Press Releases

WASHINGTON, DC -- U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, today released the following statement regarding President Obama’s nomination of David Barron to the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. “David Barron’s nomination underscores the danger of the so-called ‘nuclear option’ Democrats are using to ram through controversial nominees on strict party-line votes,” said Sen. Cruz. “The Obama Administration has been extremely resistant in providing...

You do some strange things in politics…but petting a pig in a bandana is a first! All to emphasize the Citizens Against Government Waste 2014 Pig Book, released today, chronicling government waste. Too bad our government's pork problem isn't as cute as this fella. pic.twitter.com/L3Q3QtfXDw — Senator Ted Cruz (@SenTedCruz) May 7, 2014  

The New York Times: Insurers Say Most Who Signed Up Under Health Law Have Paid Up [but importantly, many of these are duplicate enrollments] Most of the people choosing health plans under the Affordable Care Act — about 80 percent — are paying their initial premiums as required for coverage to take effect, several large insurers said Tuesday on the eve of a House hearing about the law. But the health insurance industry said the total of eight million people who signed up included...

WASHINGTON, DC -- U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, today released his fourth report on the Obama Administration’s executive overreaches. In this report, Sen. Cruz documents 76 instances of lawlessness and other abuses of power. “The pattern of lawlessness by this Administration should concern every citizen, regardless of party or ideology,” said Sen. Cruz. “Rule of law means that we are a nation ruled by laws, not men. No one—and especially not the president—is...

WASHINGTON, DC -- U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, today sent the following letter to Attorney General Eric Holder asking that he reconsider appointing a special prosecutor to investigate the illegal targeting program conducted by staff at the Internal Revenue Service in direct communication with the Department of Justice. Sen. Cruz first requested that a special prosecutor be appointed to the case on January 22, 2014. On March 10, 2014, Attorney General Holder declined to do so. Now, in light of...

Of all the troubling aspects of the Obama presidency, none is more dangerous than the President's persistent pattern of lawlessness, his willingness to disregard the written law and instead enforce his own policies via executive fiat. Sen. Cruz has been documenting the Obama Administration’s lawlessness and other abuses of powers in a series of reports, beginning in April 2013. The Legal Limit Report No. 1: U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Department of Justice’s Expansive View of Federal...

Las Vegas Review-Journal: Own a small business? Brace for Obamacare pain ["The changes put as many as 90,000 policies across Nevada at risk of cancellation or nonrenewal this fall…"] Local insurance brokers are reporting spikes ranging from 35 percent to 120 percent on policies that renew from July to December. The increases are especially acute among employers with workforces made up of younger, healthier men. That’s because Obamacare prohibits offering lower rates to healthier...

WASHINGTON, DC -- U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, today requested that the bills he previously introduced, S.2066 and S.2067, that would stop the Internal Revenue Service’s illegal targeting, receive a vote on the floor before giving his consent to pass Sen. Amy Klobuchar’s (D-MN) legislation, S.149. “It was roughly ten months ago that the Inspector General of the Department of Treasury concluded that the IRS had wrongfully targeted conservative groups, tea party groups,...

Washington Examiner: Obamacare youth sign-ups at or below 25% in 15 states ...This is far below the 40 percent threshold White House officials initially said was required to ensure healthy insurance exchanges…nationally, about 28 percent of those signing up through the exchanges were aged 18 to 34. But national numbers are only a rough indicator of the state of play on the exchanges, because in reality, the insurance market is made up of 51 different risk pools - one for each state, plus...

WASHINGTON, DC -- U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, today released the following statement regarding Speaker Boehner’s recent decision to form a select committee to investigate the attacks in Benghazi: “Speaker Boehner's decision to form a select committee of Congress to investigate the terrorist attacks on our people and facilities in Benghazi on September 11, 2012 comes not a moment too soon,” Sen. Cruz said. “The Speaker is correct that recent revelations demonstrate that...

The Senate is back in session, and this week we have been working hard to protect liberty at home and abroad. Recently, Secretary Kerry suggested that Israel could become an “apartheid state.” I emphatically disagree and firmly believe it is in our national interest to stand with Israel as a sovereign nation and ally in the Middle East. On the home front, I advocated for replacing the President’s proposed job-killing minimum wage hike with my American Energy Renaissance Act...

The Federalist: No, Obamacare Did Not "Save The Economy" Last Quarter GDP growth figures for the fourth quarter of 2013 were released by the federal government, and the numbers were not good. The economy just barely avoided painful contraction, posting annualized growth of only 0.1 percent. But for the Obamacare Truther Brigade, there was a tiny glimmer of hope. It turns out that higher than expected health care spending growth was just enough to keep that quarterly growth number out of the...

WASHINGTON, DC -- U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, today released the following statement honoring the National Day of Prayer: “Today is a reminder that America remains a prayerful nation. "The National Day of Prayer is a celebration of the power of prayer and our uniquely American freedom to worship. As we bow our heads in prayer, let us give thanks for the blessing of liberty. "Since our country’s inception, Americans have cherished their faith. We are all the children of those who...

Washington Post: The White House's Obamacare victory lap looking more like a false start Democrats have been claiming a turning point in the battle over Obamacare for the better part of the last month. First came the news that 8 million people had signed up [yet again we do not have reliable data as to how many of these people are enrolled and paying premiums or how many of these sign-ups were previously uninsured] -- exceeding the law's goals -- and then came the Congressional Budget Office...

WASHINGTON, DC -- U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, today introduced his American Energy Renaissance Act (see S. 2170) as an amendment to replace job-killing minimum wage legislation. Sen. Cruz’s American Energy Renaissance Act will spark economic growth and create jobs for American families. “Those who are being hurt the most in the Obama economy are the most vulnerable among us – young people, Hispanics, African-Americans and single moms,” Sen. Cruz said. “They are the...

Wall Street Journal: A Doctor's Declaration of Independence It's time to defy health-care mandates issued by bureaucrats not in the healing profession [CMS] dictates that we must use an electronic health record (EHR) or be penalized with lower reimbursements in the future. There are "meaningful use" criteria whereby [CMS - the government agency] tells us as physicians what we need to include in the electronic health record or we will not be subsidized the cost of converting to the electronic...

WASHINGTON, DC -- U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, today spoke on the Senate floor to call for U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry’s resignation following the secretary’s comments at the Trilateral Commission that Israel could become an “apartheid state” if his proposed two-state solution to the peace Israeli-Palestinian peace-process fails. “There is no place for this word in the context of the State of Israel. The term ‘apartheid’ means...