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WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Rep. Vicky Hartzler (R-Mo.) this week introduced the Protecting America from Spies Act, legislation that would allow the Department of State to deny visas to individuals who have committed acts of espionage or intellectual property theft against the United States. Last year, President Trump's administration closed China's Houston consulate, which the Chinese Communist...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, this week went on Fox News' ‘Hannity' to discuss President Biden waiving sanctions on Nord Stream 2 and his call for the president to stand firmly with Israel as they defend themselves against waves of attacks by Iranian-backed terrorists. Highlights of his interview are below. WATCH: Sen. Cruz: President Biden's ‘Weakness, Appeasement, and Moral Relativism' are Causing Middle East War...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today led a group of Republican senators in calling for President Biden his administration to stand firmly with our ally Israel, as the Israelis are defending themselves against waves of attacks by Iran-backed terrorist groups including Hamas. Sen. Cruz was joined by Sens. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), Rick Scott (R-Fla.), John Cornyn (R-Texas), Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), Mike Lee (R-Utah), James Lankford...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today issued the following statement after the first meeting of President Biden's Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court of the United States: "Pursuing the most radical agenda in United States history, it isn't surprising that President Biden is in need of political cover in an effort to pack the Supreme Court by adding several activist judges who will decree the radical policy outcomes he needs. I...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - In the wake of the cyberattack against Colonial Pipeline, U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.), and Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) today sent a letter to the Department of Energy (DOE) criticizing its decision to revoke a Trump-era order that prohibited electric utilities that supply critical defense facilities from importing certain power system equipment from China. In the letter, the senators wrote: "DOE has a significant responsibility to protect the U.S. electric...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today issued the following statement after the nomination of Kristen Clarke to serve as Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division was discharged from the Judiciary Committee when it failed to advance her nomination: "As I've said repeatedly, Kristen Clarke is a radical extremist with a laundry list of concerning issues plaguing her nomination that go far beyond her support for defunding the...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Rick Scott (R-Fla.), John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), John Boozman (R-Ark.), Mike Braun (R-Ind.), Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.), Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), John Hoeven (R-N.D.), Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), John Kennedy (R-La.), Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.), and Todd Young (R-Ind.) this week announced a...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today penned an op-ed for the Daily Caller outlining Democrats' radical S.1 legislation, "The Corrupt Politicians Act," which was before the Senate Rules Committee last week. Read his full op-ed here and below. This Democrat Bill Will Let Illegal Immigrants and Felons VoteDaily CallerSen. Ted CruzMay 18, 2021 Last Tuesday, I sat in the Senate Rules Committee markup for nine hours fighting tooth and nail against S.1, what many call "The Corrupt...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), and John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) issued the following statement after the Biden administration decided against sanctioning the company involved in construction of the Russian pipeline Nord Stream 2: "The administration's decision to waive sanctions sends an unfortunate signal that the United States is not prepared to do what Congress has mandated they do: use crushing sanctions to stop the pipeline. Projects like the Nord Stream 2...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today released the following video statement commemorating National Police Week: WATCH: Sen. Cruz Commemorates National Police Week 2021 In the video, Sen. Cruz said: "As we celebrate police week today, we all take a pause from our busy days to say thank you to the men and women of law enforcement, to the heroic men and women who every day put on a uniform, wear a badge, wear a gun, and head out into the world to keep us safe. "Every day you risk...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (Texas) and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC), were joined by 42 Republican colleagues in urging President Joe Biden to stand with our closest ally in the region, Israel. As Israel is under attack from Iranian-back terrorists, the Biden administration is negotiating and potentially offering sanctions relief to Iran, the world's leading state sponsor of terrorism. The senators called on President Biden to...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-Wis.) this week introduced the Israeli Sovereignty Reassurance Act of 2021 (ISRA), legislation to prohibit the State Department from reversing the U.S. recognition of Israel's sovereignty over the Golan Heights. Sen. Cruz led the fight for President Trump to formally recognize Israel's sovereignty over the territory in 2019, but President Biden's administration has signaled a willingness to reverse the decision, putting...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today issued the following statement after the nomination of Kristen Clarke to serve as Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division was advanced out of committee. "Kristen Clarke is completely unfit to serve as Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division. She has made her brazen disdain for law enforcement clear by her calls to defund the police and troubling history of advocacy...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, today applauded the committee's vote to include in the Endless Frontiers Act his amendment facilitating cooperation with our close friends and allies-Israel, Taiwan, and Five Eyes nations-and excluding nations that engage in discriminatory boycott, divestment, and sanctioning (BDS) efforts against the State of Israel and Jews living anywhere in Israel. Upon adoption of his...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, today applauded the adoption of his amendment to the Endless Frontiers Act building on his previous bill, the Blocking Evasive Attempts to Manipulate Signals or BEAMS Act, to prevent the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) from exploiting Federal Communications Commission (FCC) loopholes in order to propagandize to Americans through stations entangled with Chinese state-owned media...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, today applauded the committee's vote to include a provision of his previously introduced ORE Act in the final passage of the Endless Frontiers Act. The amendment authorizes $100 million for projects aimed at producing and reclaiming rare earth elements and other critical minerals, with the aim of ending the United States' dependence on China. Upon adoption of his amendment,...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today joined Sens. Rick Scott (R-Fla.), John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), Mike Lee (R-Utah), James Lankford (R-Okla.), Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, City of Yuma Mayor Douglas Nicholls, and National Border Patrol Council President Brandon Judd in urging President Biden to address the current humanitarian crisis at our southern border and end the radical immigration policies that created it. Read excerpts of Sen. Cruz's remarks at...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) today led a group of 14 Republican senators in a letter to the international business community warning them about resuming business with Iran if U.S. sanctions are lifted. In the letter, the senators wrote: "Your member companies may see this potential removal of U.S. sanctions on Iran as a lucrative opportunity. Trust us, they should not. If U.S. sanctions on Iran were...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today delivered opening remarks at the Senate Rules Committee meeting on the Democrats' radical S.1. bill, ‘The Corrupt Politicians Act,' and his 46 proposed amendments to protect election security. Read his full opening remarks below. WATCH: Sen. Cruz: S.1. is the Most Radical Legislation Pending Before the United States Congress "This legislation, I believe, is the most radical legislation the Senate has considered in the nine years I've...