Press Releases

WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) kicked off an agriculture tour in West Texas, where he visited local farms and met with Texas agriculture industry leaders to discuss the challenges and opportunities they face. Specifically, Sen. Cruz visited Ropesville, Meadow, Muleshoe, and Friona and met with cotton, wine and grape, dairy, livestock feed, and maize farmers. Cruz will conclude the agriculture tour today with stops in Dalhart and Cactus. Following is a summary of...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.) today led a bipartisan, bicameral letter to members of the Executive Board of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) urging opposition to an item in UNESCO's provisional agenda, a resolution that would diminish the historic and verified Jewish and Christian ties to the Old City of Jerusalem in an effort to delegitimize Israel. Thirty-nine of Sen. Cruz’s and...

FRIONA, Texas – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today continued his state agriculture tour, meeting with wine and grape, dairy, livestock feed, and maize farmers in West Texas to discuss their unique operations and needs.  Sen. Cruz toured the Bingham Family Vineyards in Meadow and stopped at Leal’s Mexican Restaurant and tortilla factory in Muleshoe for lunch. Cruz also visited the Del Rio Dairy and Hi Pro Feeds mill in Friona and later observed a local maize...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) on Sunday kicked off a three-day agriculture tour in West Texas. Sen. Cruz visited with cotton farmers at the Dahlen K. Hancock Family Farm in Ropesville, and today, met with cotton industry leaders at the Meadow Farmers Co-Op Gin in Meadow. Cruz toured the cotton farms and spoke with the farmers about solutions that can help Texas agriculture thrive. “Agriculture has long been a pillar of Texas’ economy and is an integral part of...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) released the following statement on the eve of Rosh Hashanah: "Heidi and I wish a Shana Tova - a happy, healthy, and sweet new year - to all of those celebrating Rosh Hashanah. "The Talmud teaches that there are three main themes to Rosh Hashanah - acceptance of God's kingship over all mankind; remembrance of our past deeds and actions; and sounding of the shofar, symbolizing purity and renewal. As the Jewish people celebrate the arrival of a...

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...