Press Releases

WASHINGTON, DC -- U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, today released the following statement regarding reports of mismanagement and misconduct at the Department of Veterans Affairs: "I am deeply concerned about reports regarding the Department of Veterans Affairs, and those responsible for mistreating our veterans must be held accountable. We need to know the facts.  If it is true that leadership at the VA deliberately concealed gross misconduct, which resulted in the unnecessary loss of lives of...

WASHINGTON, DC -- U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, today released the following statement regarding legislation he is drafting to prevent the Federal Communications Commission from expanding its authority over the Internet: "The FCC's latest adventure in 'net neutrality' would stifle innovation and subject the Internet to nanny-state regulation from Washington.  Internet freedom has produced robust free speech for billions and a wide-open incubator for entrepreneurs to generate jobs and expand...

Washington Examiner: Obamacare insurer says Americans have to break the 'choice habit' In a line that says a lot about where health care is heading under Obamacare, an insurance executive offering plans through the law was quoted in the New York Times on Tuesday as saying, “We have to break people away from the choice habit that everyone has.” Marcus Merz, the chief executive of PreferredOne, made the remark in an article describing the trend toward narrow networks in health care...

New York Times: More Insured, but the Choices Are Narrowing These so-called narrow networks, featuring limited groups of providers, have made a big entrance on the newly created state insurance exchanges, where they are a common feature in many of the plans. While the sizes of the networks vary considerably, many plans now exclude at least some large hospitals or doctors’ groups. Smaller networks are also becoming more common in health care coverage offered by employers and in private...

Forbes: New McKinsey Survey: 74% Of Obamacare Sign-Ups Were Previously Insured The new McKinsey report…indicates that the proportion of uninsured individuals paying for coverage has shot up, from 53 percent in February to 83 percent in April. For previously insured individuals, the percentage of payers increased from 86 to 89 percent. The proportion of individuals purchasing ACA plans who had been previously uninsured remained low. In February, McKinsey reported that only 27 percent of...

WASHINGTON, DC -- U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, today requested unanimous consent to pass S. Res. 255, which would establish a Joint Select Committee to investigate the Benghazi attacks. He originally introduced this legislation on September 12, 2013, which currently has 25 Senate co-sponsors. “Twenty months after the Benghazi attack, we have four dead Americans and no dead terrorists,” Sen. Cruz said. “It is chilling to think our President had better things to do than...

This week my office released an important report documenting the many instances of lawlessness by the Obama Administration. The breadth of the abuses of power conducted over the past few years is breathtaking. I hope you will join me in drawing attention to this increasingly worrisome problem and standing up for our freedoms. Please keep reading for more. All the best, Ted Cruz Reporting on the Obama Administration's Lawlessness On Wednesday, Sen. Cruz released his fourth Legal Limit report on...

CNBC: One by one, states shutter health insurance exchanges Massachusetts' crippled Obamacare exchange is just the latest to throw in the towel and scrap its existing software, but health-care experts said it likely won't be the last. Those same observers Tuesday told CNBC that almost half of the existing state-run Obamacare marketplaces could, in the coming years, end up turning enrollment operations in private insurance plans over fully to the federally run HealthCare.gov for a variety of...

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...

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...

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...

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  

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...