Press Releases

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) on Thursday sent a letter to Attorney General Loretta Lynch, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Jeh Johnson, and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director James Comey, questioning the administration’s pattern of ineffectiveness at preventing terror attacks on American soil in light of the recent bombings in New York and New Jersey carried out by Ahmad Khan Rahami. In the letter, Sen. Cruz identifies multiple red flags...

September 30, 2016 America has long been a beacon of hope for all those who have endured oppression around the globe. We have welcomed refugees for centuries, and we will continue to uphold that generous spirit. Unfortunately, with the rise of ISIS and its sympathizers, we also face an enemy that has vowed to infiltrate our refugee system in order to attack us. That very real and present danger requires increased vigilance.  But rather than taking basic steps to protect the American people,...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), and Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) on Wednesday joined together to introduce a bipartisan resolution honoring Cuban dissident Guillermo “El Coco” Fariñas and his ongoing struggle for political freedom and human rights in oppressive and totalitarian Cuba. This summer, Fariñas, a distinguished recipient of the 2010 Andrei Sakharov Prize from the European Parliament, inquired with Cuban authorities about...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Thursday, an article in The Washington Free Beacon detailed U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz’s opposition to President Obama’s nomination of the first U.S. ambassador to Cuba in more than 50 years and highlighted Cruz’s most recent efforts in the Senate to call attention to the plight of the Cuban people. “President Obama’s decision to try to jam through his nominee to be Ambassador to Cuba during the lame duck session is just the most recent example...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) today sent a letter to Secretary of State John Kerry, urging the Obama administration to step up its efforts against the corrupt Nicaraguan government’s assault on democracy. Specifically, the senators called on the administration to ensure a robust international election observation and monitoring effort is undertaken for the upcoming November 6 presidential election.  Cruz and Rubio highlighted how the...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today released the following statement regarding Senate passage of the continuing resolution: “Rather than kicking the can down the road, Congress should have taken this opportunity to produce a funding bill that reduces wasteful spending and includes meaningful reforms that decrease regulations and lift burdens on small businesses and job creators. “Glaringly absent from this legislation is any action by Congress to stop...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), in today’s Judiciary immigration subcommittee hearing, highlighted serious problems with the Obama administration’s refugee resettlement efforts, including the federal government’s inadequate refugee vetting process. While questioning State Department Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Simon Henshaw, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Director León Rodríguez, and Department of Health and Human Services...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today released a statement praising the Senate’s successful vote to override President Obama’s veto of the bipartisan Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act (JASTA). This legislation would allow American victims of terrorism to obtain compensation in federal courts from foreign governments responsible for acts of terror committed in the United States. If the House joins the Senate in voting to override the president, this will...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) on Tuesday penned an op-ed for Conservative Review, raising concerns regarding the Obama administration’s failing counterterrorism efforts and its unwillingness to identify common patterns of behavior preceding radical Islamic terror attacks.  “In their eagerness to blame workplace violence or the ever-popular rallying cry of ‘guns’ as the root cause of terrorist attacks, the Obama administration, Democrats in...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today released the following statement regarding the passing of former Israeli Prime Minister and President Shimon Peres: “Today, we remember the enduring legacy of one of Israel’s founding fathers, Shimon Peres.  “After making Aliyah with his family in 1934, President Peres spent almost seven decades serving his country, twice as Prime Minister and as Israel’s ninth President.  “It was a privilege to...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Mike Lee (R-Utah) today demanded answers from Attorney General Loretta Lynch regarding the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) lopsided enforcement of the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act of 1994 and the agency’s apparent favoritism toward abortion access cases over religious liberty cases. Cruz and Lee first sent a letter to Attorney General Lynch raising these concerns in March and received an inadequate response...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, a broad coalition of 77 national security, cybersecurity, and industry leaders sent a letter to Secretary of Defense Ash Carter and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Gen. Joseph Dunford calling on the top military officials to intervene in opposition to President Obama’s radical proposal to relinquish American guardianship of the Internet and give it to foreign corporations and countries, including Russia, China, and Iran. This letter follows a joint statement...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Unless Congress acts this week, President Obama will cede U.S. oversight of the Internet to ICANN, an international organization composed of multinational corporations and more than 160 foreign countries, including Russia, China, and Iran. The president’s radical proposal, scheduled to take effect on October 1, jeopardizes free speech online and has been widely denounced by conservative and grassroots leaders and Members of Congress.  The most recent group of...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) questioned Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Gen. Joseph Dunford in a Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) hearing. During questioning, the top military officials revealed that the Obama administration failed to seek military advice on its recent $1.7 billion cash ransom payment to the Islamic Republic of Iran, which is designated by the State Department as a state sponsor of terrorism. In addition...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), and nine other Judiciary Committee members, are calling on the Justice Department (DOJ) and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to explain what actions are being taken to ensure that the Obama administration does not continue to grant U.S. citizenship to ineligible immigrants, including criminals and individuals who have previously been ordered deported. The senators’...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today issued the following statement regarding President Obama’s threat to veto the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act (JASTA), which would allow American victims of terrorism to obtain compensation in federal courts from foreign governments responsible for acts of terror committed in the United States.  “The United States is in a deadly struggle with radical Islamic terrorists—an enemy that routinely engages in...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the Senate Commerce Committee unanimously passed U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Bill Nelson’s (D-Fla.) bipartisan National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Transition Authorization Act of 2016. The legislation, cosponsored by Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.), Gary Peters (D-Mich.), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), and Tom Udall (D-N.M.), provides stability for NASA to sustain and build upon existing national...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Rep. Sean Duffy (R-Wis.) today penned an op-ed for The Daily Signal, outlining threats to free speech posed by the Obama administration’s Internet handover and asserting that the proposal should not be undertaken until all concerns have been adequately addressed.  Read Sen. Cruz’s and Rep. Duffy’s op-ed in its entirety here and below: Obama Should Not Put Free Speech at Risk on Internet by Giving Up U.S....

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), Kelly Ayotte (R-N.H.), John McCain (R-Ariz.), Mark Kirk (R-Ill.), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), and Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) today introduced legislation which will provide Israel $1.5 billion to counter the increasing threats emanating from Iran. The funding – $750 million for missile defense and $750 million in direct assistance to Israel’s military – will be in addition to funding provided in the recently...