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WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) introduced the Universal School Choice Act. The bill allows for up to $10 billion annually in dollar-for-dollar federal tax credits for individuals and businesses that contribute to nonprofit scholarship granting organizations supporting students’ educational opportunities. It builds on previous legislation filed by Sen. Cruz, the Education Freedom Scholarships and Opportunity Act. The bill is designed to enhance universal school choice and options...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and John Cornyn (R-Texas) introduced legislation to reimburse the State of Texas for the more than $11 billion dollars Texas taxpayers spent on Operation Lone Star, Texas’ border security mission launched due to President Biden’s dereliction of duty. Sen. Cruz said, “Texas was on the frontlines of the Biden administration’s open border crisis, and Texans were on their own dealing with the consequences. I am proud to stand with Governor Abbott and...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and John Cornyn (R-Texas) today introduced the Livestock Indemnity Program Enhancement Act, which helps ensure Texas cattle ranchers impacted by natural disasters have access to resources they need to recover. Sen. Cruz said, “The Texas Panhandle is a critical component of our state’s agricultural economy. Last year I visited areas devastated by the wildfires, and I made a commitment to the Texans affected by that disaster to secure the disaster relief...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), John Cornyn (R-Texas), and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) introduced the Strengthening Tactics to Obstruct the Population of Screwworms (STOP Screwworms) Act, which would authorize funds for and direct the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to begin construction on a new sterile fly production facility to combat the growing New World screwworm (NWS) outbreak that threatens to wreak havoc on the American cattle industry: Sen. Cruz said, “Texas...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) announced key senior staff hires and promotions in his Washington, D.C. office. OMRI CEREN promoted to Senior Advisor for Policy and Communications. Omri previously served as National Security Advisor and then Legislative Director for Senator Cruz. Before joining Sen. Cruz’s staff, he was programmatic director at The Israel Project, a nonprofit focused on working with journalists and the public on Middle East issues, and before that was a political...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today introduced the Invest America Act. The bill establishes a private tax-advantaged account with a $1,000 seed investment from the federal government for every American child at birth.  Meanwhile, the bill made a major advance when the U.S. House of Representatives today released a version of Senator Cruz’s bill in the House Ways and Means Committee budget package.  Sen. Cruz said, “The Invest America Act will trigger fundamental and...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) issued a statement after President Trump signed into law his Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution to rescind a consumer appliance regulation on natural gas water heaters, which was imposed by the Biden-Harris administration in December 2024. If left in place, the regulation would have increased costs and limited consumer choice for Americans.  Sen. Cruz said, “The Biden-Harris administration knew they were increasing costs on American...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) introduced the Foreign Influence Transparency and Accountability Actto penalize universities that take money from foreign adversaries and do not report foreign funding as required by the Higher Education Act. Sen. Cruz said, “The Chinese Communist Party expends vast resources to control what Americans see, hear, and ultimately think, as do other adversaries including Russia and Iran. Unchecked foreign funding flowing into American universities...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, introduced legislation to safeguard Americans’ Second Amendment rights and prevent guns from falling into the wrong hands. The Protecting Communities and Preserving the Second Amendment Act would take concrete steps to improve the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS), prosecute gun crime and crack down on...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Ted Budd (R-N.C.), and Tim Sheehy (R-Mont.) introduced theAuthorizing Vocational and Instructional Aviation Training for Eligible Veterans Act to allow eligible veterans to use their Veteran Readiness and Employment (VR&E) benefits for non-degree flight training programs expanding opportunities for veterans pursuing commercial aviation careers. Sen. Cruz said, “One of the biggest challenges I hear about from veterans in Texas is finding...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Rick Scott (R-Fla.), Katie Britt (R-Ala.), and Mike Lee (R-Utah) introduced the Reaffirming Every Servicemember’s Trust Over Religious Exemptions (RESTORE) Act. This bill would require the Department of Defense (DoD) to establish a Special Review Board to audit the service-wide handling of religious accommodation requests related to the COVID-19 vaccine mandate. The Board would be charged with identifying those who were unjustly penalized, and...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), John Cornyn (R-Texas), and Rep. Brian Babin (R-TX-36) introduced the Jocelyn Nungaray National Wildlife Refuge Act, which would codify President Trump’s Executive Order renaming the Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge near Houston, Texas, to the Jocelyn Nungaray National Refuge. Sen. Cruz said, “The murder of Jocelyn Nungaray by illegal aliens should never have happened, and I have fought to ensure justice for her and the Nungaray family. This bill...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) introduced the Universal Savings Account Act, a bill that allows American families to save without the restrictions and penalties associated with traditional tax advantaged accounts. Sen. Cruz said, “A simple and accessible incentive savings plan will provide families with a way to establish financial security and prosperity. This bill provides a straightforward solution to those challenges. I strongly urge my colleagues to pass this bill for the...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), a member of the Judiciary Committee, and Jon Ossoff (D-GA) introduced The Civil Rights Cold Cases Records Collection Reauthorization Act. This bill would extend the term of the Civil Rights Cold Case Review Board by four years. The board is tasked with investigating criminal investigations from the Civil Rights Era, led by a panel of private citizens appointed by the President. Sen. Cruz said, “Civil Rights cold case victims and their families...

Washington, D.C. – Yesterday, the bipartisan, bicameral TAKE IT DOWN Act, introduced in the Senate by Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and co-led by Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), passed the U.S. House of Representatives by a vote of 409-2 and heads to President Trump’s desk. The legislation unanimously passed the Senate in February. The TAKE IT DOWN Act criminalizes the publication of non-consensual intimate imagery (NCII), including AI-generated NCII (or “deepfake revenge...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) issued a statement following the Trump administration’s announcement of a deal with Mexico to secure shipments of water Mexico owes to the United States under the 1944 Water Treaty. Sen. Cruz said, “Mexico’s failures to uphold its water obligations have been devastating to Texas farmers and cities. I have been fighting for years to secure those deliveries, including by advancing sanctions legislation in the United States Senate and by emphasizing...

MIDLAND, TX – Yesterday, U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Chairman of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, and Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission Brendan Carr, toured AST SpaceMobile’s facilities in Midland and Odessa, Texas. They were briefed on the company’s mission to develop the world’s first space-based cellular broadband network capable of directly connecting to mobile phones. Sen. Cruz said, “AST SpaceMobile is building the future of global...

DALLAS, TX – U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today applauded Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy’s announcement that the Texas A&M System will lead a new Center for Advanced Aviation Technologies (CAAT) with laboratory and testing locations in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex and across the Lone Star State. Sen. Cruz authored and championed a provision in the bipartisan FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024 authorizing the creation of a new federal research and testing...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Steve Daines (R-Mont.), and colleagues celebrated the passage of the bipartisan resolution designating April 19th through April 27th as National Park Week for 2025. The resolution encourages people from across the country to visit, experience, recreate in, and support America’s treasured national parks. Upon introduction, Sen. Cruz said, “America is home to some of the most beautiful natural treasures on earth, like the Guadalupe Mountains in...