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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Tonight, Senate Democrats blocked U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) from adding an amendment to the FY24 National Defense Authorization Act. The amendment, which is based on Sen. Cruz and Rep. Dan Bishop’s (R-N.C.) AMERICANS Act (S. 29), would have provided remedies to military servicemembers who were involuntarily separated from the military based solely on COVID-19 vaccine status, allowing these individuals to return to military service and to adjust their discharge...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), Kyrsten Sinema (I-Ariz.), Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.), and Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) introduced a bill to amend the National Trails System Act and designate Route 66 as a National Historic Trail. Importantly, this legislation would make the designation without harming Texas and American energy development projects in the areas around Route 66. Route 66, also known as the Will Rogers Highway, is more...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Deb Fischer (R-Neb) recently introduced legislation to stop a burdensome Environment Protection Agency (EPA) reporting requirement on family farmers and ranchers implemented by the Biden administration. The legislation would clarify that the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) is not intended to regulate manure odors, which pose no threat to public safety. It would also ensure that emergency first responders are not...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and John Cornyn (R-Texas) have introduced a bill to name a United States Postal Service (USPS) office in McAllen, Texas, in honor of Border Patrol Agent Raul Gonzalez, Jr., who died in the line of duty last year. About the bill, Sen. Cruz said, “I’m proud to support the renaming of the McAllen United States Postal Service to the Agent Raul H. Gonzalez Jr. Memorial Post Office. The renamed post office will serve as a reminder for...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), and Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.) introduced a bipartisan resolution declaring July 22, 2023 as the National Day of the American Cowboy. The resolution, honoring the culture, traditions, and values of the American Cowboy way of life, passed the U.S. Senate with unanimous support. Upon passage, Sen. Cruz said, “The people of Texas embody the principles of honesty, integrity, and hard work that have been ingrained in the American...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), along with Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va), today secured Senate passage of their bipartisan amendment to the FY24 National Defense Authorization Act prohibiting the sale of Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) crude oil to China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea. Sen. Cruz previously introduced similar legislation as the No Emergency Crude Oil for Foreign Adversaries Act in 2022 and earlier this year. Watch Sen. Cruz’s comments on the Senate...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.) chairman of the Senate Western Caucus, joined several of their colleagues in sending a letter to the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment and Related Agencies chairman Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) and ranking member Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) requesting that the subcommittee act on five major issues that significantly impact the economic and environmental well-being of the west. The letter focuses on the damage...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-La.), introduced the Offshore Energy Security Act of 2023 requiring the Department of the Interior (DOI) to hold two offshore oil and gas lease sales in 2024 and 2025. Despite a legal obligation to maintain an offshore leasing program, the Biden administration has delayed the finalization of the 5-Year Plan for offshore oil and gas and has publicly acknowledged the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) will not start...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and John Cornyn (R-Texas) introduced a Senate resolution celebrating the 100th anniversary of the founding of Texas Tech University. Text is below, and you can view the full resolution here. “Whereas, in 2023, Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas, is celebrating the 100th anniversary of the founding of the University; Whereas, established as Texas Technological College in 1923, the University opened 2 years later with an...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – As everyone from Swifties to seamheads voice frustration with hidden fees on tickets for concerts and baseball games, support from consumer advocacy groups, key ticket-industry entities, and fans is growing for the TICKET Act, bipartisan and bicameral legislation that would require all event ticket sellers to display the total ticket price—including all required fees—in any advertisement or marketing materials. Following the introduction of the TICKET Act,...

Good Evening, After a few week stint in Texas, my boots are back on the ground working in Washington D.C. as we resume session in the Senate. Following three victories on Supreme Court rulings that I authored amicus briefs in, I focused my efforts on introducing meaningful amendments to the NDAA, calling for a special probe of Merrick Garland following concerning developments, and meeting with Texans. One highlight of my week was speaking at the Voice for Freedom Korean Church Coalition for...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today introduced his Protecting America’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve from China Act as an amendment to the NDAA. The amendment prohibits the Department of Energy (DOE) from selling petroleum products (e.g., crude oil) from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) to any entity under the ownership, control, or influence of the Chinese Communist Party. It also requires DOE, as a condition...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Ranking Member Ted Cruz (R-Texas), and Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Chairman Joe Manchin (D-W.Va), announced that they had secured a bipartisan amendment to prevent the Biden administration from banning gas stoves in households across America in the Fiscal Year 2024 Financial Services and General Government (FSGG) funding bill. The amendment largely mirrors the bipartisan Gas Stoves Protection and Freedom Act that...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and U.S. Rep. Dan Bishop (R-N.C.) are introducing amendments to the FY24 National Defense Authorization Act. The amendments build on the National Defense Authorization Act of 2023, which (1) included language from legislation Cruz previously introduced to repeal the Department of Defense’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate and (2) required a report on how DOD adjudicated service member’s requests for an exemption from the mandate on...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations adopted U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz’s (R-Texas) amendment to streamline the presidential permitting process for building key bridges across the Rio Grande in Brownsville, Laredo, and Eagle Pass, Texas. The amendment, which was included in a bill authorizing funding for the State Department, secures a critical step in Sen. Cruz’s bicameral, bipartisan effort to see four international bridges that will help create...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), proud Hispanic Americans and members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today introduced the Respect for Hispanic Americans Act. The legislation would ban the use of the wholly-invented term “Latinx” in any official government communication by a federal agency or employee. Similar legislation has been introduced by both parties in the House of Representatives and at the state level. Earlier this...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today introduced the Deterring Egregious State Infiltration of Schools’ Training (DESIST) Act. The Act would prohibit the Department of Defense from establishing or maintaining a Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (JROTC) program at any private school operated or controlled by entities linked to the People’s Republic of China (PRC), Chinese Communist Party (CCP), or the...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken calling on him to rescind discriminatory guidance issued by the State Department halting bilateral scientific and technological cooperation in certain Israeli-held territories. The following Senators joined Sen. Cruz as cosigners of the letter: Sens. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), John Cornyn (R-Texas), Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), Rick Scott...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Ranking Member Ted Cruz (R-Texas) issued the following statement after President Biden signed into law the Changing Age-Determined Eligibility to Student Incentive Payments (CADETS) Act, bipartisan legislation he introduced with Sen. Gary Peters (D-Mich.). The bill extends financial assistance to older cadets who attend the Texas A&M Maritime Academy, or one of the other five state maritime academies, and who commit to a post-graduation...