Press Releases

WASHINGTON, DC -- U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) spoke today at the 2013 Values Voter Summit at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, D.C. Below are excerpts from the Senator's remarks: “Throughout history we have seen great nations rise and fall. And everyone here today is here today because we are not content for the United States of America to rise and do anything but continue to be the greatest country on the face of this Earth. “Only the American people can turn this great...

WASHINGTON, DC -- Today U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) appeared on CNN's Crossfire to discuss funding vital functions of government, ending Harry Reid's shutdown, and stopping the harms coming from Obamacare. Video is available here. Excerpts from Sen. Cruz: “An awful lot of Washington would like to change the subject. An awful lot of Washington would like to stop focusing on Obamacare. But you know who hasn't stopped focusing on it? The American people. The reason the House of...

Greetings, I am working to restore essential government services and provide Americans with meaningful relief from Obamacare. Republicans in the House of Representatives have passed multiple bills to fund critical operations that Democrats in the Senate refuse to consider. Please keep reading for more information about what's happening in Washington and how we should get the government back to work while stopping the harmful effects of Obamacare. All the best, Ted Cruz SENATE DEMOCRATS REFUSE TO...

WASHINGTON, DC -- U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) released the following statement regarding the House of Representatives passage of a bill to provide back pay to federal workers: "If the Senate passes this bill for federal worker backpay, it will be the second time that Harry Reid and the Democrats will have blinked to approve targeted, House-passed funding measures. The question is, why federal workers and the military, but not veterans, or workers at the National Institutes of Health or...

WASHINGTON, DC -- U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today offered four unanimous consent requests to follow the House’s lead and provide funding for veterans’ benefits, the NIH, the National Guard, and national parks. Senate Democrats blocked all four requests. Here are quotes from his floor remarks: “We are in a shutdown because president Obama and the Majority Leader of this body want a shutdown, because they believe it is in the partisan interests of their party to have a...

WASHINGTON, DC -- U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) released the following statement on the Senate's refusal to take up House-passed continuing resolutions: "This morning, disability payments for wounded veterans would be fully funded if not for Harry Reid. "This morning, our National Guard and reservists would be fully funded if not for Harry Reid. "This morning, our national parks and war memorials would be open and fully funded if not for Harry Reid. "This morning, the National Institutes of...

WASHINGTON, DC -- Sen. Cruz Communications Director Sean Rushton released the following statement regarding the Senator's decision to donate his salary to YES Prep for each day of Harry Reid's government shutdown: "Sen. Cruz has decided to donate his salary during the partial government shutdown to YES Prep (http://www.yesprep.org/), a group of charter schools providing an excellent education to low-income children in the Houston area. Sen. Cruz and his wife, Heidi, are long-time supporters of...

WASHINGTON, DC -- U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) made the following statement today regarding Obamacare, the government "shutdown," and the World War II Memorial: “President Obama is so fixated on forcing Obamacare on the American people that he's even willing to deny World War II veterans the right to access the memorial they have earned through their heroic service. "This scenario encapsulates the bigger problem in Washington. President Obama is so set on imposing his destructive, far-left...

WASHINGTON, DC -- U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) released the following statement regarding the House effort to pass a Continuing Resolution: "Some observers have mistakenly construed my comments on the Senate floor today as endorsing specific proposals that the House may be considering. I said nothing of the sort. Instead, I observed that it is the House that is working productively to keep the government running and, at the same time, to stop the enormous harms that Obamacare is visiting on the...

WASHINGTON, DC -- U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) released the following statement regarding Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's decision to block consideration of the House-passed Continuing Resolution to avoid a government shutdown. “Democratic Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid had the opportunity this afternoon to avert a government shutdown. Instead, he chose to kill the House’s bill to keep government open, a deliberate act to move towards a government shutdown. This is no...

WASHINGTON, DC -- This week, U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) filed a resolution, S. Res. 252, in recognition of President Obama's offer to meet with Iranian President Hasan Rouhani at the United Nations General Assembly and the one-year anniversary of Iran's imprisonment of Pastor Saeed Abedini, an American citizen. The resolution states that it is the sense of the Senate that before any future meeting between President Obama and President Rouhani, the Government of Iran should affirm the right of...

WASHINGTON, DC -- U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) released the following statement regarding today's vote in the Senate to invoke cloture on H.J. Res. 59: "Today's vote by Sen. Harry Reid and the Senate Democrats to fully fund Obamacare was yet the latest example of Washington not listening to the people. "Obamacare is a 'train wreck,' a 'nightmare,' to use the words of its Democratic author and a union leader who previously supported the bill. It is the biggest job killer in America. "As Teamsters...

WASHINGTON, DC -- A few minutes ago, U.S. Senator Mike Lee (R-UT), supported by U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX), objected on the Senate floor to a consent request for a cloture vote tonight on the continuing resolution that includes Obamacare defunding. Sean Rushton, Sen. Cruz's Communications Director, released the following statement: "The public understands that the key vote is final cloture on the bill, which will take place on Friday morning. Sen. Reid asked to waive the Senate rules to allow...

WASHINGTON, DC -- U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) on Tuesday and Wednesday, spent more than 21 straight hours on the Senate floor making his case to his Senate colleagues and the American people for why Congress should listen to the American people and defund Obamacare. Following Sen. Cruz's remarks, the Senate voted on cloture on the motion to proceed to the bipartisan House-passed bill Continuing Resolution, H.J. Res. 59, that funds the government while defunding Obamacare. This vote was just an...

WASHINGTON, DC -- U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) today took action on the Senate floor to avoid a government shutdown by asking that the House-passed Continuing Resolution be brought forward for a vote and additionally that during consideration of the House CR, any amendments be subject to a 60-vote threshold. Majority Leader Harry Reid objected to both consent requests. Excerpts from the Senator's Remarks "No American wants a government shutdown. I don't want a government shutdown. No one on...

On October 1st, millions of Americans will be required to enroll in Obamacare and could lose access to their doctors and be forced to pay higher premiums and higher taxes. But there's still time to stop it, and Senator Cruz is helping lead the fight. The clock is ticking, but we have momentum. The reasons we must defund Obamacare are clear: 71% of small businesses say Obamacare will make it harder to hire workers. Obamacare takes roughly $1 trillion out of the private economy through 20 new or...

WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) today issued the following statement in response to the U.S. House of Representatives passing a Continuing Resolution that funds the government without funding Obamacare: “Today, the House of Representatives did what Washington pundits only a few weeks ago said was impossible: a strong bipartisan majority voted to defund Obamacare. This is a victory for House conservatives, and it is a victory for Speaker Boehner and Republican...