Press Releases

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and John Cornyn (R-Texas) today released the following statements after the Senate confirmed David Morales to fill a judicial vacancy on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas in Corpus Christi: "I am delighted my Senate colleagues have confirmed David Morales to the federal bench," Sen. Cruz said. "His wealth of experience, coupled with his dedication to the rule of law and principled professionalism will serve Texans in...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today participated in a hearing with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on the Trump Administration’s FY 2020 State Department Budget Request. There, Sen. Cruz urged the State Department to stop approving ongoing programs that allow Iran to build up its nuclear program, which Iran has used as cover to pursue nuclear weapons. “If you look to the extraordinary results that the Israeli...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), chairman of the Senate subcommittee on the Constitution, today is chairing a hearing entitled, “Stifling Free Speech: Technological Censorship and the Public Discourse.” The hearing will focus on addressing concerns over social media bias and censorship with representatives from Twitter and Facebook as well as several victims of social media bias. Livestream of Sen. Cruz’s hearing may be viewed here.   “In...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, and Ranking Member Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) yesterday introduced a Senate resolution to ensure the foreign policy of the United States reflects appropriate understanding and sensitivity concerning the Armenian Genocide. Carried out by the Ottoman Empire from 1915 to 1923, the Armenian Genocide resulted in the forced deportation of nearly 2 million Armenians, of whom 1.5 million were...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, today participated in a nomination hearing to consider nominees for crucial judicial vacancies in Texas and across the country. There, he delivered remarks before the full committee on the nominations of Jeffrey Vincent Brown, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of Texas and Brantley Starr, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today on the Senate floor joined Sens. Doug Jones (D-Ala.), Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.), Kamala Harris (D-Calif.), Tim Kaine (D-Va.), and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) in a bipartisan reading of Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr.’s 1963 Letter from Birmingham Jail in commemoration of the upcoming 56th anniversary of its writing. Reverend Martin Luther King Jr.’s full letter can be viewed here. Following Sen. Cruz’s participation in...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today issued the following statement in response to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s [CBP] release of their apprehensions for the month of March. In the report, the CBP released astonishing apprehension statistics, which notably have not been reported as high since 2014: “In Fiscal Year 2019 to date, the U.S. Border Patrol has seen a more than 370% increase in the number of family units apprehended compared to the same...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today issued the following statement applauding the Trump administration for designating Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO): "I applaud President Trump and his administration for taking the long overdue step of designating Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a Foreign Terrorist Organization. I have called on previous administrations to acknowledge this basic fact, and in 2015 and...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) introduced Senate Resolution 143 today, a resolution recognizing the contributions of the Israeli-American community and condemning all forms of discrimination against them. The Resolution is as follows: Whereas Israeli-Americans are a vibrant immigrant community contributing to the diversity of the United States; Whereas Israeli-Americans, including those on college campuses in the United States,...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Rand Paul (R-Ky.), and Mike Lee (R-Utah) today reintroduced the Retirement Freedom Act (S.1030), a bill that will empower senior citizens and create more options and opportunities for healthcare. This bill would allow senior citizens the choice to opt-out of Medicare Part A and utilize other healthcare options without being forced to lose their Social Security benefits. Rep. Gary Palmer (R-Ala.) introduced companion legislation in the House of...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), chairman of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary's Subcommittee on the Constitution, today sent a letter to Yale Law School's Dean Heather Gerken demanding answers surrounding accusations that Yale students are being denied financial assistance due to their religious affiliations. In the letter, Sen. Cruz notified Dean Gerken of his intent to investigate Yale's policy which he believes is "unconstitutional animus and a specific discriminatory...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and John Cornyn (R-Texas) today released the following statements after the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary approved the nominations of Sean Jordan for the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas in Plano, Wes Hendrix for the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas in Lubbock, and Mark Pittman for the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas in Fort Worth: "I am grateful my colleagues on the...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today issued the following statement on the potential closure of the U.S.-Mexico border: "Closing the border to legal commerce would be devastating to Texas. Millions of jobs, in Texas and across the country, depend upon trade with Mexico, and the federal government shouldn't do anything to jeopardize those jobs. "Of course, we should secure the border. We must. Our broken immigration system and years of unwillingness to secure our southern border...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) on Tuesday met with several Texas groups in his Washington, D.C. Senate office. Before addressing members of the Texas Bankers Association, Sen. Cruz met with members of the El Paso Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. In his meeting with the Chamber, Sen. Cruz thanked the members for their efforts on behalf of El Paso businesses and community leaders. "It's a pleasure to have the opportunity to meet with the Hispanic job creators and community leaders of...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation passed the bipartisan E-FRONTIER Act and the bipartisan Space Frontier Act by voice vote. The E-FRONTIER Act, which U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) is leading with Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) would put into place protections for commercial 5G broadband networks from nationalization without the explicit authorization from Congress. Reps. Tony Cárdenas (D-Calif.), Susan Brooks (R-Ind.), Filemon...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, along with Sens. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), John Cornyn (R-Texas), Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Todd Young (R-Ind.), Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), Bill Cassidy (R-La.), Chris Coons (D-Del.), and Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) introduced new comprehensive legislation to help...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – El día de hoy, el Senador Ted Cruz (R-Texas), un miembro del Comité de Relaciones Exteriores del Senado, se reunió con los familiares de los seis ejecutivos de CITGO, cinco de los son Tejanos, que ahora están detenidos como rehenes por el régimen de Nicolás Maduro en Venezuela. Desde noviembre del 2017, el régimen ha tenido detenido al: ex vicepresidente de refinación Tomeu Vadell, el ex vicepresidente de suministro...

WASHINGTON, D.C.  – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today met with family members of six CITGO executives, five of whom are from Texas, currently being held hostage by the Nicolás Maduro regime in Venezuela. Since November 2017, the regime has held hostage CITGO’s former vice president for refining Tomeu Vadell, former vice president for supply Jorge Toledo, former vice president for shared services Jose Luis Zambrano,...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), chairman of the Subcommittee on Aviation and Space, along with Sens. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.), Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), Ed Markey (D-Mass.), and Gary Peters (D-Mich.) this week introduced the Space Frontier Act. This bipartisan bill would secure funding to continue operations for the International Space Station (ISS) through 2030, eliminate overreaching regulations to support further development of the commercial space sector, and to strengthen...