Press Releases

NPR: Patients With Low-Cost Insurance Struggle To Find Specialists Understandably, a lot of [Dr. Sawhney's] patients picked lower-cost plans, she says, "and we're running into problems with coverage in the same way we were when they were uninsured." One of her patients is a Chinese immigrant to Houston who purchased a Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO silver plan. Soon after, he was diagnosed with stomach cancer. Sawhney found an oncologist to coordinate his treatment, but she and the oncologist ran...

WASHINGTON, DC -- U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, today spoke on the Senate floor about the war the Democrats have waged on religious liberty, particularly the Catholic Church. Forty-six Senate Democrats are cosponsoring legislation to reverse the Supreme Court’s Burwell v. Hobby Lobby decision and force businesses and religious non-profits, such as the Little Sisters of the Poor, to authorize abortion-inducing drugs for employees or pay millions in faith fines. “The bill that is...

McAllen Monitor: Texas sees rise in Medicaid signups [Also known as the "woodwork effect" this was anticipated but often brushed aside by Obamacare supporters] More than 80,000 additional Texans have enrolled in Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program since the rollout of the Affordable Care Act last fall despite Republican state leaders’ decision not to expand eligibility to poor adults, according to federal figures. The 80,435 new enrollees as of May — mostly...

WASHINGTON, DC -- U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas spoke today on the Senate floor about the urgent need to reverse the longstanding and misguided Obama-Clinton-Kerry policy towards Israel laid out in a speech by Obama advisor Philip Gordon in Tel Aviv last week.  Rather than pressuring Israel to make even more security concessions to the Palestinians while terrorist rockets rain down from Gaza, Sen. Cruz argued that the United States should support Israel’s efforts to construct aggressive...

WASHINGTON, DC -- U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, today made the following remarks in the Senate Judiciary Committee regarding S. 1696, legislation that is so overly broad it could be used to prohibit most, if not every, abortion regulation currently in effect. Sen. Cruz also entered into the record more than 300 letters from Texas women who have been hurt by abortion. “The legislation that this committee is considering is extreme legislation,” Sen. Cruz said. “It is...

The New York Times: Why Improving Access to Health Care Does Not Save Money (Huh!? Where has this dose of reality been hiding for the past 5 years? Conservatives and libertarians have been screaming about it for years – even Politifact somewhat understands it) One of the oft-repeated arguments in favor of the Affordable Care Act is that it will reduce people’s need for more intensive care by increasing their access to preventive care. For example, people will use the emergency room...

As many of you know, Texas is seeing the devastating consequences of President Obama's immigration policies. For too long, Washington has sent a signal to the world that those who come here illegally will be given amnesty. We must put an end to this and demonstrate our commitment to securing the border. Please continue speaking out. Together we must make DC listen and make your concerns heard in our nation's capital. All the best, Ted Cruz Sen. Cruz Speaks on the Need to Secure the Border On...

The Wall Street Journal: What the HHS Reports on the Health Exchanges Didn't Cover One HHS report examined data from federally run exchanges through Feb. 23 and from state exchanges through last December. Put another way, federal auditors tallied data from the months when the exchanges experienced middling to sluggish enrollment—not the periods when the greatest number of applications were completed. The inspector general’s report indicates that federally run exchanges had 2.9...

WASHINGTON, DC -- Below is an op-ed penned by Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, regarding efforts by Democrats to repeal free speech protections enshrined in the First Amendment. ‘Fahrenheit 451’ DemocratsThe Washington TimesBy Ted Cruz I have three questions for my Democratic colleagues in the Senate: Should Congress be able to ban books? Should Congress be able to ban films? Should Congress be able to ban groups such as the NAACP, the National Rifle Association and the Sierra Club...

From Washington Times: I have three questions for my Democratic colleagues in the Senate: Should Congress be able to ban books? Should Congress be able to ban films? Should Congress be able to ban groups such as the NAACP, the National Rifle Association and the Sierra Club from speaking?The answer to all three questions should, unequivocally, be “no.” But, sadly, 46 Democrats in the U.S. Senate are supporting a constitutional amendment to repeal the free-speech provisions of the...

From Washington Times: I have three questions for my Democratic colleagues in the Senate: Should Congress be able to ban books? Should Congress be able to ban films? Should Congress be able to ban groups such as the NAACP, the National Rifle Association and the Sierra Club from speaking?The answer to all three questions should, unequivocally, be “no.” But, sadly, 46 Democrats in the U.S. Senate are supporting a constitutional amendment to repeal the free-speech provisions of the...

WASHINGTON, DC -- U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, today filed legislation to offer a reward of up to $5 million for information on or the capture of the Hamas terrorists who kidnapped and murdered Naftali Fraenkel, an Israeli-U.S. citizen, on June 12, 2014. Rep. Doug Lamborn, CO-05, has filed bipartisan companion legislation in the House, co-sponsored by Rep. Brad Sherman, CA-30, lead Democrat on the bill. Naftali was one of three Jewish teens who was killed by Hamas terrorists, along with Gilad...

WASHINGTON, DC -- U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, today spoke on the Senate floor regarding the need to secure our border.“Amnesty is unfolding before our very eyes,” Sen. Cruz said. “And I would suggest the only response that will stop this humanitarian disaster is for President Obama to start enforcing the law, to stop promising amnesty, to stop refusing to enforce federal immigration law and finally to secure the borders. Indeed, I would call upon our colleagues in this body in...

Investors Business Daily: 3 Obamacare Funding Cliffs Imperil Coverage, Access [Obamacare supporters terminated funding for these three priorities to make the bill score better. This may present an opportunity to preemptively call them out for misleading the American people and to demand we stop funding a law we cannot afford and that the American people don't want. Inevitably, Democrats will try to wait until the last minute when Republicans have their hands "forced" to re-up these expiring...

WASHINGTON, DC -- U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, today filed three amendments to Sportsmen’s Act legislation to strengthen Americans’ Second Amendment rights and to limit federal ownership of land.His amendments include:Cruz Amendment #3456: Limit Federal Ownership of State Lands Prevents the federal government from owning more than 50 percent of the land in any state Cruz Amendment #3457: Firearm Commerce Modernization Allows interstate firearms sales—by permitting...

CQ: Court Decision Could Push Effort to Shut State Health Exchanges [likely this week] the U.S Circuit Court for the District of Columbia may rule on whether federal subsidies to buy insurance can only be given to the residents of states that have established their own health law insurance exchanges. Such a decision, if upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court, could shrink the number of states with their own exchanges, according to Michael Cannon, the Cato Institute analyst who has led the charge to...

WASHINGTON, DC -- U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, today called into the Sean Hannity Radio Show to discuss issues surrounding border security and recent events between Israel and the Palestinian Authority. On the humanitarian crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border as a result of President Obama’s lawlessness: “The President is right that it’s a humanitarian crisis, but it is a crisis of his own creation. This is the direct consequence of President Obama’s lawlessness…...