelines for Russia's Nord Stream 2, in the FY20 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). The House passed the...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the Senate unanimously passed Senate Resolution 150, led by U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), which states it is the policy of the United States to commemorate the Armenian Genocide through official recognition and remembrance. Following the Senate's passage, Sen. Cruz said: "Today, the Senate finally took a stand and spoke the truth - spoke the truth to darkness, spoke truth to evil, spoke truth to murder, spoke truth to genocide - and finally...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement regarding legislation to sanction Turkey: "Turkey is a NATO ally and I would like to keep it that way, but the primary purpose of that alliance is to defend Europe and the rest of the world against Russian aggression and weaponry, and that has to be preserved. As I said to President Erdogan at the White House last month, part of that alliance means not installing...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today questioned Inspector General Michael Horowitz on his report regarding alleged abuses by the Department of Justice and FBI of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) against then-candidate Donald Trump. As an alumnus of the Department of Justice, where he served as an Associate Deputy Attorney General under President Bush, Sen. Cruz said: "Now, the press has focused on your specific...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - This week, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), chairman of the Senate subcommittee on the Constitution, appeared on several national radio and TV shows to discuss the fallout from House Democrats' impeachment circus and Inspector General Michael Horowitz's FISA report, which outlines serious misconduct at both the DOJ and FBI. This morning, ahead of IG Horowitz's testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Sen. Cruz appeared on Fox News' ‘America's News HQ' with Bill...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) today introduced the Significant Transnational Criminal Organization Designation Act, legislation that would subject certain foreign criminal organizations like drug cartels to sanctions, including immigration, financial, and criminal penalties. The process would be similar to the system used for designating entities as Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs). Sens. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), John Cornyn (R-Texas), Lindsey...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), along with Sens. Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), John Kennedy (R-La.), Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), Mike Lee (R-Utah), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), John Cornyn (R-Texas), Ben Sasse (R-Neb.), and Mike Braun (R-Ind.), today reintroduced the Financial Institution Customer Protection Act, (S. 3003). This bill prohibits federal regulators from arbitrarily forcing banking institutions to terminate their relationships with legal businesses solely...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) on Monday participated in a roundtable discussion with President Donald Trump, Vice President Mike Pence, Department of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, along with Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick (R-Texas), several teachers, parents, and students focused on empowering American families with educational freedom and opportunities. Video of Sen. Cruz's remarks may be viewed here. At the roundtable discussion, Sen. Cruz said: "I've been proud to work with...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Tonight, the Senate and House Armed Services Committees released the conference report for the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2020, which includes U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Jeanne Shaheen's (D-N.H.) bipartisan bill imposing devastating, targeted sanctions on those involved in installing Russia's Nord Stream 2. If completed, this natural gas pipeline would vastly strengthen President Vladimir Putin at the expense of the rest of the free world....

HOUSTON, Texas - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), chairman of the Senate subcommittee on the Constitution, today appeared on NBC's ‘Meet the Press' with Chuck Todd to discuss House Democrats' attempt to impeach President Trump regardless of facts or evidence. As Sen. Cruz explained: "This is a kangaroo court in the House. They're going to impeach, not because they have the evidence but because they hate the president and want to undo the election. But it's going to go to the Senate. It's...

HOUSTON, Texas - This week, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) appeared on the House Freedom Caucus podcast hosted by Rep. Jody Hice (R-Ga.) and ‘Louder with Crowder' with Steven Crowder, where he discussed the pattern of political censorship and bias from Big Tech, the House Democrat's circus impeachment process, and news of the day. On the House Freedom Caucus podcast, Sen. Cruz highlighted his concerns with Big Tech and its troubling pattern of political censorship, which he described as "the...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, along with ranking member Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), this week went to the Senate floor to urge their colleagues to take up and pass their bipartisan resolution recognizing the Armenian genocide, which resulted in the death of 1.5 million Armenians. The resolution was once again blocked. As Sen. Cruz said: "We must never be silenced in response to atrocities. Over 100 years ago, the world was...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), this week participated in the Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, Transnational Crime, Civilian Security, Democracy, Human Rights, and Global Women's Issues Hearing titled "Illicit Mining: Threats to U.S. National Security and International Human Rights." There, Sen. Cruz expressed his concerns regarding the illicit mining and trafficking of natural resources, such as gold and uranium that can be used to bankroll terrorist...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, along with Sens. Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), chairman and ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and Ben Cardin (D-Md.), chairman and ranking member of the Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, Chris Coons (D-Dela.), and Tim Kaine (D-Va.), introduced a resolution expressing grave concern over irregularities following Bolivia's general...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today announced its commitment to allocate nearly $240 million in Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) funds to help Texans repair housing, businesses, and critical infrastructure damaged by multiple flooding events in South Texas and Tropical Storm Imelda. In response, U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and John Cornyn (R-Texas) issued the following statements applauding HUD's announcement of these...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Big Tech has once again deemed itself top arbiter of what is appropriate content for the American people. In the latest example of Big Tech censoring voices with which they disagree, YouTube, a subsidiary of Google and the second most visited webpage in the world, removed from its site more than 300 political ads in support of President Trump. When YouTube's CEO Susan Wojcicki was asked about the decision to remove certain ads during an interview on CBS News' 60 Minutes, she...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today at a hearing on the future of U.S. policy toward Russia, urged the administration to finally use its statutory authority to stop Russia's Nord Stream 2, a natural gas pipeline that will vastly strengthen President Vladimir Putin hands at the expense of the rest of the free world. Warning undersecretary of state for political affairs David Hale about the dangers of Nord Stream 2 at the...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today issued the following statement applauding the Senate's confirmation of Dan Brouillette to be U.S. Secretary of Energy: "I'm pleased that a Texan will once again take the reins at the Department of Energy. Texas stands as a pillar in America's energy renaissance. The United States has become the number one producer of crude oil and natural gas on the planet, surpassing both Russia and Saudi Arabia in crude oil production, and a net exporter of...

HOUSTON, Texas –U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today issued the following statement in advance of Thanksgiving Day: “Our nation has a rich tradition of gratitude. This week, Americans will gather with loved ones to celebrate the blessings of liberty. We thank God for our country, for the gift of freedom, and for the generations of men and women in our Armed Forces who have defended our way of life. For that, among many other blessings, there is much to be immensely thankful for this...