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WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Tim Kaine (D-Va.) introduced the Restoring Electoral Fairness and Opposition Rights through Mandates for Accountability Act. This bipartisan legislation imposes sanctions on Nicaraguan officials for abuses that undermine American national security and interests, including religious persecution. Sen. Cruz said, “The Ortega regime in Nicaragua is engaging in human rights abuses, religious...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Mike Lee (R-Utah), Jim Banks (R-Ind.), Katie Britt (R-Ala.), Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), Rick Scott (R-Fla.), and Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) introduced the Stopping Border Surges Act. This legislation closes loopholes in the immigration system that enable child trafficking and incentivize fraudulent asylum claims. Sen. Cruz said, “Under President Trump, we have seen a 99% drop in border crossings through enforcement and other measures. Nevertheless,...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) issued statements following the Senate’s passage of the Officer John Barnes and Chief Michael Ansbro Public Safety Officers’ Benefits Program Expansion Act of 2026. This bipartisan bill speeds up benefit determinations for public safety officers by amending the existing Public Safety Officers’ Benefits (PSOB) program. Sen. Cruz said, “The Public Safety Officers' Benefits Program was created to ensure that our first...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Federal Courts, Oversight, Agency Action, and Federal Rights, and Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) introduced the Right to Worship Act. This legislation protects Americans' First Amendment right to the free exercise of religion by establishing a 100-foot protection zone that prohibits conduct disrupting scheduled religious services or impeding attendance. Sen. Cruz said, “The First Amendment guarantees...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) joined Sen. Katie Britt (R-Ala.) and colleagues in introducing the Keep Our Communities Safe Act. The legislation would close a legal loophole that currently requires immigration authorities to release back into the United States illegal aliens who have been detained for six months but have been rejected from other countries. Sen. Cruz said, “Illegal aliens who commit serious crimes should never be released back onto American streets for any...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Federal Courts, Oversight, Agency Action, and Federal Rights, chaired a hearing titled Hidden in Plain Sight: Confronting the Muslim Brotherhood Network in America. The hearing examined the Muslim Brotherhood’s efforts to seize influence inside American nonprofits, political organizations, universities, courts, taxpayer-funded programs, and other American institutions. Witnesses described the...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health Policy, and Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, introduced a resolution reaffirming America's support for free and fair elections in Venezuela. The resolution is cosponsored by U.S. Sens. Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Rick Scott (R-Fla.), Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) and Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.). Sen. Cruz said,...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Mike Lee (R-Utah), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), and Rand Paul (R-Ky.) reintroduced the Federal Insurance Office Abolishment Act. The legislation abolishes the Federal Insurance Office (FIO) within the U.S. Department of the Treasury, returning sole regulatory authority over the insurance industry to the states. Sen. Cruz said, “The Federal Insurance Office is a redundant, ever-expanding, unaccountable entity that infringes upon states’ authority...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Mike Lee (R-Utah), Steve Daines (R-Mont.), James Lankford (R-Okla.), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.), and Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) introduced the Protecting Our Kids from Harmful Research Act. This legislation prohibits the use of federal funds for research or publications that promote dangerous, life-altering, and irreversible gender transitions for minors. Sen. Cruz said, “The Protecting Our Kids from Harmful Research Act...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Federal Courts, Oversight, Agency Action, and Federal Rights, filed an amicus brief in defense of the original meaning of the Establishment Clause in Cave v. Jester. The brief, now before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, urges the court to reverse the ruling that ordered the removal of Arkansas’s Ten Commandments monument from the State Capitol grounds. Excerpts from the amicus...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health Policy, sent a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio urging the U.S. Department of State to establish a region-specific Travel Advisory that distinguishes Somaliland from Somalia. Below are highlights and excerpts from the letter: “The Department currently maintains a Level 4 “Do Not Travel” advisory for Somalia that applies equally to Somaliland. The Department’s...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) introduced the Improving America’s Literacy Act. This bipartisan legislation directs federal education funding toward instruction focused on teaching five essential pillars for literacy, based on the Science of Reading: phonemic awareness, phonics, vocabulary, fluency, and comprehension. Sen. Cruz said, “Decades of cognitive and educational research have established that instruction according to the Science of Reading...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health Policy, sent a bipartisan letter to U.S. Treasury Secretary Bessent outlining a strategy to counter illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing conducted by China’s distant-water fleet. The letter identifies vulnerabilities in China’s IUU fishing fleet linked to its reliance on a relatively limited number of support vessels, calls for the imposition of...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Federal Courts, Oversight, Agency Action, and Federal Rights, released the following statement after Aaron Reitz was appointed U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Texas. Sen. Cruz said, “I applaud Aaron Reitz’s appointment as U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Texas. Aaron served as my Chief of Staff for nearly two years, and I can attest that throughout his career, whether in law,...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Federal Courts, Oversight, Agency Action, and Federal Rights, and James Lankford (R-Okla.) were joined by six Senators and 35 Representatives in filing an amicus brief urging the Supreme Court to protect the constitutional rights of faith-based schools participating in school choice programs. The brief warns that allowing the Tenth Circuit’s decision to stand could undermine Congress’s tax credit...

WASHINGTON, D.C. –  U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Tim Kaine (D-VA) introduced the Feedstocks, Uniformity, Safety, and Energetics (FUSE) Act. This legislation establishes a Pentagon pilot program to evaluate the extent 3D-printable energetic materials can safely expand domestic production capacity and strengthen the defense industrial base. Sen. Cruz said, “Critical energetic materials like RDX and HMX are essential to modern weapons systems but are hazardous to produce and rely on a limited...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.), John Kennedy (R-La.), and Bill Cassidy (R-La.) introduced the Save Our Shrimpers Act. This bipartisan legislation prevents funds distributed through international financial institutions from being used to support foreign shrimp farming, processing, or export projects. Sen. Cruz said, “International financial institutions are financed by American taxpayer dollars and sustained through our diplomacy. They should not be...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee, delivered remarks as the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation advanced the Protect College Sports Act with overwhelming bipartisan support (19–9), sending the legislation to be considered by the full Senate. Click here or on the image above to watch Sen. Cruz’s remarks on the Protect College Sports Act. Please see below for Sen. Cruz’s opening remarks as prepared for delivery: “For...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Ted Budd (R-N.C.), and Ashley Moody (R-Fla.) introduced the Continuity of Military Parents' Academic Schooling and State Standards (COMPASS) Act. This legislation allows military families to continue following the homeschooling laws of the servicemember’s legal home state during Permanent Change of Station (PCS) moves, rather than immediately shifting to the laws of the new duty station state, reducing the burdens on those families and enhancing...