Press Releases

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, yesterday spoke on the Senate floor regarding President Nicolas Maduro’s disregard and persecution of Venezuelans who exercise their fundamental freedoms. Specifically, he highlighted the plight of Venezuelan dissident Leopoldo Lopez, who was imprisoned in February for speaking out against his government. See excerpts below. “Mr. Lopez freely expressed his criticism of Maduro’s failed leadership and for that he has been...

Washington Post: D.C. Circuit strikes down tax credits in federal exchanges This morning the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit released its much awaited opinion in Halbig v. Burwell.  In a 2-1 opinion, the Court held that the Internal Revenue Service regulation authorizing tax credits in federal exchanges was invalid.   Judge Griffith, writing for the court, concluded, “the ACA unambiguously restricts the section 36B subsidy to insurance purchased on Exchanges...

WASHINGTON, DC -- U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, today released the following statement regarding the Halbig v. Burwell decision: "The D.C. Circuit's decision today in Halbig v. Burwell is a repudiation of Obamacare and all the lawlessness that has come with it," said Sen. Cruz. "The Obama Administration, through the Internal Revenue Service, has attempted to dispense revenues to the states without proper congressional authorization, robbing Congress of its constitutionally-provided power of...

The Tennessean: BlueCross requests rate increase of 19 percent in 2015 Meanwhile, Cigna is requesting an average rate increase of 7.5 percent in 2015, while Kentucky-based Humana would like to boost marketplace rates by an average of 14.4 percent…In 2014, the least-expensive version of the silver plan — the most popular of the exchange plans — was $160.62 a month in Davidson County. At a 19 percent increase, the new rate would be $191 a month. BlueCross has the majority of...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, today spoke on Fox News Sunday about the ongoing immigration crisis and the bill he recently introduced to address it. He also discussed what steps should be taken to stop President Putin's aggression in Ukraine. See highlights below. Watch the full video here. Regarding immigration: "The cause of this crisis is the promise of amnesty. If you look at the history of this issue, in 2011, there were roughly 6,000 children apprehended coming in illegally....

Huffington Post: White House: Employers Must Disclose Objections To Covering Birth Control The White House on Thursday sent a message to companies that want to opt out of covering birth control, saying those employers are required to be transparent about their objections. The Department of Labor updated its website to indicate that closely held for-profit corporations must include in their insurance plans "a description of the extent to which preventive services (which includes contraceptive...

The humanitarian crisis on the border is one of the President’s own making. Thousands of children are being trafficked across the border by drug cartels and criminals because of the amnesty President Obama illegally granted in 2012. We cannot permit these abuses of little boys and girls to continue. This week I introduced legislation to halt the border crisis by stopping Obama's amnesty. Please keep reading for a further update on the Senate. All the best, Ted Cruz Stop Obama’s...

WASHINGTON, DC -- U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, today introduced legislation to prevent the Obama Administration from using any taxpayer funds to expand DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) and from continuing to lawlessly grant amnesty and work permits to new immigrants who enter the country illegally. He also outlined guiding principles that Congress should keep in mind when considering reforms. “We all recognize the terrible humanitarian crisis that is occurring at the...

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...